Comments on: We Want to Hear Your ‘I Was Scammed’ Story http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/ We lose money so you don't have to! Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:41:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jim Vowles http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-6070 Jim Vowles Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:07:25 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-6070 Because there are many who have not posted an entry here that should have, allow me to add this one: While checking my charge card statements for the past quarter, there were some smaller amounts I had not noticed before, from LibertyFunPas and another company. These were charges for less than $20, but between both of them, and repeated charges to my account, totaled around $200. Repeated calls and emails to the companies were and are not answered or responded to. I was able limit the damage only by canceling that account and getting another one issued for a nominal fee, which I also had to pay. What I recommend now is to write down exactly what company was charged, the date and time you authorized it, and you absolutely MUST check your monthly statements. Maybe someone can learn from my mistakes. Because there are many who have not posted an entry here
that should have, allow me to add this one:
While checking my charge card statements for the past
quarter, there were some smaller amounts I had not noticed
before, from LibertyFunPas and another company. These
were charges for less than $20, but between both of them,
and repeated charges to my account, totaled around $200.
Repeated calls and emails to the companies were and are not
answered or responded to.
I was able limit the damage only by canceling that account
and getting another one issued for a nominal fee, which I also had to pay.
What I recommend now is to write down exactly what company
was charged, the date and time you authorized it,
and you absolutely MUST check your monthly statements.
Maybe someone can learn from my mistakes.

]]> By: Paul Schlegel http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-6050 Paul Schlegel Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:54:17 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-6050 I just wanted to let everyone know that I've been emailing back and forth with Anne Varney at ABC and they haven't forgotten about this aspect of their story. In fact they have someone doing extensive research on it, so please keep posting away with your stories. I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve been emailing back and forth with Anne Varney at ABC and they haven’t forgotten about this aspect of their story. In fact they have someone doing extensive research on it, so please keep posting away with your stories.

]]> By: B. J. http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5896 B. J. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:15:21 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5896 Looks like there maybe another one to watch out for, Cathy Banks,Process Auctions on Ebay.I haven't contacted Ebay , yet, to see what they have to say about it. Looks like there maybe another one to watch out for, Cathy Banks,Process Auctions on Ebay.I haven’t contacted Ebay , yet, to see what they have to say about it.

