206-496-0928

Guess who?  AGAIN.

"Robert, Google placement specialist."  He's surely friends with "Amy, Google placement specialist" and
"Bill Johnson, Google placement specialist."

I hope karma will find these scumbags and have telemarketers call them all hours of the day and night, every day of their miserable lives.

Evenually they will run out of phone numbers to spoof as their caller ID, just not likely in my lifetime.

I wonder if there are Google placement listings in Hell?!

This caller identified himself as a Google rep.... when I pressed one to talk to a rep, the key didn't activate anything. When I called this number back, it pretended to be an assistance line for paying back taxes to the IRS.

you are exactly right - nothing but boiler room scammers . .
best thing we can do is take a few minutes and inform the stupid
amung us  . .do not get scammed by this company-do not Press 1
to be taken off their list.that will only make it freaking worse.

try contacting the orange county CA, district attorney. this crime
is taking place in their county  . .  and this is criminal.

tony rackauckas- DO YOUR FREAKING JAB

http://orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp

don't forget Bill Johnson , jim turner, and gawd knows who else . .
only thing we can do is post here to keep people from getting scammed
the company is  '29 prime' in newport beach , CA

people need to contact the district attorney in orange county .  .
the is the 2nd option .  .other than taking personal legal action
most of us do not have the time for that  . . constant harrasment

this company is a joke . . .search " 29 prime , scam " . .  
and DO NOT PRESS 1 to be removed . .they will NEVER stop calling you

I answer the phone and hear a recording about a "google ad placement specialist", and that it is important that they speak with me today. Of course, I know this is a telemarketer or scam of some sort, but I hit one anyway. This is my 5th telemarketer/scam call today.

So..after I press 1 to talk to a representative.

Caller: This is "unidentifiable", who am I speaking with?
Me: Well, you called me.
Caller: I don't know your name, Maam.
Me: Well, shouldn't you know the name of the person you are calling? I don't normally call people unless I know who I need to talk to.
Caller: Ok...I'm hanging up now Maam.
Me: Good idea.
Caller: you're ridiculous (an other ramblings I could not understand)

Yeah. I can just visualize the guy sitting on the sofa with a bag of Cheetos, waiting for his automated computer to get a hit. Who is ridiculous?

Just got the same call - knew it was a scammer - the funny thing is that Google places was recently absorbed into Google+ - not to mention you can claim your listing for FREE.

Call from this number just now.  Silence on the other end for about 10 seconds, then it disconnected.  Can't the government do something about these types of numbers?

contact the orange county district attorney


http://orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp

I keep hearing from this number 2064960928 it is always an automated message that usually goes to this number has been disconnected if I try to call it get these scumbags!

I get a call everyday from this number! Pressed one today to try to talk to a rep and tell them that our number is on the D.N.C. List and there was a pause then it hung up on me! I see that we should report it to the CA D.A. but my company is in S.C. and the phone number is from Seattle, Washington, where should I report it? Any help would be greatly apprectiated. I am so fed up with these "people"!!!

Our business received a pre-recorded message from these butt-wipes this morning. Caller ID said "Washington."  (Yeah, right.)  The message, which was not in compliance with FCC requirements, went on and on about how they've been trying to contact the business owner because our Google Plus business listing has remained unclaimed and so on and so forth.  I finally got to the part where it said "Press 2 to be removed from this list."  I pressed 2 fast and hard, though I know it won't do any good with these scammers.  (Hanging up doesn't seem to do any good either.  Next time, I'll blow my ear-piercing emergency whistle into the phone.  At least I'll get some satisfaction.)

Yep. Stupid recording, "Hi, this is Kate, your Google ad specialist..."

*plonk* Ignore list.

I just emailed


http://orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp

And told them about this number. Hopefully if enough of us complain something will be done about it!
We are on the Do Not Call registry and it doesnt seem to do anything . . . its very aggravating!

Tired of these calls. I have asked to be taken off their let 15 times. They wont do it.

Wow! How exciting!

