51, Report:
#77382
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2004
Peoples Credit First, Consumer Preferred, Consumer First Companies sued by Federal Trade Commission, Receiver Appointed Tampa Florida
The Federal Trade Commission sued Peoples Credit First, LLC and Consumer Preferred, LLC, f/k/a Consumer First, LLC, On November 10, 2003. The same day, the FTC received a Temporary Restraining Order from the Federal District Court in which the case was filed. The TRO enjoined People...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
52, Report:
#76993
Posted Date:
Jan 16 2004
Consumer Preferred - Consumer First ripoff Sent $49 dollars, recieved credit card after 3 weeks, Now I can't access the website to to purchase anything, everytime I call no answer Tampa Florida
I sent Consumer Preffered/Consumer First my 49 dollar money order after 3 weeks I finally recieved my packet but found that I couldn't acsses the website to purchase anything, I called for 2 weeks straight and keep getting no answer.
Philip
San Francisco, CaliforniaU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
53, Report:
#74219
Posted Date:
Dec 14 2003
Consumer First IS A BIG TIME RIP OFF Tampa Florida
You Are Pre-approved For A $5000 Consumer First Platinum Card!!!
And rushed my $49(priority), because This was actually my last chance for a credit card.
I can not believe this has happened to me (and you if you're reading this)! Up until about 10 minutes ago I just thought th...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
54, Report:
#73597
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2003
Consumer Preferred - Cp Card ripoff steals money from people with bad or no credit Tampa Florida
Consumer preferred is a total rip off. You send in $49 dollars and they send you a card that can only be used to purschase item from their catalog. I sure these items cannot really be purchased.
Their phone number or help line as they call it is really a celluar phone number tha...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
55, Report:
#72895
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2003
Consumer Preferred/Consumer First ripoff, credit card scam Tampa Florida
I received a certification letter for a guaranteed credit card with a $5,000 credit limit from Consumer Preferred (formally known as Consumer First). The only fee was a $45 or $49 (rush) processing fee that was guaranteed to be returned if not satisfied. I wrote the check on 11/3/03...
Entity
Categories: Credit Services
56, Report:
#72299
Posted Date:
Nov 18 2003
Consumer Preferred - Consumer First ripoff Tampa Florida
I filled out the paperwork thinking it was a credit card(platinum)in May 2003. To my surprise it was a catalog.
I spent $50.00. I want my money back. I can't even call them. The phone # they give hangs up on me every time.
I can't even use it to order anything. I will not s...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
57, Report:
#72246
Posted Date:
Nov 18 2003
Consumer Preferred RIPOFF turns out to be some catalogue card for junk! rip-off Tampa Florida
I too, have just lost 50 bucks to these A**!!!!I got a credit card app in the mail with the promise of a 5000 credit limit and all i had to do was send $49 fee. I got the card but it turns out to be some catalogue card, not a credit card! and i am unable to get to their web site! I ...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
58, Report:
#72042
Posted Date:
Nov 16 2003
Consumer Preferred - consumer First ripoff fraudulent. thought it was a regular credit card Tampa Florida
I got a letter in the mail that had a green border like the one I saw on the rip off reports. I sent my $49.00 rush processing fee and got a card and a catalog. It was a card for a credit limit of $5000.00, but it was for a catalog called World of Products. I want my money back. Mi...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
59, Report:
#69702
Posted Date:
Oct 21 2003
Consumer Preferred scam that asks for upfront application fee, keeps your money and runs Tampa Florida
I recently received an application to receive a credit card with a $5,000 limit. The company asked for a $45 or $49(rush processing) fee in order to send the card to you.
But to my surprise the card never manages to make it into my possession. There is no way to contact the...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
60, Report:
#68319
Posted Date:
Oct 06 2003
First Consumer ripoff $300.00 for credit card and free computer Canada Internet
I have reported this before. First consumers called me and I authorized $300.00 electronic transfer from my checking account to receive the credit card with a free packard computer.
Never got credit card or computer and my money was never refuded even after submitting a repor...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
61, Report:
#66842
Posted Date:
Sep 11 2003
CONSUMER FIRST ripoff TAMPA Florida
My name is Shana Williams. and I live in Seattle,Wa and I have sent for a plantium card and they said that it will take up to 3 to 4 weeks and they said that they needed $100.00 dollars for the memebertship fee and I sent it to them and they said that it will take up to 3 to 4 weeks...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
62, Report:
#66470
Posted Date:
Sep 03 2003
CONSUMER PREFERRED ripoff, SEND IN 45.00 OR 49.00 FOR RUSH DELIVERY, GET 5,000 WORTH OF CREDIT ON CREDIT CARD TAMPA Florida
Consumer Preferred, i believe, used to be Consumer First. watch out, they are scamming you. i sent them a nasty letter in their return envelope. you should too. they offer $5000.00 worth of credit if u send in $45.00 (or $50.00 rush proccessing fee) don't be fooled it's the same peo...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
63, Report:
#1034689
Posted Date:
Aug 05 2003
Consumer First Platinum ripoff this company has stolen our money. i have talked to some one they wanted to make me a member again by posing as anouther company!! consumer fraud ripoff fraud corruption Tampa Florida
this company also poses as consumer prefered i had called concerning a another offer for a credit limit of 5000.00 but i had asked the so called costomer service rep if they were also known as consumer first and dumbfounded she admitted to me that they were infact also called consum...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
64, Report:
#65140
Posted Date:
Aug 05 2003
First Consumer National Bank Credit Card Late fees and over limit charges Portland Oregon
I was just charged $35.00 late fee on my account that should have had a $7.28 balance if they would have posted my payment on time.
