It took me years to realize the scam. I first leased a credit card machine from Golden Eagle in 1995, which was sold to Northern Leasing Systems/MBF Leasing in which is turn has several affiliates and aliases, and endless complaints of fraud plus a Class Action suit pending in New York. I tried at various points to contact Golden Eagle to terminate the contract no avail and they kept charging my business checking account year after year. I searched the companies in the internet and learnt of their scams but couldn't get help from my banker to stop payments.
I finally got to formally terminate the agreement with Golden Eagle in December and returned their equipment to their processing center in New York. It took much time to locate the company and talk to a representative, who eventually realized that I was being coached by an attorney and gave me the information I needed. The final letter sent to Golden Eagle clearly stipulated that they were to contact me promptly if they had any questions or require further information. Otherwise, I will consider this matter to be concluded with no further action required on either partys part.
Nonetheless, they charged my business account in January alleging that the equipment had not arrived on time.By the same token, I discovered today that my business checking account was charged $195.00 by SKS Associates on March 29. When we contacted SKS (866-286-8841) they stated that they had acquired the lease I had with Golden Eagle and argued that I owed "certain taxes and related fees due that were either not collected or under collected". The person that answered the phone couldn't clarify the nature of alleged debit.
When I searched SKS Associates in the internet it became apparent that this is another part of the scam. We identified it because of the diligent monitoring of our office manager. I wonder how many businesses are being hit and they do not even realize it.
It is apparent to me that these people change identities to continue their fraud. All they have to do is morph to continue preying upon old customers. I have learnt that many victims had ordered their banks to stop payments and had only later realized that charges continued under the name of an affiliate company. This is a corporate bacteria that has grown more and more virulent. This is FRAUD with capital letters. A stealthy form of identity theft!
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