1, Report:
#71070
Posted Date:
Mar 09 2006
Ameri-Source Publications - IT Data Direct - World Wide Source - InfocomAmeri-Source Publications - IT DataDirect They are trying to get more $$ from us by changing their name and amount due from us They don't give up Champlain New York
I posted a few weeks ago on my recent experience with Ameri-Source. Since that time, they have sent 2 more past due invoices and called 2 times, about 3 days after each invoice was received. The invoices are becoming more threatening. I check the caller ID and when it comes up Montr...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
2, Report:
#131470
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2005
Ameri-Source Publications Rip-off artist from Hell Champlain New York
I'm glad to see my company is not the only one that Ameri-Source Publications has tried to scam out of $$$. They have been trying to get me to pay an invoice for over three years. I have continuously called them and told them that I did not authorize this and would not pay it, but...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
3, Report:
#123721
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2004
Ameri-Source Publications ripoff dishonest fraudulent billing Champlain New York
Every year we get a phone call from this company that we owned $289.95 for a subcriptions that we never heard. The phone number that is in their letter never get answer by anybody. Now we are being giving 7 days to pay them or will be send to collection. Last time I was able to sp...
Entity
Categories: Collection Agency's
4, Report:
#116857
Posted Date:
Nov 09 2004
Ameri - Source Publications ripoff - deceit, lies, telemarketing scam Champlain New York
Today an Ameri-Source rep called our company and asked for accounts payable. They said it was a courtesy call for the second annual installment for the central U.S. directory previously ordered.
While they were on the phone I informed them that this was not true. That we had the...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
5, Report:
#115215
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2004
Ameri-Source Publications ripoff - be aware not a legitimate company Champlain New York
In short I just want to say that I can also confirm the reports others have made. I also paid the first installment in 2000 by mistake and then caught on there was something wrong. For the past few years they have been calling for the second payment but are never able to provide wr...
Entity
Categories: Collection Agency's
6, Report:
#114850
Posted Date:
Oct 27 2004
Ameri-source Publishing ripoff fraudulent billing Company said that I still owed 289.95 from 2000 Champlain New York
Received invoice 9/24/04 saying I owed 289.95 from 2000. I researched and found invoice was paid. Tried to call several times but call box full. Sent in note attached with check number paid. Received call stating I paid half invoice, and still owed 289.95. coincidently same invoice ...
Entity
Categories: Collection Agency's
7, Report:
#114454
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2004
Ameri-Source Publication billing for unauthorized publication Champlain New York
We are getting letters from this company for unauthorized publication. Short and sweet. They are taking up much needed room in my filing cabinets. My only consolation is that they are spending mony on postage and stamps for which they will not be re-imbursed.
Judy
Lawrencevi...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
8, Report:
#110605
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2004
Ameri - Source Publications ripoff of small rural library They continue to call harrass and now we are receiving final notices Champlain New York
Through naiveness three years ago we paid the $299.95 without realizing what was going on. Last year I told then we did not want the product nor did we have the funding to pay for that kind of a service since we are a small rural library. They have been told many times we have no ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
9, Report:
#105518
Posted Date:
Sep 01 2004
Ameri-Source Publications ripoff-Repeated FRAUDULENT BILLINGS Champlain New York
Over a year ago I received a phone call from someone at Ameri-Source explaining that we had a past due balance and that I needed to send them a check for $299.95 which represents the 2nd billing for a 4 year publication. I told her we did not advertise in their publication and she ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
10, Report:
#91332
Posted Date:
May 15 2004
Ameri-source Publications ripoff, deceptive, threatening, telemarketing harrassment This company is fraudulent in every sense of the word. Champlain New York
This company is fraudulent in every sense of the word. They send out invoices as solicitations for payment for a advertisement publication. When they call they get names of company personnel and then call back at a later date and say that that person authorized it.
If your ac...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
11, Report:
#89195
Posted Date:
Apr 27 2004
B Central Direct ripoff fraudulent business practices repetitive billing for services not authorized or requested Boca Raton Florida
B Central Direct claims to be a source for business listings. They contacted our small outdoor shop and wanted to verify our service listing. The employee who took the call, knowing it was a telemarketing solicitation, mistakenly said, yeah, yeah, whatever, and hung up, which they...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
12, Report:
#74656
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2004
National Business Information Exchange RIPOFF! Fraudelent Billing, Edited Phone Calls! Chesapeake Bay Maryland
I am sooooo mad at these people!! I recieved a call to update our free listing in this directory, and they simply verified our physical address. I agreed that that was the correct address, and the guy i talked to said that someone from our company ordered this CD 3 YEARS AGO!!!!! i ...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
13, Report:
#84839
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2004
Ameri-Source Publications Invoiced fraudulently Champlain New York
We received a cll trying to get us on a recording stating that we would pay for an invoice. We have no info or knowlede=ge of this company. A supervisor then tried to call to intimidate and cofirm a yes to a payment of these alleged services. I then received a bill, and still no sig...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
14, Report:
#81270
Posted Date:
Feb 21 2004
World Benefits, Imperial Benefits, Infomatika, Ameri-source [AKA World Wide Source] Scamplain: Your Tax Dollars at Work, Economic Development Assistance for Ameri-source [World Wide Source] and Infomatika? Champlain New York
It seemed but an odd coincidence that many of the scam companies mentioned in the Rip Off Report were in Champlain, New York, But to find them IN THE SAME INDUSTRIAL BUILDING COMPLEX should raise a few questions. The property in question is an industrial building complex owned by So...
