This individual (Ralph) has gotten hold of Popular Science's subscription list and is calling customers pretending to be a credit agency trying to collect on a delinquent bill. He has called here six times and has made up a fraudulent story about calling here in July and talking to someone who promised to pay the bill.
Unfortunately for him, neither my son nor I was here at the time he claims to have called. He is trying to collect a debt for a subscription to Popular Science, which my son Jeff receives as a gift from his grandmother. The amount, $47 and change, is the list price of a one-year subscription, which no subscriber ever need pay. You can usually get three years for less.
In any case, my son was a minor child at the time and could not enter into binding contracts. I contacted PopSci and they have no record of any debt, nor do they use Galaxy Credit. They are aware of the problem and are taking down names of people who Galaxy has scammed or attempted to scam.
I have filed complaints with the US Postal Inspectors, The Federal Trade Commission, and the FBI. I strongly urge anyone contacted by this guy to do the same. If he is really this stupid, it shouldn't take them too long to get a felony conviction. He has an address, a phone number, and has left messages on my answering machine. He is violating almost every law there is. We are on the Do Not Call Registry (I'll file a complaint there next), and he called. He is apparently engaging in wire fraud. He almost certainly has engaged in computer fraud to get these lists. He is calling people on the Do Not Call Registry.
Please, everyone affected, help put this moron in jail where he belongs. Report all contacts with this guy to:
Https://tips. Fbi. Gov/cgi-bin/xmlemail. Pl
Https://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm
Https://rn. Ftc. Gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$. Startup? Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
Https://www.donotcall. Gov/Complain/ComplainCheck. Aspx
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