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Please send your information to the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Econsumer.gov, the Better Business Bureau, and/or your local General Attorney's office.

Please send your information to the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Econsumer.gov, the Better Business Bureau, and/or your local General Attorney's office.

Please send your information to the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Econsumer.gov, the Better Business Bureau, and/or your local General Attorney's office.

Please send your information to the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Econsumer.gov, the Better Business Bureau, and/or your local General Attorney's office.

Please send your information to the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Econsumer.gov, the Better Business Bureau, and/or your local General Attorney's office.

An absolute Scam. Shamefull for people to stoop so low to make a buck.

HAHAHA!!  I JUST DID THE SAME THING!!!

4/18/2013 I got a call from Amanda Sprig at 607 748 4686 direct line. Initial voicemail was from 607 748 4686.

Same story as everyone.

Calling from a collections agency. "Giving me a chance to pay before being reported." The claim is I signed up for something on 9/27/12, have ignored 5 invoices...why didn't "publication" ever call or email? I would mail, call and email someone that owed me money for 7 months.

I work in a small office in an accounting department of three. Everything flows through accounting. We certainly would have received ONE of them, if not all five.

The "proof" I signed up for something was I set up a security questions. She said the wrong one. Here is where I am scarred. I took the bait and said "that's not my bday. XX/XX/XX is my birthday.  Don't give information. The onus is on them to prove you have a true overdue debt

There is no confirmation of authorizing a billable subscription, only this lady telling me I had a phone conversation 7 months ago and now they are about to report to my PERSONAL credit report, not even the company I work for.

When our conversation closed, I repeated what she said to make sure I understood right. She told me told me to calm down and said rudely "do you want answers to you questions or do you just want to keep talking?" I was shocked because I was not getting upset, only trying to get a handle on what she is talking about. I was summarizing so she could let me know if I understood the situation right while they fax these "overdue invoices". Another thing I regret. They kept me on long enough to get more information.

I asked for the invoices to be faxed to me so I could look at them and an hour later no fax. No record I agreed to anything. The only thing I now about the CFO publication is that I get SPAM solicitations daily that go straight to my JUNK folder

A person called attempting to collect. This person was rude on the phone and could not prove that the debt was incurred. I asked for additional information about this debt but was not given an answer.

Recieved a call from Kelly Hershoff saying we had been turned over for collection.  I told her I have no record of ordering or authorizing this.

I am so glad that I found this post! I just got a call from this same company and the same number stating that the doctor I work for ordered this subscription! They also told me the same thing, that I gave my DOB as an agreement! I agree with you, I wouldn't give out my DOB to anyone, yet alone over the phone! Thank you so much for posting this, this has helped me realized what horrible people there are out there trying to trick unsuspecting people like myself. I appreciate your post so much! Thank you again!

Just got a call from Katie saying that we owe for a publication we ordered and that we spoke last July about it and we still owed. I told her that for one, we did not speak and for another before I called her back today, I looked up her number and ran across these posts on the website so I know that it is a scam and she needed to get me off her list. I told her the posts even named her name "Katie" (like that is her real name). Anyway, she started getting ugly and saying, "so you believe everything you read on google." Anything I said after that, I don't think she heard because she just kept out-speaking me. She did mention the voice recording so I will call her bluff next time. Also I will use the Inspector General threat as well. I am sick of scammers and thieves and will really turn anyone in that continues to do this. Very frustrating. We had just dealt with a cartridge salesperson named "Alex" that does this same kind of sales tactics.Very aggressive and when you say know, he starts getting downright vulgar. Like, yeah, I am going to order from you now. ha

A Lisa from a "credit" company called requesting payment from a purchase made by a former employee from our local golf course, but would not provide a copy of the invoice due to "legal" restrictions.  I told her that we won't pay anything without some kind of documentation.  I'm still waiting for a reponse.

