Deceptive Calls Coming from 202-470-2607

The BBB has issued a warning about deceptive calls coming from 202-470-2607.

“BBB received a call from a Yakima customer reporting that he received a call from someone with a “thick accent” stating that they were trying to get him his tax return. They took his name and birth date and said they would send him a packet. Once he received his packet he should send them $495 so they can send him $4,000 as a refund for taxes he is owed.

When BBB looked up this number online, it gave further info about these calls coming from this number. Some callers are getting a group called the US Federal Grant Services Department, stating they are from Washington DC . The scam caller gave a fake name, employee number, and file number along with a made up number to call back.  Some consumers are getting calls stating their deceased relative overpaid taxes to be refunded.  The address being given is: 200 Independent Lane, HHH Building, WA DC 20201″

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BBB Warning about survey agent job with Horizon Polls, LLC

From the BBB warning:

“SURVEY AGENT” JOB OFFER w/ HORIZON POLLS, LLC a SCAM

HORIZON POLLS, LLC
1009 N Washington Street, Spokane, WA 99201
785 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97401
and Tacoma, WA 98406

Ph: 866-379-6091 FAX (866) 653-7884

A job scam using a Spokane, WA address (and other addresses, too) has come onto your BBB’s radar. The scam randomly emails people who post their resumes online (at such places as CareerBuilder.com) the offer of a “Survey Agent” position with the promise of making $1500-$3000 weekly. This scam is:

1) Using bogus addresses in various places throughout the NW
2) Using an 866# that has connections to other Nigerian-type scams
3) Offering a too-good-to-be-true salary for little or no experience
4) Misrepresenting that it is affiliated with or endorsed by the BBB. It is not.”

Click here to read the FULL report about Horizon Polls, LLC, a sample of the email being set out in response to “job applications” AND a listing of other warnings.

 

BBB Tip About ISpeedWay

The BBB has issued the following tip about ISpeedWay in their 8/17/2009 Tips You Can Trust:

“www iSpeedWay com aka The Internet Speedway, Inc.
Work-at-Home Program Too Ramped Up?

iSpeedway.com
1201 S. Alma School Road #15500
Mesa, AZ 85210

This company’s offer? Work from home and collect payments from customers for everything from perfume to car stereos starting off with a CD for $9.95. You first sign up to receive a “free CD” but have to pay $9.95 for shipping.

You are enrolled in the program that sets up your Web page and membership to warehouses across the nation. You are told to keep an eye on your pages, and when a sale comes through, the products would be shipped directly from the warehouses owned by iSpeedway.

The original $9.95 turns into thousands when persuaded to upgrade services to include things such as “coaching sessions” on how to manage the site and a “traffic accelerator” that supposedly increases page views.

Complaints allege that after paying the initial fee of $9.95 for the software, the product is never received or is received several weeks later. Additionally, complaints allege that although the service is cancelled within the 30 day free trial period, the company either bills the consumers for 5 payments of $69.95 or the company drafts funds from the consumers bank account without authorization. The company’s website states “You do not need to know anything about HTML, computers, shopping carts or even e-commerce to design your very own professional-looking Web site using Internet Speedway’s SiteBuilder. Our user-friendly Express Set Up Wizard will take you through a very simple five step process to get your Web site up and running”; however, consumers experience technical difficulties and allege the website set up is confusing. 

BBB ADVICE
This company has the BBB’s lowest rating of F. Be aware that this company’s money back guarantee and refund policy on its web site states ‘You can cancel your Internet Speedway hosting subscription at anytime. If you signed up under any type of payment plan and you have exceeded the 30-day trial period you will still be obligated to fulfill your entire agreement.’”

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