they reeled me in with resonnable promises, and a great product, offered me 2 round trip tickets to Pheonix, then talked me into purchasing their biggest advertising campaign for $6500.00 after charging me 1700.00 for the website, which is now shutdown, and their phones have all been disconnected. They offered a full year money back guarantee, that's why I figured I have nothing to loose.
But since they have dissappeared, I'm not getting anything back. Please advise.
2006-06-16 05:14:50 · 9 answers · asked by minkylachatte 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing
do a whois search on the company's old URL. Gather as much documentation as you can. Also visit http://www.archive.org for old snapshots of the website using the wayback machine.
Try to preserve fingerprint evidence when handling documents.
There's a problem though...since you handed your money over to them, it becomes a civil contract dispute. You might have some recourse prosecuting this as wire fraud or mail fraud.
Contact your post office to find out your recourse with the postal inspector. File a complaint with the FTC. File a complaint with the BBB (they have handbooks on advice when you get ripped off...but they can't do much).
2006-06-16 05:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by Iomegan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep every piece of paper you have on the company because the worse is yet to come. Did you give these people your SS# so they could pay you? I'm thinking you deposited these 'cashier's checks' into your bank account...close that account, ASAP! The reason is you had to sign those checks to deposit them and they are going to end up somewhere with your bank account number on them. Also, get a copy of your credit report because you are over-drawn on your account you may now be in the ChexSystems and your credit report may have changes you aren't aware of. As for helping other people, it's a nice thought but you weren't the first or last person who fell for this. Make copies of what you have and send it to the Attorney General's office in Chicago, attention Fraud Department. You will have to tell them exactly the name of the scam company and the name of the person you sent the cashier's checks to. Get busy because the longer you wait, the deeper in this you're going to find yourself. Good Luck.
2016-05-19 21:07:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I 've been in your situation the only difference is i lost 1000 dollar in a certain company whom i'm doing business for the first time and promise me to won a 10,000 dollar. but they send me only a pocket TV and a couple jar of the vitamins which is not worth a thousand and I didn't see anymore the rest of my money which i'm saving for christmass and to send to my parents as a gift. Like yours there phone disconnected and nobody will answer me anymore. then that night i saw th company was caught in doing fraud to lots of people. i learn a lot of lesson on it. and i don't trust anymore doing business without doing a thorough research. they even phone me a month after with another name but they same tactics. what you do in your situation besides asking an advise of a lawyer, gather all your proof or documents, phone the business bureau and share your situation. If they can't help, go to the media. some news station have that type of program to help people. so that maybe a start. Next time don't overwhelmed with there offer. research, research for the safety of your pocket. Especially there a lots of evil in the Net than the real world where you at. so Goodluck
2006-06-16 05:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by starjelly2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately you feel victim to a scam and your best bet it to report them to the BBB ( Better Business Bureau) You may also be entitled to a recovery if you turn the company over to the Attorney General's office in your state. Quite often then have the resources and financial resources to conduct an investigation to be able to locate where your funds may have been sent.
2006-06-16 05:20:28 · answer #4 · answered by Nico T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all you need to report to your bank right away exactly what has happened incase they try and get in to your account, that is if you gave them any info, like your b-day, social #, and account#.
Then you need to go onto ripoffreport.com and see if you see anything else about the company and other people they may have stolen from. After that get copys of as much stuff as possible of the internet and report it to your local police department and file a fradualent complaint. Dont be so hard on yourself that just happened to m my friend!!!!! and she was able to retrieve her money they took out of her account.
2006-06-16 06:33:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to take all your info to the better business bureau and then on to a lawyer probably. THere are ways to find where the company went and then on to see about getting your money back.
2006-06-16 05:20:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what state they were based in? If so, contact that state's Attorney General. Failing that contact the Attorney General in your state.
2006-06-16 05:20:40 · answer #7 · answered by my brain hurts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Report them to the BBB, tell your bank, and get a lawyer.
2006-06-16 07:59:31 · answer #8 · answered by dewitthm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the FBI as it was interstate.
2006-06-16 10:46:28 · answer #9 · answered by kadel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