Wednesday, March 01, 2006
American Express
Now American Express is a great company and they have offers that businesses can take advantage of to help them, not to put them behind the 8 ball, but my story is a bit different. What you read here is kind of boiled down to the basics, but there was a lot more than I could ever document in this blog.
As I began to note what was happening to my accounts, I started to go on line to view my statements and found that I owed American express a lot of money. I paid as much as I could and my Canadian student who was manipulating my account started to generate income to pay off the expenses he was incurring. One of these expenses was a Lap Top from Voodoo which cast over $ 6000. 00 U.S.. The charges got worse and worse and my Canadian friend was not able to come up with enough money to keep American Express happy so I called American Express and cancelled my Gold Business card Next thing I know, I go on line to see where I stand on this card and I see that I have changed to the Platinum card and got not only one but two cards and over $ 29,000 has been charged to them. I called American Express and and asked that the cards be cancelled, that I refused to pay the charges as I did not order these cards. I was told how to report this all to their fraud section who denied my claim saying that I had to know about all of this and that I should recover the funds from my Canadian "business partner". At this time they are trying to collect, but I am happy that I have a lawyer friend who knew all about this from the start
As I began to note what was happening to my accounts, I started to go on line to view my statements and found that I owed American express a lot of money. I paid as much as I could and my Canadian student who was manipulating my account started to generate income to pay off the expenses he was incurring. One of these expenses was a Lap Top from Voodoo which cast over $ 6000. 00 U.S.. The charges got worse and worse and my Canadian friend was not able to come up with enough money to keep American Express happy so I called American Express and cancelled my Gold Business card Next thing I know, I go on line to see where I stand on this card and I see that I have changed to the Platinum card and got not only one but two cards and over $ 29,000 has been charged to them. I called American Express and and asked that the cards be cancelled, that I refused to pay the charges as I did not order these cards. I was told how to report this all to their fraud section who denied my claim saying that I had to know about all of this and that I should recover the funds from my Canadian "business partner". At this time they are trying to collect, but I am happy that I have a lawyer friend who knew all about this from the start
Bye Bye Bank Account
When I received a phone call from a person that "won" the bid on the 50 Inch Panasonic screen and I learned that it was sold on eBay, not once but twice, this wasn't the first I had heard of the eBay scamming. Houlton Police Officers had visited my house, different officers on different occasions and with complaints that I had sold something on eBay, got paid and never sent out the merchandise. Not knowing what they were talking about, I had my young student talk to them.
I found that he had several scams running. I had wondered where my bank account was going and why. It had been connected to PayPal and Paypal was paying for things I knew nothing about. So, when there was no money in the account, PayPal started to take the money from my credit cards that found their way onto the PayPal site. By this time, there was no money left and so, PayPal closed my account. My Canadian student said, not to worry, he would have funds transferred from his Trust Fund in a Canadian Bank. After my student went back to Canada and never came back, I started to get bills from Pay Pal for transactions I had made and even a notice from a lay firm trying to collect. I contacted PayPal and asked for all of the account information and was told I could not have it without a subpoena. Now, I was completely broke and down went my credit score. If any of the people that were scammed in my name is reading this, please let me know about what happened to you. The U.S. Attorney can build up a case but needs to know how much money was involved and all of the scam particulars. I know that I have some screen names recovered from chat rooms from a lot of people that was being scammed as they chatted, but I don't know who they are by name or email address. I need help!!!
Oh yes, why didn't I see this in my bank statements, well my mail was diverted so I wouldn't see it. Finally I had to establish a Post Office box where I could start getting complains and horrible bank statements.
I found that he had several scams running. I had wondered where my bank account was going and why. It had been connected to PayPal and Paypal was paying for things I knew nothing about. So, when there was no money in the account, PayPal started to take the money from my credit cards that found their way onto the PayPal site. By this time, there was no money left and so, PayPal closed my account. My Canadian student said, not to worry, he would have funds transferred from his Trust Fund in a Canadian Bank. After my student went back to Canada and never came back, I started to get bills from Pay Pal for transactions I had made and even a notice from a lay firm trying to collect. I contacted PayPal and asked for all of the account information and was told I could not have it without a subpoena. Now, I was completely broke and down went my credit score. If any of the people that were scammed in my name is reading this, please let me know about what happened to you. The U.S. Attorney can build up a case but needs to know how much money was involved and all of the scam particulars. I know that I have some screen names recovered from chat rooms from a lot of people that was being scammed as they chatted, but I don't know who they are by name or email address. I need help!!!
Oh yes, why didn't I see this in my bank statements, well my mail was diverted so I wouldn't see it. Finally I had to establish a Post Office box where I could start getting complains and horrible bank statements.
