If you received a call from Advantage America during a moment of weakness, call the Winter Park Police at (407) 599-3272 NOW. CLOSE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT/CREDIT CARD NOW.
The weak moment for me was Sunday 8pm, getting my son ready for bed, being an overworked single parent. I was told I had been selected for a $12,500 grant with absolutely no strings attached, which make me wary right off the bat, but I had been investigating grants and scholarships, and when Andy Giles #17432 said that he works for the Federal Government, for some reason it just sounded real. But the automated machine talked about different programs, and everytime I asked to talk to a human, a rude lady told me to finish the questions and then I could talk with customer service. Needless to say, I answered the questions, and then I got disconnected. I called back immediately, I got a machine call back M-F.
I'll skip the details of the 16 phone calls, since they got me no where, each employee lied, gave me fax numbers that are disconnected... Andy Giles the original spokesperson was supposedly suspended less than 12 hours after we spoke for misrepresenting the company... Lies, lies, lies... And HEADACHES.
I cancelled within 11 hours of speaking with Andy, and I was told the 49.95 would be withdrawn from my account but because of the misrepresentation I could be refunded, I just need to talk to Crystal Brown—which is impossible and her fax does not work. I made sure my account was cancelled 9 times, but they still took out $299.95 two weeks after the 49.95—for NOTHING. Oh the headaches. Eric another employee, who said he was in FL and gave me his "direct" number 877-851-4261 said it was a mistake and he would make sure my money would be refunded within 2 weeks. I made him promise, and he did. I called the number after we hung up and of course it does not work. Customer service said Eric, from the Phillipines, said I would like my money back, but no where in my file did he write he would refund it and the woman said there was no way I was getting my money back.
My bank account is now closed, they are working on reversing the charges, I called the Winter Park police, which was very interesting—The company is really located overseas, they have gotten numerous phone calls, and I suggest you call too. Let's close this operation down.
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