607-748-4686

Be Ware:------of ANGEL----she is not from heaven.  She keeps calling our business and its a big scam. She has been told never to call back and to take us off her calling list.  If they call again we are turning this thing over to the police dept for investigation and then I bet it will stop. How dumb do they think we are all out here?  She only seen they lighter side of me---she had better hope she does not call again.

THIS IS ALL A SCAM. I received a phone call from International Credit company asking about a past due invoice of $299 for Progressive Business Solutions. I told them they are con artists and demanded more information. International Credit Company (specifically Chris Bennet-most likely a fake name) hung up on me after I told him how bad he should fee for doing this to innocent business owners.

DO NOT PAY!

These people are now using the following phone number too: 607-748-6016.  Same scam.  You ordered a newsletter from our client (have never seen any newsletter), you never cancelled it (can't cancel what doesn't exist), you now owe them a ridiculous amount of money PLUS our collection fees or we will report your company to the credit bureau.  DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION because that's what the woman that called our business was trying to get from my boss.  Thank God I found these posts so I could show him that he wasn't confused, he hadn't ordered any newsletter and he wasn't alone!  People that prey on others make me SICK.  These people all need to be arrested and made to pay restitution to anyone that actually got conned and paid them.

Katie from "International Credit Recovery" at 607-748-4686 called my company several times in the past month to let us know that our excellent credit rating was about to be jeopardized because we had an outstanding invoice for a newsletter I had supposedly agreed to purchase after a 30-day trial.  Katie said that I had provided my birth date as my "signature" of approval.  When I questioned her and said that I had no record of this, she insisted on speaking with the financial manager (who asked for some paperwork to back up this claim; Katie had nothing to provide. In fact, Katie offered to take less than the full amount "owed" just to close the case).  When Katie called again, I told her I had found out she was part of a scam.  She became belligerent and insisted on speaking with our company's lawyers.  Please ignore these calls and report them immediately.

In February 2012 I got a call from Internatioinal Credit. The women immediately said she was a collections agency hired to collect a bad debt for a subscription ordered in June 2011, by me. She asked for my company name, which I did not give her.  I indicated that there was no such order. She persisted to say she has my name and birthdate on the order. I said, "OK" what is my name and birthdate. She gave me my nickname (not my real name that I use on any orders and my credit card) and a birth day and month but no year. I said you are absolutely wrong and this if fraud. I asked for her name. She said "Angel". I asked for her last name and she said "White". she then asked my name. I said "Red Devil". I asked for her address and her maiden name, as well as whether she was married, her business license EIN number, etc. She hung up on me. My concern after the call was whether their really was damage to my credit so I got my annual free credit report. No such collections listed on credit. This is completely bogus. The New York Attorney General is terrible. He is not shutting this firm down and he should be fired.

I also received a call to our company from the same 670 number named Bobbi Filpot. She notified me that the company owed $648 but if we pay $270 they will waive the rest. I informed her no contract was signed and I never agreed to the publication. I also tried to stop the publication from coming to the company by calling Progressive and they never returned any calls suprisingly!

this is one huge scam between 2 companies and I also reported this to the BBB as over 200 more people did,

Katie from "International Credit Recovery" at 607-748-4686 has called our company several times in the past month to let us know that our excellent credit rating was about to be jeopardized because we had an outstanding invoice for a newsletter quthorized by one of our employees,   She insisted on speaking with the general manager  who was not in and ai advised that I was rthe accounting manager and all purchases hd to go thryu my office. In addtion, I am, also, the one that receives and processes all incoming mail and nothing has been received fromt his company with or without the employee's name. I asked for some paperwork to back up this claim to be emailed to me; Katie had nothing to provide and stated that they don't email anything. This amount is for only $94, but will not be paid because of not proof of purchase and the employee is not authorized to make a purchase of any kind without the direct approval from our executive officers.

Amanda called me as well for Tech Advisor. When I read your comment she said the exact same thing. Only thing that was different is that she spelled my email address wrong. Have you gotten any other notices in the mail or are they there to scare us?