My business line caller ID says Washington!!

I was so excited I didn't answer.

I keep getting calls from this number but they are talking in Spanish which I don't speak. I just added them to my contacts as "Don't Answer! BS Telemarketers!" They will never get me to answer again. It's a waste of my Cell Phone minutes.

This telephone number belongs to Pacific Telecom Communications Group.  They are a public utility who's business involves facilitating telemarketing calls, a possible violation of 16 C.F.R. §310.3(b) of the Federal Telemarketing Sales Rule.

For more information about the people behind this unsolicited call, go here:  http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com


If you want to stop these unsolicited telemarketing calls, PLEASE send a complaint to Washington State regulators about these illegal calls from Pacific Telecom's phone numbers:

Washington Attorney General Online Complaints:  https://fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/ComplaintForm.aspx

Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Online Complaints:  http://www.utc.wa.gov/consumers/Pages/ConsumerComplaintForm.aspx


Contact info for Pacific Telecom Communications Group's legal representative, F Antone Accuardi:
Interlaw@justice.com
legal@pacifictelecommunications.com
Cell:   971-404-4185

Pacific Telecom Communications Group
12228 Venice Blvd. Suite 559
Los Angeles, CA  90066

I was also defrauded by 29'Prime

Hello,
Thank you for your blog site.
I am emailing to let you know that I also was a victim of 29'Prime.

I was called by 29'Prime on April 17, 2012, and given a sales pitch that they could place my website on Google Page 1 (for a minimum of 3 out of 10 keywords) and of course I was a little doubtful, but I listened to their guarantees ("Rank On Google Page One in 60 Days...or IT's FREE".
So I decided to try them out.
Their initial Set-up charge on my credit card was $299.

The following day, April 18th, they called me to remind me and clarify that I would be receiving a Google Postcard with a 5 digit PIN from Google, and that I MUST call them immediately upon receipt of my Google PIN for them to activate my account and begin the SEO for my 10 keywords.
Again I asked how long this would take, and he replied 3-5 days, at the most, and to make sure that I called 29'Prime as soon as I got it.
I then asked him again, how long will it then take for my site to rank on Google Page One? and he confirmed that it could take up to 60 days, but often some of my keywords would rank sooner, even in 30 days or less.
Again I asked him to confirm that if they could not get at least 3 of my keywords to rank on page one in the 60 days, their service was FREE ... and he assured me that the 29'Prime Guarantee was exactly that: "Rank On Google Page One in 60 Days...or it's FREE".
Later that same day a charge of $99 appeared on my credit card statement (apparently for the first month's 'service charge').

Four days later I had not yet received my Google PIN, so I emailed them a service ticket...immediately received a service ticket auto-confirmation response...but no one ever personally replied or answered my questions, and no one ever called me to resolve my inquiry!

One month after signing up, May 17th, I still had not received my Google PIN.
Later that same day a charge of $99 appeared on my credit card statement (apparently for the second month's 'service charge').
So I sent another email service ticket...and again I received the same auto-responder service-ticket auto-confirmation response...but no one ever personally replied or answered my questions, and no one ever called me to resolve my inquiry!

19 days later, May 26th, I finally got fed-up with them totally ignoring me and emailed the following:

"I am extremely frustrated and angry at the total lack of service from 29 Prime...
Since my initial payments of $299 on Apr 17th and $99 on Apr 18th, I had waited for 29 days for your postcard with my PIN number to arrive in order to activate my account!
Nothing had come...
Another payment of $99 was taken from my credit card again today, May 17th, and still nothing has been done with my account.
So I had by then already spent $497, with absolutely nothing to show for.
So I wrote you an e-mail with my displeasure and also placed a service ticket (#21928) to get an answer, but no one ever responded!
I was completely ignored...

So after patiently waiting for another 8 days, with no response from anyone human, I received an automatic auto-responder canned e-mail!
Your service is absolutely non existent and deplorable. You should be utterly ashamed!
It is now 38 days and I still have not received my PIN or even one single courtesy or follow-up call from any one at 29 Prime...
This is terribly and shamefully unprofessional behavior.

