A slick telemarketer from IncFortune called me to present a fail-proof website business. (I think his name was Bruce Knight but the name Robert Terratie was also mentioned.) I assured him that I was not interested in putting money into an internnet venture but before I realized what he was up to, he had managed to get my credit card number, contact the company and ask them to raise my credit limit by $5,000.
Bruce answered my questions with well rehearsed responses and insisted on holding the line while I signed the contract he had faxed to me. I delayed so he called back in an hour expecting to close the deal. I discovered that he had left out a few details.By signing, I was obligating myself for $5000 plus a hosting fee.in case I wanted to cancel within three days, 15% of the $5000 would be refunded.
Shortly Bruce called to see if I had returned the contract. I told him that I intended to go over it with my husband and reluctantly he agreed to call back in the morning.
I called the credit card company to tell them not to release any funds. The customer representative informed me that the company had already drafted $5000 PLUS another $2500!
Be warned. Don't take a call from Power Care or IncFortune and if you do get one, hang up immeditely!
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