1, Report:
#1530327
Posted Date:
Dec 22 2023
NYPD MTN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MIKE DUGAN Detective Michael Dugan Mike Dugan Community Affairs Office Midtown North NYPD Detective Mike Dugan MTN Community Affairs New York New York
An NYPD detective scored freebies and raked in money running a private security company from his precinct. His bosses didn't care.
Jack Newsham
Jul 8, 2023, 8:46 AM ET
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Stephen Giaco ran a private-security company registered ...
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Categories: Government Worker, City Governments
2, Report:
#1528568
Posted Date:
Sep 06 2023
iStockphoto Getty Images Veru bad service e money rip off Alberta Calgary
istockphoto charged me money from my credit card for a subscription. after that i canceled de subscription for the other months ahead.
istockphoto instead of letting me use my credits for that month, they blocked me of my current month credits just because i canceled the subscriptio...
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Categories: online photo editing, photography
3, Report:
#1501732
Posted Date:
Nov 09 2020
Natacha Noel - Absolute Bachelor Club / Millionaire Search Absolute Bachelor Club / Millionaire Search Using Stock Photos to create fake profiles of men and women for dating and matching making, luring clients to get your money. No ever after! NYC
https://www.instagram.com/natachathematchmaker/
Absolute Bachelor Club / Millionaire Search ( same business and owner ). I am totally disappointed in the fact that you have used stock photos and created fake profiles of wealthy men seeking women on your Instagram. This is totally...
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Categories: Fraud, Suspected fraud, Fraudulent, Corporate Fraud, consumer fraud/theft, Fraud. Phoney, General fraud
4, Report:
#1380510
Posted Date:
Jun 22 2017
Getty Images iStock They don't pay Calgary Alberta
An amateur photographer, I applied to become an iStock/Getty images contributor a couple of years ago and had my portfolio of pictures accepted. A few got sold but because the amounts were small (and very difficult to understand in terms of what one actually gets) I never claimed ...
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Categories: Photography
5, Report:
#1369058
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2017
Istock by Getty images Bait and Switch, total scam, crooks and scammers Calgary Alberta
I was setting up a new website for my small business and wanted to purchase a few images for my new website. I signed up with Istock by Getty images and paid the basic $41 fee which is supposed to give you up to 10 images per month. I needed about 4-6 images so I signed up and then...
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Categories: Bait-and-Switch
6, Report:
#1201763
Posted Date:
Mar 14 2015
Brent Johns iosfx Con Artist - Pathological Liar - Takes Credit for Other's Work - Con Artist Medford Nationwide
Brent Johns took a video I created for a company and claimed that his company produced it. There were three other videos in his portfolio that belonged to two individuals I now personally.
That is just the start of it.
After finding out that he took credit for my work, I started som...
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Categories: Websites
7, Report:
#1215187
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2015
Getty Images iStock images Avoid using stocks from these crooks Internet
I am a graphic designer and used to use iStock for all of my stock photo needs. They had fair prices and were great to deal with. And then - they merged or were bought out by Getty Images. Getty is the most aggressive, difficult, expensive, mean-spririted stock company I have ever d...
Entity
Categories: Photography
8, Report:
#1146342
Posted Date:
May 13 2014
Abbey Law Firm in Bristol David Brown Email Claiming Inheritance from Distant Family Member Bristol
If you receive any email from this law office claiming that a long distant family member of yours has an inheritance that should go towards you do not reply with any information. They will make the matter seem urgent by stating that the bank is about to take the money you deserve. T...
Entity
Categories: Lawyers
9, Report:
#1123708
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2014
Pro Rentals Inc prorentalsinc.com Fake Vacation Rental Company Pro Rentals Inc Travel SCAM Tavistock Square State: London Internet
The only way to contact this company is through the contact page on their website www.prorentalsinc.com. That's the first red flag.When I filled out a contact form, they emailed me back within 24-48hrs (see below): Thank you for your inquiry. Fort Lauderdale Vacation...
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Categories: Lodging
10, Report:
#1120972
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2014
MANDY BINGHAM STYLEMESWEETDESIGN - Etsy WWW.ETSY.COM/SHOP/STYLEMESWEETDESIGN This shop of ‘hand drawn custom images’ is fraud. The images on here are, in fact, iStock images. She is misleading her customers by offering this ‘one of a kind’ image. VANCOVER, British Columbia CANADA
StyleMeSweet21MayThis shop of ‘hand drawn custom images’ is fraud. The images on here are, in fact, iStock images. She is misleading her customers by offering this ‘one of a kind’ image.facebook.com/pages/Style-Me-Sweet-Graphic-Design/187771474594950And just incase she delet...
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Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
11, Report:
#1114318
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2014
Getty Images iStockPhoto Deceptive and Predatory Business Model Seattle Washington
The same thing happened to me as detailed in many other compaints. Getty seems to target small businesses with strongarm legal tactics to collect funds for unintentional, unforseen, and often poorly substatiated copyright infringment. Avoid at all costs! Beware when using free clip ...
