888-254-6227
888 area code:
Toll-free
Report a phone call from 888-254-6227 and help to identify who and why is calling from this number.
- anonymous| 1 replyThis company is AMT Auditing Services LLC http://www.bbb.org/utah/business-reviews/loan ... ork-ut-22302183 with F=FAIL rating and 51 complaints with 44 failure-to-responds. At the bottom of that BBB report are their other business names. No Utah business licenses exist for Mortgage Auditing Program, CRM Ventures LP and My Consumer Auditing. Also go look at the BBB report for Colton Moody's previously failed business The Summit Group of Utah LLC with Government legal actions against it using the link in the Business Management section near the map. Anonymous' 30 Apr 2012 post on https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-251-6057 has lots of good links -- s/he did a good job!
These scammers have created a nest of companies registered to each other on their Utah business licenses.
AMT Auditing Services LLC https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=7968758-0151 (a DBA, not a LLC)
Chance 1 LLC https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=7437501-0160
Double Rainbow LLC https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=7822422-0160
Enlightened LLC https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=7807703-0160
Consumer Home Services LLC https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=8232724-0151 (a DBA, not a LLC)
AMT and CHS are *NOT* LLCs but DBAs (see that "Company Type: DBA" in the second line of their licenses?). If you're wondering how a DBA can get a looks-like-LLC business license, the scammers exploited an unforeseen weakness in Utah's licensing system. Utah has recently implemented a fix (not a cure) to alert consumers to this problem and this can be seen in CHS' licensing history.
1. First CHS applied for a business Name Reservation on 02/14/2012 using "Consumer Home Services, LLC" as their official business name https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=8232724-0111 Name Reservation is simply a mechanism to lock up the name so no one else can claim it. Name Reservation licenses auto-expire in 4 months and end in -0111. You're not supposed to use "LLC" as part of the business name, "LLC" is optionally added on later as a business registration type and it's never part of the business name.
2. On 02/16 or just 2 days later, CHS applied for its LLC business license https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=8232724-0160 All LLC license numbers end in "-0160" while the first 7 digits "8232724" remains the same from its Name Reservation. How do I know this happened on 02/16? Read on.
3. On 04/16 for just 2 months later, CHS converted its LLC license to a DBA license https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/details?entity=8232724-0151 All DBA license numbers end in "-0151" and see that "Status: Active as of 02/16/2012" -- that's how I know the LLC-to-DBA conversion happened on 02/16. However, Utah's license system allowed the original business name "Consumer Home Services, LLC" to be retained at the top of the page even though it's now a DBA. Utah licenses always had "Company Type: DBA" in the second line but people tend to miss that. Utah also added the line "Former Business Names CONSUMER HOME SERVICES, LLC , LLC" at bottom of the license to warn people that something's amiss and which propagates backwards all the way to the original Name reservation license. The first LLC in "CONSUMER HOME SERVICES, LLC , LLC" is the scam-LLC that CHS used as part of their business Name Reservation, the second LLC is the type-of-business designation that is usually appended to business names. The first LLC is scam, the second LLC is legit.
That's how scammers can get a DBA-but-looks-like-LLC Utah business license. Why does Utah allow it? Beats me but can guess Utah does not want to limit naming conventions in their system that may cause other unforeseen problems of their own.
Why were Consumer Home Services and My Consumer Auditing created? I conjecture this is to get around restraining orders like California's 02/24/2012 Cease & Desist order to Mortgage Auditing Program and AMT http://www.dre.ca.gov/pdf_docs/loanmod_drs/H5785SAC.pdf The new companies are not constrained by any existing order so they can market anywhere and new companies are probably in the pipeline as older ones receive restraining orders.
If you want the real details on this scam, read my 8 Apr 2012 post here https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/8552408593#p378409069894258328 which has the most recent info that I know of (the scam has evolved from when it first started) up to the creation of CHS and MCA. Everyone should stay away from this horrible scam as it continues to evolve. - anonymous replies to anonymousAlmost forgot the Northern Indiana BBB has a news story on AMT here http://northernindiana.bbb.org/article/AMT-Au ... -Tell-BBB-34231
- Sassy831| 2 repliesI got this letter in the mail the other day and called them about it. They claim to check to see if mortgage company owes us a refund. They want $279 upfront and say that they will return it if there is no money due us. I'm not sure if I can trust this company.
- Caller: Mortgage Auditing Program
- Tracy replies to Sassy831| 1 replyDo not do it! I am fighting with them right now to get my money back and they have shut the phones down. It is nothing but a scam. If anyone knows how we can hold this company responsible please let me know!!
- AdamDo not fool with these people! I made the mistake of doing it before reading anything about them. They got $300 from me up front. Then noticed a $50 charge on my card a month later. So I called and asked them why they're charging me. They tried giving me some BS excuse. After being put on hold for a total of an hr and cussing them out, they said it was a mistake and they were sending me a check but would take a month. Still haven't seen it. Nor have I seen my refund for the $300 they charged me for absolutely nothing.
- Adam| 1 replyOh. And now they've cut their phones off. So I'm doubting I'll ever see my money again.
- Caller: Consumer Home Services, LLC
- anonymous replies to Adam@ Tracy and Adam: It has been reported that AMT (and now CHS) blocks the phone number that you bought your audit on to prevent buyers from ever contacting them again. You need to call from a different phone unless you can spoof your calling number :))
If you bought your audit from AMT Auditing Services and you are due a "refund":
1. AMT does not give audit refunds, AMT gives audit rebates. Go to amtdivision.org, find the rebate form, fill it out and mail it in. You have 45 days from when you got audit results to claim your $299 rebate.
2. To cancel the $49.95/month software subscription, go to 30to8.com, look around the site and follow instructions to cancel (phone or email).
Beware rebate/cancellation terms may have changed from the above since I last found them.
If you bought your audit from Consumer Home Services (an AMT clone), I haven't had the time to look into it and do not know how to get your money back if you've had a "refund" guarantee. Perhaps you can look around on their website myconsumerservices.com
Beware CHS may be signing up victims for 3rd-party subscriptions behind their backs just like AMT signs victims up for the 30to8 software subscription so you will need to find out how to cancel this as well. You need to dispute $50/month charges with your credit card issuer as fraud and demand your money back. Please post here in detail if you find out how to get refunds/rebates from CHS.
If you can't recover your money from AMT/CHS, please file complaints with:
1. Utah Consumer Protection Division http://www.consumerprotection.utah.gov/ who may be able to get your money back!
2. BBB http://www.bbb.org/utah/business-reviews/loan ... ork-ut-22302183 to add to the complaint count.
(click on the complaint link on upper right side of that BBB webpage) - jeff replies to Tracyfile an online complaint with the dept of utah consumer protection div. it worked for me , an investigater jumped right on the case. the dept of consumer protection settled out of court with amt, i received my money back in full. amt paid a fine to the dept of consumer protection div too ,..
good luck
Submit a comment about 8882546227 phone number: