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Recieved a call from Lindsay, she could noy tell me who the client was, or give me any info of the supposed charges,Said she was goin tpo post on my credit report, but needed som personal information. When I informed her that by federal law I have a right to fulll discovery on any assumed bill and I wanted a copy of all paperwork so I may forward on to attourney, she hung up on me.

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I received the same call from Cynthia Thomas who said my company owed for a publication from Progressive Budiness Solutions. I told her I had not ordered such a publication. She then told me she would report me to the Credit Bureau and it would go against my personal credit if I didn't pay the bill that day. She told me that Progress BS had my birthdate to verify I had ordered the publication. I asked her to send me a copy of an invoice or proof of where I actually ordered this, and she told me that Progress BS e-mail it to me. I knew this had to be a scam, so Iooked on the internet and, sure enough, MANY others had the same thing to happen. I have reported these people to the Attorney General's Office in New York.

Kathy Rema called me this week!

One of my staff got the call today from Amanda Sprague from International Credit Recovery (607)748-4686 saying the same thing like everyone had before, using the staff's DOB as order confirmations to order some coding subscrptions and the company owes 5 months of unpaid invoices. I took over the phone, knowing this is a scam call and interrogate her of 'identity theft'. She got so upset and theathen us to take this to court..and hung up.

Our agency started receiving phone calls from Tiffay Jones of International Credit Recovery. Ms. Jones indicated that we owed them $408.96 for a subscription. She had our supervisor's name, wanted to talk to him, would not leave a voice mail. She would hang up and immediately call back demanding the company owner or CFO. She said it was a courtesy call and today is the only day that we could settle the amount before filing in court. When I asked her to fax a copy of an invoice she screamed at me that she already send six copies and was not about to send another one. She would yell and scream, I would hang up; she would repeatedly call back. I called our legal department who indicated that this was harassment and she could not call in this manner. The next call I asked her if she would like to speak to our legal department and she said "now why would I want to do that?" The calls stopped for a couple of weeks and then started back up; same person, however, this time very friendly and nice. She said that she had our supervisor's birthdate and that he had ordered the publication. His memory of the call was that he did not want the publication. They thanked him and asked for his birthdate to prove that they spoke with someone. Definitely a scam.

Go to www.lectlaw.com and type in Phony Invoice Schemes, their "Anatomy of a Phony Invoice Scam" is very informative. It also give info on other scams permeating the corporate world. I used the affidavit when we were scammed by Institute of Business Publications, they use the same techniques as Progressive Business Publications. When ICR called demanding payment I used the tip to demand a copy of their so called recording of us ordering their newsletter and told them the cost would be on them since the burden of proof was on them that we owed it. They never called again. Institute of Business Publications kept calling and as soon as their number came up I picked up the receiver and dropped it back in the cradle. The last time they called I told the woman that she was working for a scammer and if they ever called us again we would sue them. It's been several years and they haven't called again. Another note, the collections person did not ask for A/P when she first called, she tried to scare the guy she had scammed into paying it and then he transferred it to me. I have informed our HR dept and my supervisor to let them know that I will be hanging up on these people and why in case I get any complaints about it. I use our Employee's handbook regarding our non-disclosure policy as the reason I will not give out anybody's name, will not transfer them to voice mail, will not give them an e-mail or verify any info for a data base. I offer to take a message and I screen all the upper management's phone calls.

I just recieved a call from a lady named Laurie Appleton, she said my boss confirmed with his date of birth for the order of certain publication; we are ALSO a small non profit organization!! What is wrong with people?? I asked her what other information did he give you, she couldn't respond!! Arghhh people!

Lynn Gregory claims that I subscribed to a Progressive Business Publication. She is claiming that the "subscription" that I "agreed to" is in force but I never GOT them because the subscription is suspended because of non-payment of an invoice I never saw. I made it clear that as a part-time employee I didn't have the authority to commit agency funds. I told her that my husband is an attorney (and that's true, although he's now retired) and he told me that there was no legal way they could enforce a contract, demand payment, or impact anyone's credit, but Lynn Gregory wants to pursue it anyway.

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