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John smith
Country: United States
I received call from Account services today. It said that I needed to confirm my account. When a person picked up, he said that he had a low interest Master Card and Visa.  I asked them for their name.  He hung up.

My caller id showed name as Sandri Lawrence

Phone 305.654.1842  but nobody responds.

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    tj
    18 PAGES of complaints, starting March 18, 2008:
    https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-305-654-1842

    May be the same scammers as the notorious "Heather at Credit Services".
    Add "Sandri Lawrence" to the list of AKAs.

    "mlewis - 20 Mar 2008
    Automated message from "Heather" at credit services.  Pressed 1 to talk to rep.  It was a man that would not give any identifying information about himself or the company.  Call was cut off after some questioning on my part.  This is the second call like this I have received in the last week.
    Caller ID: Laurence Sandri
    Caller Type: Commercial"

    If you are on the Do Not Call list, or if they refuse to accept Do Not Call requests (such as by hanging up), file a complaint against that number on the FTC site, and since they appear to be based in Florida, file a similar complaint with the Florida Attorney General.
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    anon
    this is the new address for the call center that has been making all the illegal robo calls to you people..
    1642 west airport blvd in Sanford Florida.  Google that address and the map will display the location.  the phone number is 1 888 356 6357. you should get a message to speak with someone in human resources.  This is a huge illegal robo dialing call center that has been in business for awhile.  most of the posts on this site im certain are because of this particular organization originally operating in Tampa then moved to primera blvd in lake Mary Florida now they are located in Sanford FL.  Its easy to get all the info you need to these people.  all you have to do is cooperate and give them your cc number.  They cant charge you until you consent.  Thats the only way they can for certain take your money.  they will eventually give you all the info you need if you talk to a "closer" I did some digging and found out that a Blake Curtis owns and runs this entire operation.  see this link here: http://forums.hmoob.com/showthread.php?t=71434
    they are calling Canada now instead of the united states most likely to dodge any legalities.  I've investigated fully and What they do is have about 60 unlicensed people to answer phones that this call center robot dials out all across the country.  if you press 1 you'll get any one of these commission payed reps.  pressing 2 does nothing.  the reps are average nobody's that they hire off the street with no real qualifications and will talk you into giving up your credit card number and they will verify if you have debt and if you have availability on your visa or mc by calling your lender.  if you have availability on your credit card they will hand over the deal sheet to a closer "financial adviser" notice the quotes, who is nothing more than some guy or girl unlicensed and has no official title or education to be an adviser.  just some random people that are hired within to close the deal so they make a killing in commission off of you.  All the employees are on a commission based pay scale where I'm sure they are required to make a weekly quota in sales.  then you go to a verification where you agree on a recording to let them charge your card for these ridiculous bull crap services.  then you eventually get scheduled to talk to a financial adviser who again is nothing more than some other random employee in the call center who will call the bank and try to lower your cc interest rates with you on the phone.  All of this is scripted and each person is trained to take you through the Bull crap process.  The banks will do nothing of the sort like the closers promise you who got you scheduled to get you to sign up for these services in the first place.  at best you will get your rate reduced by a couple of percents but its not permanent by any means.  the best they do is transfer balance and get you a 0 percent APR with a Citibank visa or discover card for 3-6 months.  all of which you can do yourself. then they will try to talk you into consolidation or debt settlement.  meanwhile you just payed anywhere from $690 to $1990 on your credit card and are now screwed to ever get that back.  you cant back out of it.  you will not get your money back.  the only way to get your money back is to threaten the company that you had a dispute with your lender in regards to these services.  but you only have 3 days in which to claim that legally. They will show you on an analysis that you helped provide them that you can save money if you pay off one debt and then use what you were paying on the previous debt to put towards your other bills etc etc till everything is payed off.  just for that little bit of common sense knowledge is how they are charging you money. the website they provide http://www.myunitedfinancial.org  they claim to be based in San Francisco California. the number they give is 1 800 672 1771
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    guardian angel
    they make their living off of lies!  now understand they do have a

    service they provide. they will mail you out a debt profile for you to fill out. they will

    try to get you to go online and fill it out there as well which will trap you into the

    service!  Never give them a satisfaction report or you will never get your money back ever!!

    that's the biggest trap right there.  they are required to get a satisfaction report from

    you!! everything they do you can do on your own if you were to get aggressive with your

    debt.  all the service does is take the info you provided and they use that in a pathetic

    useless attempt to negotiate to a bank supervisor to lower your APR. which we all know is

    next to impossible.  they have everything they need to make you think they are helping you.

    when indeed all they are doing is the same thing you could have done yourself. this is how

    this company is structured and diff people have diff roles.