]]> By: Marion Monica http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5893 Marion Monica Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:25:50 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5893 In April, I received an e-mail that sounded too good to be true and it was. It said that I could make money from my home computer processing rebates from well-known companies. The name of the company that sent the e-mail was Penbrook Productions/Angela Penbrook. I sent my payment of $197 by credit card. The way the ad read I was supposed to be able to download an instruction manual and start working and earning right away. Well------the download did not work. I tried calling the "customer care line" and it was either busy or no answer. When I finally was able to talk to someone, the girl's accent was so pronounced that I had to have her spell what she was trying to say and it was WealthDIC which turned out to be just another worthless website. While I was still reeling from this mess, I received a phone call at work telling me that these people could have me up and running an Internet business in 30 days. Believing that this was still Penbrook, I had them call me back at home that evening. This company was Tafiti Consulting from Provo, UT. I kept telling them that I just wanted to process rebates. I was pressured into letting them charge me $3500. to get this business started. It turned out to be some kind of drop shipping. The password to the instruction videos did not work and soon I received an e-mail telling me how terrific I was doing with all the instructions. I had called repeatedly to get another password and no one seemed to want to help. I told this Brian Pier that I was no longer interested in the program and I wanted my money refunded. He said he was sorry I felt that way, and someone would call me. No one did. I did receive a refund from my credit card company for Penbrook. With Tafiti, I had to cancel my card and get a new one issued. That got their attention because they were charging me $39.95 monthly for what I still do not know. So far they have not been able to charge anything more to me. Never did I contact Tafiti-Penbrook Productions must have sold my information to them. I hope I never hear from either of them again. I walk away a much wiser person, but I feel very naive and abused. I hope that stories can be printed to help others. Thank you. In April, I received an e-mail that sounded too good to be true and it was. It said that I could make money from my home computer processing rebates from well-known companies. The name of the company that sent the e-mail was Penbrook Productions/Angela Penbrook. I sent my payment of $197 by credit card. The way the ad read I was supposed to be able to download an instruction manual and start working and earning right away. Well——the download did not work. I tried calling the “customer care line” and it was either busy or no answer. When I finally was able to talk to someone, the girl’s accent was so pronounced that I had to have her spell what she was trying to say and it was WealthDIC which turned out to be just another worthless website. While I was still reeling from this mess, I received a phone call at work telling me that these people could have me up and running an Internet business in 30 days. Believing that this was still Penbrook, I had them call me back at home that evening. This company was Tafiti Consulting from Provo, UT. I kept telling them that I just wanted to process rebates. I was pressured into letting them charge me $3500. to get this business started. It turned out to be some kind of drop shipping. The password to the instruction videos did not work and soon I received an e-mail telling me how terrific I was doing with all the instructions. I had called repeatedly to get another password and no one seemed to want to help. I told this Brian Pier that I was no longer interested in the program and I wanted my money refunded. He said he was sorry I felt that way, and someone would call me. No one did. I did receive a refund from my credit card company for Penbrook. With Tafiti, I had to cancel my card and get a new one issued. That got their attention because they were charging me $39.95 monthly for what I still do not know. So far they have not been able to charge anything more to me. Never did I contact Tafiti-Penbrook Productions must have sold my information to them. I hope I never hear from either of them again. I walk away a much wiser person, but I feel very naive and abused. I hope that stories can be printed to help others. Thank you.

]]> By: Crystal M http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5456 Crystal M Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:27:02 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5456 Well sheesh on, you are right about some people with degrees who don't get a job right away or not at all, but when you plan to do schooling you have to pick and go for a job that is in demand. However like I said before you need to look into the schooling & what's right for you before you sign up for it. Just check out what jobs are in demand right now and see what fits you best. Yes I know people with degrees do work their little butts off, my husband is one of them and he has a bachelors degree in what he does and he works really hard. Both with and w/o degree people do work hard. Even if you're a mom you work hard and you don't even get paid for it. :) Everyone just has to remember life is not easy & not fair, it takes hard work to get where you want to be. Well sheesh on, you are right about some people with degrees who don’t get a job right away or not at all, but when you plan to do schooling you have to pick and go for a job that is in demand. However like I said before you need to look into the schooling & what’s right for you before you sign up for it. Just check out what jobs are in demand right now and see what fits you best. Yes I know people with degrees do work their little butts off, my husband is one of them and he has a bachelors degree in what he does and he works really hard. Both with and w/o degree people do work hard. Even if you’re a mom you work hard and you don’t even get paid for it. :) Everyone just has to remember life is not easy & not fair, it takes hard work to get where you want to be.

]]> By: Sheesh http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5422 Sheesh Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:55:14 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5422 Sounds good Crystal and I agree sometimes schooling does help , but not all the time. I know alot of people who have degrees and have a hard time getting a job after their companies went under , they say their told either their over qualified or asking for too much wage wise. A degree is not a guarantee you will get a job , especially nowadays alot of companies look for experience/hire from within over a degree. It goes both ways and just because you have a degree doesn't mean you won't be working your ass off too. Sounds good Crystal and I agree sometimes schooling does help , but not all the time. I know alot of people who have degrees and have a hard time getting a job after their companies went under , they say their told either their over qualified or asking for too much wage wise. A degree is not a guarantee you will get a job , especially nowadays alot of companies look for experience/hire from within over a degree. It goes both ways and just because you have a degree doesn’t mean you won’t be working your ass off too.

