Credit Card Terminal Equipment Lease
Complaint
D. Robison
Country: United States
This company says I have leased a credit card terminal from them and have defaulted on the contract. I didn't even know they existed prior to this nor is there a reason to lease the equipment from someone in New York, when I could have leased it locally in Florida. Also, being retired, I am not currently working on anything but golfing handicap. How does one handle this kind of fraud that seems to be protected by laws that allow business carte blanche rights to collect accounts delinquent? There seems to be no legal recourse unless served a lawsuit by them. Thankfully, this country still allows you to defend yourself in court from this nonsense!
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They told me that they would mark it as an incorrect number. This sparked in my mind that I have had this same response approximately 6 months previously and, I think, 6 months previous to that. I have had this problem with this phone going back 4 years. This company is relentless even when dealing with individuals who have signed nothing with them.
I told them I wanted some insurance that I would not be called again and was told again that they would mark it as an incorrect number and refused to pass me on to someone who could assure me that I would not receive any more calls. I would like to be part of this class action suit, but for a different reason.....The harrassment factor and abusive customer service.
BTW the cell phone is owned by my employer, a major Hospital in the Midwest. I have called they have never heard of this leasing company.
Interestingly, today I got a letter from SKS Associates, who supposedly have acquired Northern Leasing, notifying me that my account (which has been closed for two months) will be debited $150 on 3/21 for "uncollected or undercollected taxes and fees" - no details of course. I got to the bank as quickly as possible and canceled my business account. These [***] aren't getting another dime from me. I will file complaints wherever I have to, and will join a class action lawsuit if they even try to report me to the credit bureau or a collections agency. I more than paid for the stupid machine I leased from them in 2005.
I am currently writting a letter to the CA State Attorny General's office
This fraud must be stopped before there are thousands more victims
It's happening all over the country - same story, leases paid/closed years ago, and suddenly money vanishes from business' checking accounts.
File complaints with the BBB, FTC, NY Attorney General and alert the media. Surely if enough of us do this, something can be done to make it stop.
Several people have been hit twice. All amounts under $200 per incident but some have been hit twice for $195.
Company refuses to provide documentation other than the original contract and payment schedule. That doesn't show whom the alleged taxes are payable to, or how they arrived at their figures.
They are stealing, period.
After searching Northern Leasing and SKS online, I see that this FRAUD is being committed all over the country. I reported it to my bank and I am following the instructions that other victims have recommended. I have already filed a complaint with the New York Atty General, California Atty General, will be filing a local police report, filing a report with the local FBI office (as the fraud crossed state lines) and filing a report with the District Atty of New York and Dist Atty of Los Angeles. Iteresting that the New York Atty General & California Atty General WERE AWARE OF BOTH these CON-ARTIST companies. They WERE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM AND BEING INVESTIGATED!
PLEASE E V E R Y O N E call your Atty General in the state you live in AND the New York AG where they are located. Call the FBI and make a report and with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). If EVERYONE makes a complaint they will get what's coming to them. Also, there is a Class action suit underway. Call the number on the website www.NorthernLeasingClassAction.com (Chittur & Associates, PC) and give the atty the paperwork he requests. Hopefully this will prevent these CREEPS from continuing this scam and FABRICATING FAKE FEES in the future. They will continue to committ this FRAUD if people don't complain.
It only takes a few minutes to participate in the reporting of this abuse. Also, unless you close your bank account, it is likely that they will attempt to illegally withdrawal more funds in the future, possibly under a different company name. STAY ON THIS CASE EVERYONE INVOLVED!!