More of the same.  Wow, this is what these losers choose to do with their lives.  Scam people.  Anyway, the call was from 607-748-6016 on my caller ID, but when I asked for the lady's name & number to call back, she said, "Lindsey, 607-748-4686."  She said she could ONLY talk to our company's CFO and would not give me any information that I tried to pry out of her.  

Me:  "What is the message I can give him."
Lindsey (if that is her real name, which I'm sure it is not):  "I'm calling about a debt that hasn't been paid."
Me:  "Who are you with?"
Lindsey:  "International Debt Recovery."
Me:  "I'd like to ensure you get paid.  Will you email me the invoice?"
Lindsey:  "We've already sent 5 invoices."
Me:  "That may be, but I haven't received any of those.  If you will email it to me, I will work with Accounts Payable to get you paid."
Lindsey:  "No.  I can't send any more invoices.  I need to talk to your CFO."
Me:  "We can't pay anything without an invoice.  Don't you want to get paid?"
Lindsey:  "Yes."
Me:  "Then just email me the invoice.  My email address is - "
Lindsey (cutting me off):  "No, we can't send any more invoices."
Me:  "That amazes me, since I just told you I could get you paid if you send me the information so that we can pay you.  We can't just pay without a bill to match up to what we're paying for.  Who is the company you're collecting on behalf of?"
Lindsey:  "Progressive Business Publications."
Me:  "Okay, great.   What is the bill for (what did we buy), and what is the amount of the bill?"
Lindsey:  "Are you with Accounts Payable?"
Me:  "No, but I can put you directly in touch with the right person in Accounts Payable if you prefer."
Lindsey:  "No, I need to talk to your CFO."
UM.... then why in the world did you ask if I was in A/P?  LOL
Me:  "I can certainly give him the information so that he can help authorize a payment if necessary, but he will not do that.... WITHOUT THE INFORMATION.  It would be a waste of his time for him to call you back & try to get it from you, when you can just tell it to me right now."
Lindsey:  "I need to talk to your CFO."
Me:  "You won't talk with the CFO without providing adequate information."
Lindsey:  *click*

I dialed both the number she called from and also the number she said to call back to, and both of them just rang and rang for at least 5 minutes before going to a fast busy signal.  

These guys are scammers.  Do not give them ANY of your information, if you don't want to be taken advantage of.

Thank you for the rest of y'all's stories.

This company called me stating that I owed $299  for something that I did not subscribe to and said it has to be paid or it will go to collections

After receiving a VM from "Kelly" (with no extension) I called and asked to speak to her.  One minute later, same person answers the phone.  I let her go on for about a minute before I stopped her to explain that I had indeed received the original invoice and that while the person they are stating ordered it has retired (which she already knew) that before he left I submitted the invoice to him for approval and was told, in writing, that he didn't order it and had never received a copy of said publication.  "Well, ma'am, he did order it".  After I stated again that I had it in writing, from him, that he did not, I asked for an un-edited audio file of the verbal contract.  She then stated there was no verbal contract, that he had ordered it over the phone.  I explained that constituted a verbal contract and if that is their basis for billing then I need a copy of it.  She stated they (ICR) don't receive/have copies of the audio files.  I explained to her that whoever it is that wants to be paid should have one and if they want to get paid they will need to supply it.  At this point she started attacking me verbally, questioning my position and authority in the company.  "Are you ONLY AP?"  "Are you an executive?"  "Do you have decision making powers?"  I explained to her that I am one who writes the checks, I have written documentation from said "purchaser" stating he didn't order it, I have a website full of hundreds, if not thousands, of people with similar complaints and that unless I receive said unedited audio fle that I will be filing a complain not only with the BBB but also with the New York Attorney General's Office as told to do directly on the BBB site.  Again she started questioning my authority and I explained that not only was I authorized to cut checks but that I was authorized to file complaints with the BBB as well as the Attorney General's office.  She was pretty much done with me at that point.

Got a call from "Bobie" a few minutes ago, who said that we hadn't paid an invoice and she thought it was maybe just an oversight.  Won't be calling her back.

exact same stories as above. Girl's name was Bobbie. Crazy!