Today I found out the SKS Associates, whom I have never heard of before, debited my bank account for $137.81. The bank said it was an ach debit and so cannot be disputed after 24hours of receipt. An ACH debit is one that is authorized to debit my bank account. Their story, per their web site, is that they took over the accounts of a leasing company and are collecting charges owed. Apparently they have gotten ahold of Northern Leasing (Credit Card Machine Leasing Company) files and records. Years ago we leased and then purchased a credit card machine from Northern Leasing. We no longer use this machine and had fully paid it off many years ago. At the time we leased the machine we gave Northern leasing authorization to deibit our bank account for monthly charges. Now this company, SKS, is using this authorization to take money from my bank account. I am not the only one with this complaint. When I went on line to see if there was a scam going on I found many others with the same complaint. My bank said I could ask to put a stop payment on any future debits coming from this company but the problem is they use a number, not their name, when debiting the account and the bank officer said if it is a scam SKS will know to use a different number. The only way to be safe is to close the bank account. The Law firm, Chittur and Associates at 286 Madison Ave, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10017 is conducting a class action suite against Northern Leasing. I will submit to them any communication I have or receive from SKS Associates or Northern Leasing and the data on this theft.
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