Received a call from Christina from ICR.  Stated situation must be handled by the close of business today to avoid further action.

Got a call from Lindsey.  She was rude.  Waiting for a call back....... just waiting...

I got a call about a trial subscription to a safety newsletter. Linsey at International Credit Recovery in New York knew my address and birthdate and tolds me that was my authorization for sending this publication. Says I owe $299  I never authorized or recieved the publication! She is threatening to turn it into my credit report as a bad debt and contact my employer.

Linsey from ICR called from 607-748-4513 and gave her call back number as 607-748-4686

I receive a call from 607-732-9064 saying the I owe money for a  loan and they have been emailing me. But when I ask they about the emails that they where sending me, what email address was they using he could not answer me. But he gave me a case number, call this number back and it said the number I dailed is not in service. Ammmmm.

Was told I ordered a publication and that they had my birthday and email address as evidence of the order.  Have not received anything, do not remember ordering anything.  Now Chris Bennett with ICR calls saying we owe around $250.  I am currently checking with my company on any policies we have about paying or ignoring things like this.

Sam from this company and phone number called here yesterday and when I was told the company name, I just hung up.  Then she called back and was put into my voicemail.  Left the message that she needs to speak to me regarding a past due invoice.  I just returned her call and told her (whatever her name is) to never call my office again.

I have gotten a call from this number at least 7 times today... i pick the phone up and then they hang up....

A "Bobbi" called from ICR and indicated we had an invoice in collections for a publication that we have never requested, received or even authorized.  When questionned futher for some sort of "proof" this debt, Bobbi became rude and hostile. I then asked if I could speak with the deparment manager and she responded with "I am the manager, what can I do for you?".  Holding back my laughter I then asked to speak with whomever SHE reported to.  She said she would not give me to the President of the company.  In order to clarify, I then said "you mean you report directly to the president of the company?"  She then abruptly said "yes" and hung up.  I called back and the switchboard answered.  I asked for the company address and she said she "was not authorized to give that out".  I asked for the name of the compnay pesident and she again said she "was not authorized to give that out". Then ever so nicely...she too hung up on me.  Complete scam as far as I can tell.  I did look on-line and called the REAL International Credit Recovery (ICR), which was answered with a polite individual that was helpful and more then happy to answer questions and/or provide names/addresses.  Unfortunatly, she indicated they get calls like this often.  They are not associated with this scam organization.  I have since found the real address for this "company" (term I use loosly).  For those that would like it it is:
300 Main Street, Suite11
Vestal, NY 13850

Good luck!

You are not alone in this recent scam wave. My husband -- a physician -- received a call from a collection's agency alleging he had ordered an $198.00 newsletter offering coding information.

Here's how the scam works. The alleged company sends an e-mail claiming the FREE trial subscription was requested and we are responsible for CANCELING the follow-up subscription. The so-called publication group and collection's agency have been very busy attempting to scam doctors across the country.

I'll be happy to provide you with the link (i.e. consumers' affair listing).

Good luck,
Robyn Dolgin

Lady named Angel called me on Tuesday using the same tactics.  Caller ID was 607 748-6016.  Bad news for them a: used the name of the former ops manager at our facility who had not been here in almost eight years two weeks prior. b: I never give out personal information (home address, birthdate, etc.) for a business phone call.
Thank you all for this thread, as it confirmed my suspicions.  Now I understand why she started to get salty with me when I pushed back.

The same as all the other stories. Spoke with Amanda, who was actually very nice, and I informed her that I need a copy of the Purchase Order we would have sent in order to purchase this product. She said she'd have to get in touch with Progressive Business Publications to see if they had the recorded conversation. I said that I'd actually need the signed PO by our employee. She told me that she'd look into it and leave it at if I didn't hear from her that meant the other company didn't have the proper documenation on back up their claim. I'm really doubting that I'll hear back. So irritating!