Entity
Categories: Media
12, Report:
#1070313
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2013
dnidomainbroker.com - 303-800-0310 - Domain Names International, LLC - domainnamesinternational.net DBA InTrust DomainsWORLDLINKSLOGISTICS.COMAlexanderalexGEYCOR.COMor-mls.comALESSANDROGENOVESE. SCAMMER selling unregistered domain names Franklin Tennessee
[email protected]
Alex uses multiple aliases to email thousands of people with an automated email system stealing WHO IS info to sell unregistered or unowned domain names.
dnidomainbroker.com is a scam site that collects funds for domain names they do not own...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
13, Report:
#716907
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2013
John Flynn, kickstartmedia Expected results not as described yet not able to get any monies back unless I referred 2 clients worth 2G Pottsboro, Texas
A friend of mine yesterday told me about a webguy who he had paid, who then decided he wanted more money for the job, AFTER he was paid in full
So my friend, a well-respected and seasoned businessman, decided he would not support such unethical business practices. But, unfortunat...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
14, Report:
#951115
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2012
Me haidressers Will not honour gift vouchers bought in their own store tavistock, United Kingdom Internet
My partner bought me a hundred pounds worth of vouchers for me hairdressers in their own shop. I was so excited to use them, as it happened i fell ill and gave them to my sister as a gift. My sister booked a appointment and went to get her hair done, when she arrived she mentio...
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Categories: Hair Salons
15, Report:
#945177
Posted Date:
Sep 22 2012
Getty Images This company owns iStockPhoto and probably more. License Compliance borders on extortion when applied to temporary display of a COMP image. I am seeking to join a class action. Seattle,, Washington
There is no need to repeat the description of my experience that is like so many others on this rip off web site and many other sites with regard to the practices of the compliance department of this company. A search for Getty Images in combination with words like extortion or rip ...
Entity
Categories: Media
16, Report:
#875122
Posted Date:
Jun 28 2012
Stylemesweetdesigns Mandy Bingham stealing images vancouver , Internet
84 Responses to StyleMeSweetShow-Me-An-Original-Idea May 21, 2011 at 8:51 am # Oh boy.Well, lets say that perhaps she is at least buying the stock images that shes usingalthough Im pretty sure that the 2 drawings of cameras are off limitspersonally, that would really p*ss me off as ...
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Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
17, Report:
#821976
Posted Date:
Mar 16 2012
Design by Hybrid, Hybrid Industries Web developer took the money - did not deliver the goods. A scam artist. Internet
I met and hired Jared Cooper,(supposed) founder and CEO of Design by Hybrid in March of 2011. I gave him about 4 pages detailing exactly what I wanted. I even went to istock photo and chose each photo and gave him the stock number for each photo. All the verbiage was written, ...
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Categories: Websites
18, Report:
#844147
Posted Date:
Feb 24 2012
iStockphoto istockphoto.com took my money for the photos of high quality, send poor quality instead and refused to return payments. Calgary, Internet
I have paid for three higher resolution photos from this vendor. However two out of three downloaded photos were low resolution picture with the very low original resolution about 100 x 60 pixels stretched in graphic editor. I didnt need pictures of this quality even for free ...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
19, Report:
#839599
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2012
Getty Images Geety Images ttempting to extort $2,500 for 3 images that were used from iStockphoto Internet
I am an Internet Consultant and have owned my business for 7 years. One of my clients received a letter from Getty Images demanded $2,500 for 3 images that they claim are exclusive to them ONLY. We have never been accused of this and are very deligent about avoiding...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
20, Report:
#778902
Posted Date:
Oct 04 2011
GodLikeProductions GodLike GLP Trinity Orwellian Mind Control in Use on Conspiracy Website Internet
The popular conspiracy website, www.godlikeproductions.com uses bans on users that post material that 'they' find objectionable.
This site has all kinds of posts on everything from aliens to moon landing hoax to 9/11 to fukushima conspiracies as well as CIA and other government c...
Entity
Categories: Civil Rights Violators
21, Report:
#713576
Posted Date:
Apr 04 2011
istockphoto LC stock photo company has viruses on their files ontereo, Ontario
I bought rights to some stock photos from istockphoto. The moment I paid for them and downloaded them I started having problems with my computer. It changed my homepage to yahoo. Ever since I downloaded them, every time I start my computer this popup window comes t...
Entity
Categories: Computer Graphics
22, Report:
#321877
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2009
Shutterstock - Shutterstock Images Horrible company that overcharges for poor quality, bad customer service Internet
I purchased a 1 month shutterstock account (costing $200) because they are one of the biggest stock photo sellers out there, and it seemed alot more economical than IStockphoto which is currently very expensive.
Don't get me wrong, they are a great value if you don't mind:
1. ...
Entity
Categories: Computer Graphics
23, Report:
#440139
Posted Date:
Apr 02 2009
Universal Marketing Solutions Ripped me off on timeshare sales Boca Raton Florida
I was told they had a buyer for my timeshare after i paid my fees and sent in contract i called for an update and was told no buyer was found and they were advertising my timeshare
John
Tavistock, OntarioCanada
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
24, Report:
#435337
Posted Date:
Mar 18 2009
Report: Jason Kelly - Day Trading Robot,Scammer Living In Japan Source: Http://www.istockanalyst.com/artic Alledged:worked from 1993 to 1997 as a technical writer at the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose, California. Miami Florida
Jason Kelly -- [email protected]
Day Trading Robot, Inc. maintains a bricks-and-mortar office at 8345 NW 66th St., #2785, Miami, FL 33166-2626.
For over a decade, Jason Kelly has provided investors with the insider knowledge and time-tested strategies they need to ma...
Entity
Categories: Door to Door Sales
25, Report:
#385506
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2008
25poundlogo 50dollarlogo MY bad experience London Internet
Well some will say it is my own fault. You pay for a cheap logo what else do you expect???
The first designs were pretty bad. I went back and forth with the 'designers' for weeks.
They would send things in the wrong colour
Change the fonts
Not listen to specific design requ...
Entity
Categories: Websites