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Unfortunately when I was applying for payday loans I got caught up in this mess with this company who added charges to my phone bill without my consent.
Apparently one of the pdl's either sold my account or phone number to them...
Just received an alert from Fl.Atty.General's Office regarding this:
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TALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Charlie Crist today announced that his
office has launched an investigation into five telephone companies for
placing unauthorized charges on consumers’ bills. Charges for an
internet shopping service have appeared on phone bills sent to
BellSouth, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and SBC Communications customers,
triggering the investigation into what might be a case of "cramming."
Cramming is a practice that bills for extra services without the
customer’s knowledge.
Crist’s Economic Crimes Division began the investigation last week
after the Tallahassee Democrat detailed the charges that several
Sprint customers found on their bills. The $12.95 charges are for a
service called Email Discount Network, which supposedly offers members
a discount for internet shopping done through the company’s website.
Further investigation revealed that BellSouth, AT&T, SBC
Communications and Verizon customers also found the unauthorized
charges on their bills. According to Florida Statutes Ch. 364.604,
phone companies are responsible for third-party billers who place
charges on the phone bills.
"These secret charges were placed on bills in hopes that no one would
notice," said Crist. "In this case, someone did notice and we will
investigate fully to make sure Florida customers are not forced to pay
for services they did not order and do not want."
According to the Southeast Florida Better Business Bureau, a number of
complaints have been filed against the Plantation-based Email Discount
Network as well as VoiceMail, a company that shares Email Discount's
mailing address and employs similar billing practices. Crist
encouraged any consumers who believe they have similarly inaccurate
charges on their phone bills to call his Fraud Hotline at
1-866-9-NO-SCAM (1-866-966-7226.)
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http://www.charliecrist.com/
Watch your phone bills and any other utilities you may have and report this immediately...
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I have a question? Were the charges on your phone bill for calls or charges for loans? What a crooked company.
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Lorri..this is a company that claims to be some long distance service that got my phone number and went ahead and started charging my local phone bill.
Have no idea what type of service they provide, I know when I called them to get it off they were very rude.
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Hi erzeke1
Did you notify the phone company about these charges? They have to refund the extra charge added to your phone bill. Send a link of this article published in the AG's website to the company. They will come in quick action.
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I have notified the phone company, and could only file a dispute. I also contacted the AG's fraud hotline and filed a complaint on the website. I think I may just do as you suggest and copy this over to them...
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I found this message when I googled Nationwide Assist...
I've never applied for any payday loans but I do have a charge from them on my phone bill this month for Nationwide Assist Voice Mail Service... a 12.95 Monthly fee. I called them and they assured me I would be credited... they said that MY DAUGHTER... who is not listed on the phone account... had requested the service through a website for SAVINGS !!!
I told them she was not authorized to make that choice and all he would say was that he had halted the service and credited my account for this month and NEXT month because it had already been processed for next month !
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Why does this smell like phishing?? 
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I see a lawsuit in the making. Also FrontFrontDoor has either provided a sevice, or gone against California law, but I'd suspect he intended on being of service.
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Irrelevant post removed-Jason
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This doesn't seem right...I'd stay away...They claim to be huge, but google them and you get basically nothing but links to other forum spam.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:56 pm Subject: added phone charges |
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what is going on, there isnt a contact number for the person who added the charge to my phone bill the only number i get reverts me back to my phone service. does anyone know who these scam people are
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I was just wondering how I could complain and get these a**holes back for charging this $12.95 fee every month. I just so happened to decided to scan over my phone bill and found it on mine too. Does anyone know of a local number to call someone about this crap. I called and they got my husbands name and he's not on my account either seeing how we just got married. How do they get this information and who can I call in my state of NOrth Carolina about it and maybe get a law suit started. Thanks for any advise...
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