I have been in the construction service industry 30 years and I personally respond to every call within 8-12 hours, by myself, with no secretaries.
Your total lack of response is absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable.

This morning, May 26th, I finally made a phone call and waited, and was finally told that I was now first in line in the queue when a recorded message directed me to leave a voice message, so I opted for speaking with a service consultant, and waited, and repeated the process twice, and waited, and waited, until finally I could wait no longer and left a voice message...but no one responded to my message either.

I now have come to realize that 29 Prime cannot be relied upon or trusted at all. Your service really stinks!
I am so incensed with 29 Prime...yet I am still by the grace of God restraining my anger...for now...

I actually trusted your promise: "Front Page Placement Or It's FREE"!

Well the reality and the fact is that I already paid out $497 and 29 Prime has done absolutely nothing for me in 38 days, not even activated an account.
This is absolutely disgusting and totally intolerable!
NOT ONE SINGLE thing was done! An Absolute BIG FAT ZERO?
EXCEPT TAKE MY MONEY !

I thus demand a FULL REFUND of all my monies paid to date...and an immediate termination of any further or future payments ever again.

PLEASE REVERSE ALL AMOUNTS CHARGED TO MY CREDIT CARD IMMEDIATELY
- ALL CHARGES UP TO THIS DATE - ALL $497 - AND NOT ONE RED CENT LESS -
AND DO NOT EVER APPLY ANY FUTURE CHARGES - EVER AGAIN -
YOU DID NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO KEEPING YOUR PROMISE
I DEMAND A FULL REFUND - NOW - - IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH ?

Furious,
--
Peter L Brenner”



Well, as usual... that was totally ignored as well, just like all of my other attempts.
8 days later, June 4th, I sent another email cancellation notice, and again was ignored on my third attempt.
I realized that in 2 weeks they would again be charging my credit card with another $99 for their 'monthly service charge' so I then called my credit card company to bar this merchant and stop 29'Prime from taking any more money from my account, and also initiated a dispute to reverse the first 3 charges (total of $497) for NON-PERFORMANCE of so-called services. So Mastercard proceeded to reverse these 3 charges on my behalf. Boy was I relieved!!!
The next day, surprise, surprise! I got an email from 29'Prime ...
Never got any responses before this, not even once, until I finally cut them off and got the 3 previous charges reversed...!
They had the gall to sound surprised as to 'Why I had Cancelled?"
So I sent them a long email with all of the service tickets' numbers and finally they responded by email that they had closed my account and confirmed that my account was now shutdown.
And yet the "push-button Template webpage" they had put up for my so-called personal account, was still live, and still is today (August 13th, 2012) as of this writing.

Then about two weeks ago the BAD NEWS came that 29'Prime had sent my credit card company a 12 page record of service performance and Mastercard had re-billed my account with the 3 original charges, and I was out $497 ...

I have tried several times to dispute these fraudulant charges with Mastercard, but they insist that since I voluntarily gave 29'Prime my card number and agreed to their TOS that I am on the hook...

In order to re-open my dispute I now have to prove to Mastercard that 29'Prime DID NOT perform the service as per their Terms Of Service, by providing an unbiased Third Party letter on that company's letterhead, providing a documented Second Opinion to the improbability of 29'Prime ever achieving their promises, demonstrating they did not perform the service, and that they violated their TOS...(since I paid for 60 days but nothing at all was done), and only then can my dispute be re-opened, with no guarantee that I will get my money back.

So the long and short is that I have been screwed out of my $497...

29'Prime is a scam and they will try to take you for as much money as they can.
Please beware…Stay away from them like the plague.

I sure would love to get these crooks behind bars, where they can no longer scam innocent business owners, but first must try to help all of us victims to get some of our stolen money back while we still can.

--
Peter L Brenner
Toronto, Canada
August 13, 2012

P.S. I give my express permission for you to publish this story on the site.