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United Marketing Group Complaint - Buyers Edge, My Advisor, UMG, Dermitage Info Scam - Telemarketing Credit Card Fraud
Telemarketing Credit Card Fraud - Complaint
UNITED MARKETING GROUP
Buyer's Edge Inc.
UMG - United Marketing Group
Address:929 N Plum Grove Road
Schaumburg Illinois 60173
Phone:847-240-2005
Fax: 847-240-2117
Email: info@unitedmarket.com
http://www.unitedmarket.com/
Dermitage (1-800-494-7260)
THE PARENT COMPANY
Vici Marketing LLC
11515 66th St. N. Largo, FL 33773
Phone: 727-533-8730
Fax: 727-535-9720
http://www.vicimarketing.com/index.htm front@vicimarketing.com
MY STORY
They are defrauding consumers out of money by probing their bank accounts with $1.00 charges. Then, if not noticed, they begin charging your account with higher amounts. They are a bogus company and make claims that they have signatures or recordings of your voice. My personal experience was I noticed the charges $1 from UMG Buyers Edge, UMG My Advisor and $2.97 Dermitage charge on my account in September 2007. I called the companies, with the numbers they had listed on my bank statement. One number was for BCBS in Michigan!
I tried several times to reach them and eventually found their numbers by Googling away and Dermitage/Triclear on My3cents.com, where there were several other individuals with complaints against these companies. After reaching them, they falsely accused me of accepting the products and even giving a false date of when I had accepted. After being put through the ringer, I eventually started finding information to include who their parent company is “VICI Marketing” and the answers to some questions.
For one, the supposed signature that they claimed they had for me… well they never received a signature from me and weren’t able to produce. Then there was the issue of the recorded approval of my voice for the product. When I listened to the recording they "supposedly" had, It was a recording of my fiancée (who is not on my bank account neither does he have a bankcard on my account).
They recorded him saying that yes, “my name” does live at such and such residence and yes that is the last 4 digits of my credit card information. They took a third party as validation to charge my debit card. Telemarketing companies CANNOT accept third party authorizations. This has happened to several other people who either sign up for another product and then UMG is provided their credit card information and harassingly calls consumers all day long or who never signed up for anything and doesn’t know how UMG got their credit card information. Its Time for CLASS ACTION!!
**Update*** Not only did I report them to my Bank and file unauthorized charges against them which my bank reversed the charges for... but I also received a refund from them UMG. And to ensure that they no longer could get to my account, I closed out my debit card linked to the account and requested a new one. You couldn't prove it to me and you couldn't prove it to my bank. You all are the scum of all telemarketers. You're liars and you have bogus practices. No More UMG!
Buyer's Edge Inc.
UMG - United Marketing Group
Address:929 N Plum Grove Road
Schaumburg Illinois 60173
Phone:847-240-2005
Fax: 847-240-2117
Email: info@unitedmarket.com
http://www.unitedmarket.com/
Dermitage (1-800-494-7260)
THE PARENT COMPANY
Vici Marketing LLC
11515 66th St. N. Largo, FL 33773
Phone: 727-533-8730
Fax: 727-535-9720
http://www.vicimarketing.com/index.htm front@vicimarketing.com
MY STORY
They are defrauding consumers out of money by probing their bank accounts with $1.00 charges. Then, if not noticed, they begin charging your account with higher amounts. They are a bogus company and make claims that they have signatures or recordings of your voice. My personal experience was I noticed the charges $1 from UMG Buyers Edge, UMG My Advisor and $2.97 Dermitage charge on my account in September 2007. I called the companies, with the numbers they had listed on my bank statement. One number was for BCBS in Michigan!
I tried several times to reach them and eventually found their numbers by Googling away and Dermitage/Triclear on My3cents.com, where there were several other individuals with complaints against these companies. After reaching them, they falsely accused me of accepting the products and even giving a false date of when I had accepted. After being put through the ringer, I eventually started finding information to include who their parent company is “VICI Marketing” and the answers to some questions.
For one, the supposed signature that they claimed they had for me… well they never received a signature from me and weren’t able to produce. Then there was the issue of the recorded approval of my voice for the product. When I listened to the recording they "supposedly" had, It was a recording of my fiancée (who is not on my bank account neither does he have a bankcard on my account).
They recorded him saying that yes, “my name” does live at such and such residence and yes that is the last 4 digits of my credit card information. They took a third party as validation to charge my debit card. Telemarketing companies CANNOT accept third party authorizations. This has happened to several other people who either sign up for another product and then UMG is provided their credit card information and harassingly calls consumers all day long or who never signed up for anything and doesn’t know how UMG got their credit card information. Its Time for CLASS ACTION!!
**Update*** Not only did I report them to my Bank and file unauthorized charges against them which my bank reversed the charges for... but I also received a refund from them UMG. And to ensure that they no longer could get to my account, I closed out my debit card linked to the account and requested a new one. You couldn't prove it to me and you couldn't prove it to my bank. You all are the scum of all telemarketers. You're liars and you have bogus practices. No More UMG!
Comments:
Posted by superbowl on 2007-10-10:
There is nothing here that would tell me to stay away? You claim telemarketing / credit card fraud? Where is the fraud? This post has little in the way of any helpful info. (NH)
Posted by Stew.old on 2007-10-10:
lamburton -- The more enlightened members are well aware of the shenanigans of these bottom feeders but what wasn't known was up to date contact info. Good job! Very helpful information, very helpful indeed. (VH)
Posted by lamburton on 2007-10-10:
Well Gawsh you people are so demanding. Superbowl you comment on my review of UMG before: "http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=26990". I figured I'd just give you guys updated information on how to contact them. I'm serious about this, they are rude and unethical people and STILL refuse to stop calling. It's time for Class Action!! Oklahoma had done it already...http://www.ftc.gov/os/2000/06/umscmp.htm
Posted by superbowl on 2007-10-10:
OK, I agree with you but this post did not say what they did wrong! I was not aware of the http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=26990 post. You should have posted it above to help us out. I am not an enlightened member so I can only go by what I see. I am not very good at reading between the lines like the more enlightened members like Stew.
Posted by lamburton on 2007-10-10:
LOL at the enlightenment. But you actually did make a comment on the id=26990 post Superbowl! LOL. But for the sake of clarification I will update this posting! :)
Posted by superbowl on 2007-10-10:
Yes, now I recall the post after looking it up. I just read about an overseas group that got their hands on millions of credit card numbers and ran them for a few dollars each. The total take was $5.5mil! And then they went back under their rock and got away with most of the money. These small amount charges just very seldom get caught and reported while the companies and crooks doing it rake in millions. (VH)
Posted by Too Good To Be True on 2007-10-10:
Very helpful information !
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