866-311-2992
Complaint
Chuck
Country: United States
8663112992
866 311 2992
866-311-2992
Another one of your typical Scumbags.
Caller ID comes up as : TOLL FREE CALL
Oh, yeah! That makes them legitimate.
I called the number, was put on hold, then transferred to "customer service". When I attempted to ask "customer service for WHO?", they hung up.
866 311 2992
866-311-2992
Another one of your typical Scumbags.
Caller ID comes up as : TOLL FREE CALL
Oh, yeah! That makes them legitimate.
I called the number, was put on hold, then transferred to "customer service". When I attempted to ask "customer service for WHO?", they hung up.
Comments
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/01/tmark.shtm
(a day in which I unfortunately received 2 more calls from 866-311-2992)
Zip Wide Web
USABD Internet Solutions; MSMB2B Inc.;
eBridge Technologies; ZipWeb; eVisibility; USABA; The Billing Resource.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-866-311-2992
eBridge Technologies, ZipWeb, and eVisibility appear to be this company:
http://www.ebridgetechnologies.com/
Recent cramming complaint against companies included above:
http://www.ahrc.com/new/index.php/src/tools/sub/yp/action/display/id/2575
"The Billing Resource" appears to be related to "Integretel". Both located in San Jose, both allegedly started in 1988, similar business (billing aggregators who submit charges to phone companies (LECs)), and virtually identical services and webpages:
http://www.billingresource.com/about/1-0.asp
http://www.billingresource.com/products/2-0.asp
http://www.integretel.com/about/1-0.asp
http://www.integretel.com/products/2-0.asp
Integretel got caught in a scam billing consumers for fraudulent charges crammed onto their phone bills.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/09/verity.shtm
"...
In its complaint, the FTC alleged that although VIL’s bills, which were mailed by the Integretel defendants, deceptively represented that the calls reconnecting consumers’ modems to the Internet terminated in Madagascar, in fact they were “short-stopped” in London or some other location. Thus, line subscribers were charged the rates to Madagascar at $3.99 per minute, compared to about $.08 per minute to London.
According to the Commission, the Integretel defendants, working on behalf of VIL, mailed consumers bills based solely upon the automatic number identification (ANI) of the telephones that connected to the Web sites operated by VIL’s clients. The invoices included a toll-free number, which was answered by contractors of the Integretel defendants, that consumers could call if they had questions about the charges. After receiving the VIL bills, thousands of consumers flooded Integretel’s call center with complaints. The FTC contends that even though in many cases the Integretel defendants knew that the line subscribers denied authorizing the charges, they told them that all of the charges were valid and had to be paid. An Integretel representative conveyed this information to consumers, who were placed on hold while waiting to speak with the representative.
Based on this conduct, the FTC charged the Integretel defendants with: 1) billing line subscribers whose computer modems and telephones may have been used to access Internet Web sites by using the VIL defendants’ dialing program, but who themselves did not access the sites; 2) misrepresenting to line subscribers that they were legally obligated to pay for that access,
whether or not the line subscriber actually accessed the sites; and 3) misrepresenting on billing statements that calls for which the line subscribers were billed terminated in Madagascar, while they actually were short-stopped in London.
..."
http://www.ahrc.com/new/index.php/src/tools/sub/yp/action/display/id/2575
"Information about Caller ID (800)222-5529 - Incessant calls
Caller ID (800)222-5529 - Incessant calls
Encino, California 91436
Phone: (800)222-5529 Fax:
Rank: No ranking.
Summary: December 11, 2007 Alert to Homeowners: Incessant telephone calls from caller ID (800) 222-5529 See some of the alerts from others on the internet.
Other Information: Google search connections: Lawstar securities scam - See attached. http://www.spockosbrain.com/ - Angela R. said... When I was first contacted by these people... and then last night I found your site and I knew I had been scammed. I called immediately this morning to cancel, and when I called the number listed in my packet (800-222-5529), I got "E-Bridge Technology (or Technologies)", and was informed that this was a parent company for E-link-ISP. "
See http://www. Ripoff.com USABD, ZIP WIDE WEB, THE BILLING RESOURCE, USABD INTERNET SOLUTIONS - Category: Criminal justice system - USABD, ZIP WIDE WEB, THE BILLING RESOURCE, USABD INTERNET SOLUTIONS, EBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES USABD The Billing Resource practices SLAMMING! Adds fraudulent charges to phone bill Encino California Phone: 866-586-3900 Fax: 323-525-3939 - 16133 Ventura Blvd. Ste. 855 - Encino, California, 91436 U.S.A. ---Report on 12/4/2007 12:18:22 PM from Miles, Redwood City, California : For three months, USABD has been billing me via AT&T for services I never ordered or authorized. They insist that they have a recorded telephone conversation of me authorizing but wouldn't play it back for me over the phone. I spoke with a testy little woman named Christine Tran who agreed to cancel my account but refused to refund the money they owed me. Here is what I learned: Parent Company is called ZipWideWeb. Her supervisor is Richard Stewart. Company owner is Mark Cave. Physical address is 16133 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436 , Phone#s are (800) 222-5529 or (866) 586-3900 Fax# s (323) 525-3939 Other company aliases: eBridge Technologies, ZipWeb, eVisibility, USABA, The Billing Resource. They have offices in Manila (The Philipines), Bangalore (India), Los Angeles and San Diego, CA.
