scam
Complaint
Gloria Allen
Country: United States
This company withdrew $448.61 dollars from my account without my approval. I don't know how they got my number but they did. My niece called them and the man was very rude. Said that he did want to speak with her because she was rude. I see from the other complaints that they have changed their number. The number on the draft was 1-866-595-7299. My niece will comtact the Attorney General office had file a complaint with them because their scam was against an elderly person.
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this is probably a cross-border (Canadian) fraudulent telemarketing scam, most likely operating ftom the Montreal area. They use deception and threats to get seniors' account information, then cram through fraudulent charges for some worthless "medical discount card". Other complaints report they call claiming to be "from Medicare" or "your pharmacy", implying that your Medicare benefits might be cut off if you don't "update your account information". Other complaints report fraudulent charges with no prior contact, indicating they may be illegally buying U.S. consumer account information, to use in this fraudulent charging scheme.
Immediately contact your bank to dispute fraudulent charges, and have them close your account or block the card number to prevent additional fraudulent charges. Follow up with a fraud affidavit sent to your bank's dispute address, and in addition, file a fraud and theft complaint with your local police and obtain a copy of the police report.
Your bank can reverse disputed charges if you dispute within 60 days of the statement date of the statement showing the disputed charges, under FRB Reg. E (for checking account debit cards or other EFT), or under FCBA (for credit card charges).
were a third party company who worked with my "Protection I.D." company.
More leg work to do tomorrow. They don't work with my ID Protect company,
but I had spoke with my bank as well after this call incase, they said they
could pull back the moneys, less hope so.
I'm calling the Attorney tomorrow as well. Research is done, not to straighten this out and hopefully get my money back. My ID Protection
company failed me here, and there's to many loop holes in the banking
industry.
We contacted the Attornery General's office of MA. They confirmed that it certainly "looks like a scam". They will do their best to recover the funds but "don't hold your breath". How immoral can someone be to prey on the elderly.
FTC recently settled with a payment processor, Landmark Clearing, caught aiding and abetting these schemes.
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Immediately dispute fraudulent charges directly with your bank, and close the account to block additional fraud. Follow up with a fraud affidavit.
File fraud complaints with FTC and OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency).
Only recourse I have is to call them weekly and tell them to send money. I also told them I knew they were a scam company-and they don't care! It is known as Cross Border Fraud!
Did you notify your local police of this scam? Or another branch? Same thing happened to me.
Like many of you, I manage the money, and when I found out what the withdrawal was for and how it was done, my Mom insisted that she never gave anyone authority to withdraw any money. Even the credit union didn't seem to have any idea that this is a scam.
How do they find our parents???? How low can these people be? My Mom is 84, and my Dad is in hospice with Alzheimer's. That $448.61 means 2 months of groceries!
I am so angry that I could scream!
"For Release: 05/21/2013
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Ban Payment Methods Favored in Fraudulent Telemarketing Transactions
In an ongoing effort to protect consumers from deceptive telemarketing, the Federal Trade Commission seeks public comment on proposed amendments to strengthen the Telemarketing Sales Rule’s protections against bogus charges and services.
The Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking announced today would curtail the use of four payment methods favored by con artists and scammers. The proposed changes would:
Stop telemarketers from dipping directly into consumer bank accounts by using unsigned checks and “payment orders” that have been “remotely created.” These instruments can make it easy for unscrupulous telemarketers to debit bank accounts without permission, according to the FTC.
Bar telemarketers from getting paid with traditional “cash-to-cash” money transfers, as well as “cash reload” mechanisms, that scammers rely on to get money quickly and anonymously from consumer victims.
The FTC has found that unscrupulous telemarketers rely on these payment methods because they are largely unmonitored and provide consumers with fewer protections against fraud. The FTC’s proposed changes to the TSR would make it a violation for telemarketers and sellers to accept any of these payment methods in any telemarketing transaction.
The proposed changes also would expand the TSR’s ban on telemarketing “recovery services” in exchange for an advance fee. In the Commission’s experience, telemarketers who call consumers offering to help recover losses they suffered through an earlier fraud are often engaged in deceptive practices. Currently limited to offers to recoup losses suffered in a prior telemarketing transaction, the existing ban would be expanded to include offers to recoup losses suffered in any prior transaction.