In the second week of September, a Paul Srank called me on the telephone, saying he was calling from the Citibank call center and was offering me a Mastercard with a twenty-five-hundred-dollar credit limit. The card was ready to be mailed out, but they must first do a verification. He proceeded to ask about my income and other details, and even said he had my credit report in front of him.
There were no fees attached to the card except a one-time upfront two hundred and ninety-nine dollars for processing.
He further said the federal regulation states that an established checking account must be up and current in my name as a qualification for this presorted arrangement. I gave him all this information with a great measure of discomfort, but I did it anyhow. He then put me through to one Bill Richards for confirmation. Mr. Richards was not inclined to answer any questions, so he kept putting me back to Paul. Paul was so smooth he could con Satan.
Before the package arrived, I discovered, by calling the Florida office several times, that this was a scam to sell a travel package. The package arrived about three weeks after they took my money from my account on October 3rd. I returned it to them and requested a refund.
The Florida office gave me the address in Texas and told me they did not have a phone number for that office. I wrote a letter to them about their unethical business practice and mailed it by return receipt. In a timely fashion I received the return receipt, but to my great surprise, about a week later the letter also came back sealed.
I have placed several calls to the Florida office and spoken to Megan Rowe, Jeremy, Gineve and also a supervisor named Mark, who gave me the runaround and even gave me a number with a Canadian area code, 416-480-1699. He further refused to speak with me anymore; he was always busy.
They have argued with me, they have ridiculed me, and they have ignored me. They are positive that I am helpless and can do nothing about their open and blatant highway robbery. Your help would be more than simply appreciated. Businesses such as this need to be removed from the register of businesses forthwith.
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