2007www.oag.state.md.us/Securities/Actions/2004/LawstarBonteFO.pdf "
Additional cramming complaints tied to number:
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-800-222-5529
Supposedly this is from an employee, offering to disclose where they are calling from if he gets paid off, and claiming it isn't a scam because "scammers scam a huge amount for every single customer".
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/8002225529
"confidencial - 10 Jan 2008
im working with zipweb.. as outbound telemarketer.. where they have thier customer service office at 16133 Ventura Blvd. Encino CA. And the calls are not coming from that place. If you want i will let you know where all the calls made, but not that as simple for me, coz i work there, and i need money to provide my needs.. (if you could replace my salary in exchange of pointing our whereabouts, why not) but for me its not a scamm if youd see the zipweb site. you can see a lot of clients are zipweb customers and thier business are all listed.. maybe some says that this is scam, its because they can't pay or lets say they hard to pay $49.95 per month. i should say scammers scam a huge amount for every single customer.. well anyway like what i have said. i will show you where the calls maid if if you replace my earnings, or if you give me rawards.. i dont need to give you my email. just leave a message in this forum... if yopu are interested,, below as the part of spiel that we use when we talk to customers... this spiel a sample of my proof, that i work with zipweb...this spiel is not complete and its cut every paragraph.... bye
Hi, is this (Business Name)?
Great, may I please speak
(ask for the Owner/Manager & ask for name.)?
Good Morning/ good afternoon (first name) you are the
Owner /Manager for the business correct?
Good thank you!
* * My name is ___________ with (Area’s) local Zip-Web
(ZipWeb – is an online local search engine)
* * We’re calling to let you know you’ll be the featured (business category) on Zipweb, Google, Yahoo, AOL and MSN for (Area) next month. We need to make sure your information’s up to date ahead of time, so if you’ve got just 5 minutes now I can take down the basics – like your correct address, etc – and then we can mail the rest of the information to you for confirmation, OK?
* * We’ll display your business name as (Business Name), at (Address, City, State, Zip), correct?
* * Is that also your business mailing address?
(What is your physical address?)
* * And we have this number, (recite BTN slowly), as the main phone number for (Business Name), correct?
GREAT: - There’s no charge whatsoever for being the featured local business next month and as you know the business that
pops up first, usually gets the most costumers, so next moth should be a good one. If you don’t want to give up your featured position afterwards, you can keep it for as long as you like for just
$49.95 / month - & no one else in your category can be featured until you choose to give it up, - there’s no contracts – so, you simply let us know, if and when, you want to let it go.
* * We’ll mail, a confirmation to you today, and then, an account rep will follow up with you later, so you can let them know if you want to keep it, once you’ve seen what it’s doing for your business, OK?
* * If you do decide to keep it, it can be conveniently billed via your monthly local telephone statement
-and website designers, web hosting and technical assistance are all provided at no extra charge, - so it’s great value, and great local exposure for your business "
I see all this complaints but nothing has happened to them other than thier bank accounts growing every year
http://classactionconnect.com/consumer-compla ... -phone-charges/
You can also contact class action lawyers who are investigating unauthorized telephone bill charges:
http://www.classactionconnect.com/?q=node/733
supervisor is Richard Stewart. Company owner is Mark Cave.
Physical address is 16133 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436
Phone#s are (800) 222-5529 or (866) 586-3900
Fax# s (323) 525-3939
Other company aliases: eBridge Technologies, ZipWeb, eVisibility, USABA, The Billing Resource.
They have offices in Manilla (The Phillipines), Bangalore (India), Los Angeles and San Diego, CA.
http://spokane.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx? ... 908369&art=1331
Mark Cave, President. Other contacts are Debra Allen, Manager; Don Marinari, Chairman of the Board; Julie Agapay, Administrative Assistant; Katherine Manglona, CFO; Bo Sohrabi, Attorney Liason; David Harris, unknown. Primary phone number is listed as 888-529-7526. Other phone numbers are 888-775-9400, 800-460-0078, 323-525-3900, 800-222-5529, 800-984-6666, 310-691-7419, 800-886-4529
This guy has been in trouble with the law before