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
15, Report:
#1029307
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2004
Ameri-Source Publications ripoff Champlain New York
I received a notice dated Jan 16, 2004 stating we are past due on an invoice for $299.95. I had not received the original invoice and I also knew that, the company that I work for has had a problem with this company before. I thought the issue had been resolved.
We fell for this ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
16, Report:
#78688
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2004
International Business Directories Michael Mouyal, Canadian Scammer, Stiffed His Barbados Sales Staff, Similar Scam to World Wide Source, Ameri-source, NBIE, IT Data Direct and Infomatika Montreal Quebec
Sometimes you read a report rebuttal from a Canadian scammer who says his or her company is such a great place to work. Read on to learn of the sorry treatment one of these scam operators gave his own telemarketers in Barbados! This is why these entities should be viewed as criminal...
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
17, Report:
#47914
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2004
World Wide Source, Ameri Source Publications, Target Marketing, Econotel rip-off Montreal Quebec
this company goes under various aliases, beware! for help contact the ag's of vermont or missouri who have already taken proceedings, or contact your ag for help!!!!
Private
h1h1h1, QuebecCanada
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
18, Report:
#76353
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2004
J.D. Marvel The Real Location is not Champlain, New York. The Attorney General of New York Can Ban Them from Using this 'Mail Drop and Should be Encouraged to do so! Pointe-Claire Quebec
In case you wondered, here is the actual address of the infamous J. D. Marvel Company:
J.D. Marvel Products Inc.
1 Holiday - Tour Ouest Bureau 230
Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 5N3
CANADA
John Dragan, President
Email............ [email protected]
Phon...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
19, Report:
#71598
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2003
Com Dex Calendar Sales, A.k.a. Ameri Source Try to co-erce company info out of me, act as if you ordered previously. Forcefully try to sell you custom calendars. Toronto, Canada Ontario
Is it coincidence only that these people are from the same province and location as Ameri-Source Publications, Infomatika, and the several other related fraudulent companies? Their calendar sales pitch is almost identical to what we got from Ameri Source. *We're offering you a speci...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
20, Report:
#75140
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2003
Ameri-Source Publications ripoff! Fraudulent billing. Cannot provide proof of order. Champlain New York
I fell for this scam in 2001 and paid an invoice for $299.95 for a 2-year listing in their directory.
Now they claim I authorized another listing and have been invoicing my company for $299.95. They also call and harass me, and have threatened to report us to a collections agenc...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
21, Report:
#72275
Posted Date:
Nov 18 2003
Ameri-Source Scam crooks phony invoices Camplain New York
We were billed 289.95 in Oct 2000, we paid the invoice b/c our secretary (family member, my aunt) was released two months prior and we weren't sure if she authorized it or not. After the payment our past secretary assured us that she didn't authorize it either.
Now in Nov 2003,...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
22, Report:
#69914
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2003
Ameri-Source Publications Rip-off and false advertising of our company Champlain New York
This will be a long entry, I apologize for it but hopefully it will encourage others to send theirs too.
Our rip-off started actually before I began working here. In Dec. 2001, I was called and informed that we had advertised for 2yrs for an amount of $299.95. My boss had recei...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
23, Report:
#69317
Posted Date:
Oct 16 2003
Ameri-source Publications Advertising scam via telephone Champlain New York
This company has been calling my office spewing the usual line that everyone else is reporting. *Renewal of contractor listing in nationwide directory*. They say a complimentary copy of this directory had been sent in January of 2002- I called to question the past due notices we'd b...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
24, Report:
#68019
Posted Date:
Oct 01 2003
ASI ripoff Halifax Nova Scotia
In Response to Rose,
As far as using real names hear? I am using my real name so why don't all you numbnuts use yours!! Freegan cowards..like shot down losers creepin' away with their tails between their legs. get the F!*% over it already. So your ass got canned!
And to that j...
Entity
Categories: Liars
25, Report:
#67561
Posted Date:
Sep 25 2003
Ameri-source Publications ripoff fraudulent billing Champlain New York
This company is charging me 299.00 for an out of town publication. They could not give me any proof I approved this order.
Kimberly
aurora, OhioU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies