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Fake-check scams are at an all-time high. One crook is using the post office box number of a good Indianapolis company that has used the same post office box for decades.
The BBB received a call from a single mom who had received one of these counterfeit checks. She thought the check was legit and deposited it into her minor daughter’s account, and then wrote a check for $2,000 to a car repair shop. When the bank processed the check, it found that it was counterfeit and had to debit her account for the $2,000. To make matters worse, the single mom said her daughter’s account has a direct deposit each month from Social Security, as her husband died in 2005.
♦Design Savers Plans’ book of business was purchased by Family Security Council in December 2006. An Indiana consumer found the company’s ad on the Internet. He thought he was buying insurance and paid $135 to enroll. He then started paying $234 as a monthly premium. This is not insurance, it’s a discount savings plan. This Colorado company has had 338 complaints filed against it.
♦The Titanium Group/Guaranteed Traffic.com/Natural Cures Book/The Greatest Vitamin in the World are names used by one company located in Phoenix. They offer a “business opportunity” selling vitamins. An Indiana consumer paid $95 to get started and $6,190 for advertising. She is very unhappy. She’s not the only unhappy consumer. Complaints allege inability to cancel the sale. The company has had 283 complaints filed against it.
♦Investors Union, located in Ohio, is sending a card to Hoosiers telling them they “may have an annuity that has reached the end of its surrender period.” The company president says the company has mailed more than 6 million postcards to senior citizens. Indiana consumers have called the BBB to ask what is going on. Here’s the scoop. The company has had 133 complaints filed against it. Most of the complainants felt the card is misleading and deceptive. Government action has taken place in Ohio, Kansas, Utah, Missouri, Delaware and Illinois.
♦“The Russian Brides Scam” is at it again. The e-mail states that the sender, Nadejda, is a cheerful Russian woman who had a serious relationship, via e-mail, with Jason. Jason dumped her, so now she wants a man in the U.S. “to do friendship or more than simply friendship.” She goes on to say, “… it would be fine if we could meet and have some weeks or months together.” She wants “good men for serious attitudes which go to a marriage.”
This is a scam! If someone expresses interest in the “offer,” he is asked to give his credit card number to cover the cost of the flight. Then he notices more and more charges on his credit card. One U.S. man has been arrested and sentenced to five years in jail for this “Russian Brides” scam. Guess someone else is carrying on the tradition.
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