]]> By: Crystal M http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 Crystal M Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:15:55 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5421 Here's something for everyone, DO NOT waste your time looking on the internet for a stay at home job (THEY ARE ALL SCAMS) and DO NOT give anyone your credit card number or send them any money. More then likely you will not get it back. Come on everyone you have to be smart these days...you know you can't work at home and make lots of money in one week or a whole month. It's just not that easy. What we all need to put our time into is looking for a college, tech school or schooling online. Now I know everyone throws in the saying "well I don't have the money for that" and what I say is "If you don't put some money into education then you will never do it and you'll never get to make the money you want." I would use my time and look on the internet for stay at home jobs and find out they are all scams, so I stopped and started doing schooling online and the job i'm trainning for I can work from home or in a office. I will make something of myself and I will make the effort to make the amount of money I want to make. If I can do it you can too. So stop the looking and wasting your time and put that time into education. Look at what you want to train in before you sign up for it so it's right for you. Oh and yes there are some people out there who don't even go to college and make a whole lot of money but i'm sure they have worked there butt off to get where they are now. So good luck to whom may listen to this letter on your schooling! Here’s something for everyone,
DO NOT waste your time looking on the internet for a stay at home job (THEY ARE ALL SCAMS) and DO NOT give anyone your credit card number or send them any money. More then likely you will not get it back. Come on everyone you have to be smart these days…you know you can’t work at home and make lots of money in one week or a whole month. It’s just not that easy. What we all need to put our time into is looking for a college, tech school or schooling online. Now I know everyone throws in the saying “well I don’t have the money for that” and what I say is “If you don’t put some money into education then you will never do it and you’ll never get to make the money you want.” I would use my time and look on the internet for stay at home jobs and find out they are all scams, so I stopped and started doing schooling online and the job i’m trainning for I can work from home or in a office. I will make something of myself and I will make the effort to make the amount of money I want to make. If I can do it you can too. So stop the looking and wasting your time and put that time into education. Look at what you want to train in before you sign up for it so it’s right for you. Oh and yes there are some people out there who don’t even go to college and make a whole lot of money but i’m sure they have worked there butt off to get where they are now. So good luck to whom may listen to this letter on your schooling!

]]> By: IvyIsCenter http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5372 IvyIsCenter Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:16:20 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5372 I have been working for the company for over 6 months already and realized that this is really unfair. The company is really unfair. Not only that the company don't process refunds but also because of their misleading advertisements. I was once then a telemarketer for this company and now, I resigned because I don't really like their line of business. If you would like to know all of the company's information, try to visit my blog at http://ivyiscenter.blogspot.com and learn about this company's scamming activities. Thanks! http://ivyiscenter.blogspot.com I have been working for the company for over 6 months already and realized that this is really unfair. The company is really unfair. Not only that the company don’t process refunds but also because of their misleading advertisements. I was once then a telemarketer for this company and now, I resigned because I don’t really like their line of business. If you would like to know all of the company’s information, try to visit my blog at http://ivyiscenter.blogspot.com and learn about this company’s scamming activities. Thanks!

http://ivyiscenter.blogspot.com

]]> By: neha shah http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5334 neha shah Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:03:50 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5334 i am register with googlecashkey programme, they offer me lots of work which i can do from home only, for that they charge me 1250/- and they send me one cd in which they provide me my reg code. after that i mail them for more then 25 times , that how can i start work, guide me but there was no responce, same way on their site they have written that one month money back gaurantee, for that now they are denying, what to do with this type of fraud people i am register with googlecashkey programme, they offer me lots of work which i can do from home only, for that they charge me 1250/- and they send me one cd in which they provide me my reg code. after that i mail them for more then 25 times , that how can i start work, guide me but there was no responce, same way on their site they have written that one month money back gaurantee, for that now they are denying, what to do with this type of fraud people

]]> By: Paul Schlegel http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2008/08/15/we-want-to-hear-your-i-was-scammed-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5317 Paul Schlegel Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:13:16 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=757#comment-5317 No problem. I was starting to have an identity crisis though. ;-) No problem. I was starting to have an identity crisis though. ;-)

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