Fucking scammers !

sarettah · 10-11-2004

On Saturday, in the mail, a suspicious looking note arrived for my son (he is currently on ship in the Persian Gulf), so, since the letter had that old "immediate action required" look to it, I opened it so that I could pass the info to him in email.

It was from an "ABC Finance Corp" with a Carlsbad, CA address telling him that his account was close to $500 in arrears and that if they didn't hear from him they would take action etc.

I passed the info to him this morning and then did a little research on them. Couldn't find them under Carlsbad, so I plugged their phone number into google and came up with hits on the same company, but with an address out of La Mesa.

Did a little more looking and came up with some hits on ripoff reports.

Apparently this company is involved in a scam that targets sailors. They sign up to get a "free" camera or some such and end up owing a couple of grand.

So I am now waiting to hear back from the kid to see how deep in he is. I have told him NOT to send them any more money (don't know if he has sent them anything in the past but from what I am seeing, they mainly rip off via payroll deduction, so he probably has) and not to contact them in any way but instead to fill me in on the details and if he was scammed to get with Navy Legal ASAP. Once I have the details, if he has been scammed, I will get my lawyers (the real ones, not the 3 jews and the Italian) on it from this end. If he was scammed (which by now I am pretty sure he was) I want to take these assholes down big time. It is one thing to run a scam on folks, it is another thing to run a scam on active duty military off fighting the wars. That is beyond reprehensible imho.

So, anyone got any info on ABC Finance out of La Mesa ? Personal contact info etc would be very cool to get a hold of because they don't answer either their listed number or the 800 number they list on their statement.

some links about them:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff27527.htm

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff69971.htm

http://badbusinessbureau.com/reports/ripoff106625.htm

10-11-2004	#1
sarettah Stay Out Of The Box Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lost in the ozone Posts: 10,318	On Saturday, in the mail, a suspicious looking note arrived for my son (he is currently on ship in the Persian Gulf), so, since the letter had that old "immediate action required" look to it, I opened it so that I could pass the info to him in email. It was from an "ABC Finance Corp" with a Carlsbad, CA address telling him that his account was close to $500 in arrears and that if they didn't hear from him they would take action etc. I passed the info to him this morning and then did a little research on them. Couldn't find them under Carlsbad, so I plugged their phone number into google and came up with hits on the same company, but with an address out of La Mesa. Did a little more looking and came up with some hits on ripoff reports. Apparently this company is involved in a scam that targets sailors. They sign up to get a "free" camera or some such and end up owing a couple of grand. So I am now waiting to hear back from the kid to see how deep in he is. I have told him NOT to send them any more money (don't know if he has sent them anything in the past but from what I am seeing, they mainly rip off via payroll deduction, so he probably has) and not to contact them in any way but instead to fill me in on the details and if he was scammed to get with Navy Legal ASAP. Once I have the details, if he has been scammed, I will get my lawyers (the real ones, not the 3 jews and the Italian) on it from this end. If he was scammed (which by now I am pretty sure he was) I want to take these assholes down big time. It is one thing to run a scam on folks, it is another thing to run a scam on active duty military off fighting the wars. That is beyond reprehensible imho. So, anyone got any info on ABC Finance out of La Mesa ? Personal contact info etc would be very cool to get a hold of because they don't answer either their listed number or the 800 number they list on their statement. some links about them: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff27527.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff69971.htm http://badbusinessbureau.com/reports/ripoff106625.htm __________________ Free Adult Webcams