My $50.00 payment was due on July 22,2003. I use on-line banking. This payment is scheduled automatically every month on the 11th. This is the ...
Entity
Categories: Banks
65, Report:
#24270
Posted Date:
Aug 04 2003
Uniway of greenville Lied to and then some Greenville South Carolina
Talk about being lied to. Uniway is the King of that statement. The sad part is that they prey on those of us that trust people. Well I'm here to tell you not to trust these rip off artists. They told us that we could get things at wholesale prices, but when you come right down to t...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
66, Report:
#40134
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2003
Preferred Merchant same as Consumer First, ripped off and scammed tricked and lied to us ripoff screwed thousands of others on this site Tampa Florida *UPATE
I am one of many who have been victimized by Preferred Merchants. In spite of them, I won't loose my smile. I cannot understand why this company and so many others like them on this web site are not being stopped by the FTC or the FBI? How many more thousands of people need to get...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
67, Report:
#63996
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2003
Consumer First rip-off scam dirt bags Tampa Florida
I sent Consumer First a $49 rush processing fee for what I thought was going to be a credit card; only to recieve (over a month later) a catalogue with a crap card that I could only use with their company. I also sent everything back to them for their GUARANTEED refund if I was not ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
68, Report:
#63180
Posted Date:
Jul 09 2003
National Reward Center ripoff consumer fraud ripoff Internet
This is the 2nd time I've had occasion to thank you for your website. I wrote to you last winter thanking you for saving me $49 & the humilation I would've felt had I not checked your files before sending money to Consumer First.
This week I've received email offers from Nationa...
Entity
Categories: Psychic Fortune Tellers
69, Report:
#62769
Posted Date:
Jul 05 2003
Consumer First Platinum It Happened To Me Too. ripoff Tampa Florida
It happened to me too. My husband and I have just started our family and our credit. We applied to so many credit card companies to establish some sort of credit and was either turned away or they wanted an arm and a leg for a deposit, so when we received a letter from Consumer Firs...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
70, Report:
#62212
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2003
Consumer Preferred aka Consumer First ripoff dirty SOB's All I found was bad reports on Consumer Preferred Tampa Florida
I received a letter in the mail today for a 5000 dollar credit card. I went on the internet to find the company, but all I found was bad reports on consumer preferred. I was going to send the $49 in the mail monday until I read the reports.Thanks to these reports I have saved $49,an...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
71, Report:
#61919
Posted Date:
Jun 26 2003
Consumer First, Cunsumer Preferred sent a misleading letter then ripped me off and won't contact me Tampa Florida
I was sent the same letter I saw in this rip-off report, I sent in the $49 money order then when I received the package it was only a card to shop from their catalog with a deposit!! I followed exact directions in mailing back their sales kit and its been 2 months with no response,...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
72, Report:
#61191
Posted Date:
Jun 19 2003
Consumer First Ripoff business from hell, and Satans gay lover! Tampa Florida
On May 20,2003 I received a cheap a-- looking letter from this company calling themselves Consumer First.At first I thought I had heard of them but to come to find out today,I had. And the were a consolidation company, not a credit card company. I planned on using the money to buy a...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
73, Report:
#43889
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2003
Consumer First SCAM!! From TAMPON FL because they take all your money from you! ripoff Tampa Florida
The acceptance letter looked odd to me when I received it in the mail. Due to having not-so-fabulous credit, although I already have received a real credit card that is helping me get back on track, I thought that there was some sort of catch-22 to the situation, especially when I ...
Entity
Categories: United States Post Office
74, Report:
#59797
Posted Date:
Jun 06 2003
Consumer First i thought i was purchasing a credit card but in stead received something about selling merchedise. i ask for my money back but did not received it yet. Tampa
i thought i was purchasing an major credit card ,but instead i receive an package aout selling merchendise for the company.i ask for my money but i have'nt received anything yet.
Matilda
birmingham, AlabamaU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
75, Report:
#59007
Posted Date:
May 30 2003
Consumer First Platinum ripoff consumer rip-off fraud Tampa Florida
Was promised a $5000 line of credit. When I received their credit card if was for ordering Merchandise from their catalog. This was not told to me initially. I sent their catalog back to them and requested a refund. I neglected to send them their order form and deposit form. B...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services