    The owner(some rich guy that drives big cars thanks to you): whats up stud

    The floor manager(Satan himself): the crazy ringleader who conducts a cockamamie

    inspirational meeting every morning to boost rep morale to help the reps get deals! oversees

    the reps who take the calls initially

    the closers(the financial advisers or specialists..how about worthless losers!!Satans little

    helpers): who get the deals from the floor manager by the reps and talks you into you

    letting the company charge your card anywhere from $690-1990 depending on your debt.

    the verification dept:(people who couldnt be anything else):  who takes the deal sheet and

    conducts a scripted recording making it legal to charge your card after the closer is done

    explaining(lying)everything to you

    scheduling dept.(people right behind the verification people in the same room)  makes an

    appointment for you to speak to a financial advisor days or weeks later so that you cant get

    a refund.

    the financial advisors(more scripted loosers with limited resources to do any good).  the

    person that is assigned to call you to go over your debt profile and try to show you a

    savings with your lender.

    customer service(the people that absolutly couldnt do anything else).  try's to talk you out

    of backing out of the program.

    everyone here is under the same roof sometimes in the same room.  this is a huge scam

    organization legit only when you agree to services on the recording.

    the address is 1642 west airport blvd, Sanford Florida.  Google this it will bring up the

    map instantly.  the human resource number is 1 888 356 6357 but good luck getting a live

    person.  for that call the 800 number and pretend you have a confirmation number.  the

    number they give to clients routes you to the customer service people and that number is 1

    800 672 1771 claiming to be Myunitedfinancial.org when actually they are all paid from a

    serene solutions.  again they are all under the same roof at that address!! you can see them

    out in the parking lot smoking cigarettes or who knows what else lol.
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    NorthernLight
    Got one of these today.  I stalled them by saying I need to find my cards.  They asked me to confirm my Mastercard starting with "4."  Well heck, ALL Mastercards start with 4.  They did give me a callback number 1-877-283-7773 x312.  I asked for the business name and location and they said Financial Advisor Services and that they are based in Orlando, FL.  Probably a made up name.

    After leaving them on hold for about 10 minutes I asked why they called me if I am on the Do Not Call list.  At that point it was all "you M-F-er you waste my time."  I said "well you are wasting everyone else's time."  
    "You Americans. blah blah, something about Texas and Bush (Don't know what that had to do with anything) more M-F-ers etc. "  (Not a strict quote but I couldn't understand what he was saying exactly).  Then he hung up.
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    Patty
    I just bit! Oh, yes, I'm such a sucker. My gut told me this was too good to be true but my "need" to get out of this high interest drove me to agree. After I hung up I tryed calling the number ... mesage said open 10a-5p so I can't find out anything until tomorrow. I called my credit card fraud line and reported it ... but no assurance we can stop the charge.

    "Interest Account Services" is the name provided me for this company. I google it but no company by that name surfaced.

    Beware!
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    brenda
    This happened to me starting in October-November. Oh they did the call-back thing to check with th card company, but it cost me 890.00 up front. My husband had fallen and broke his neck, I have congestive heart failure, there had been no income since September of 2008. We ha to take care of my Mom, so by this time any money we had put back was gone. My husband would not work again, disability was refused. I made the call to our credit card company, explained the situation, asked for some type of help, Anything I asked about, They flatly refused. I spent the next three months, on the phone w/ United Financial & card company. I had told both there would be no income and we were facing 100,000.00 in medical bills. I warned, that the November payment would be the last I would be able to make. I was told Sorry we can't help you, we do not have the sources to change interest or lower payments. I asked for a settlement , refused. And I haven't been able to make a payment since November 2009. For 38 years, we worked so hard to keep bills paid, credit good and what do you get, a slap in the face when things happen that are out of your control. Also, out $890.00 I could have sent to payments, that I will never get back. I was & am in desperate about this. I have never been in a place that we couldn't manage to work it out.I pray that the regulators find this Scum Company and the corrupt people that make the phone calls, and use the laws to make them pay for this.
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    Nancy
    I just received a call from "Card Services" so I entered into a discussion with them only giving my name and refused to give any credit card information and asked tons of questions. I felt it was a scam so limited what I said to the lady who avoided giving me her name. She was on a cell phone and I talked to her until her cell ran down, or she drove out of range, or hung up on me...My number is non-published so how the hell did they get it?

    Here's the number she called from: 997-000-2154 of course, reverse TN check showed negative!!!!
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    KarenF
    Just got the same phone call.  When I asked which credit card company she was with, she said  they represented "400 credit card companies".  She just needed to ask me a few questions.  I'm not going to give sensitive information on the phone to an unsolicited caller, which I told her.  She got angry.  I hung up.

    The number she called from was:  786-427-3567

    Thanks for this site.
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    brendagranny
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    this is the sob callers that screwed me out of 890.00 now I have laywers on me threatening all kinds of dreadful dyer fates. this was the first time in 30 years I had this kind of problem My husband fell 16 ft. broke his neck and well you can figure out the rest. I hope these people can be found and hung out to dry as if a piece of beef jerky.

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