I received the exact same call on February 26th at around 8pm. He was INCREDIBLY rude using the same threats about the call being recorded and taking us to court and possibly jail. He used a different number though, 916-550-5060. Does anyone know how he had so much of my information? Old credit card, dates of the trip, phone number, email, old address?
first call was from Illinois and the second call was from Floridaafter aaai had hung up on him the first time. He said he had my crediccard number from 1999 I owed them $433.00 but if I did a time share in Las Vegas, we'de ge 4400.00. I asked for a telephone number, name, address, fax number, any thing at all from them and they denied me everything. They have called over 6 times to harass us about this issue. First caller ID said 224-275-7063 and the second ID said 954-603-7953 from Florida.
Received same call. Caller indicated he had my credit card number (old and expired/cancelled) and that I didn't fulfill tour of time share and that it would go to collections. I never signed anything to do anything with any TimeShare, especially at the outdated Sahara in Las Vegas!
We received a call and they could only speak with my spouse and since I wasn't on the account he could not speak with me. Only wanted to know what time my spouse would be home. That he was trying to stop the account from going to collections. He would not give me a number for my spouse to call back on because that would give me the information. We are not past due on ANY bills so I checked on the internet and it said 224-795-7063 is a spoofed phone number. Collection agencys do not use spoofed numbers they want you to be able to reach them so they can collect. He is supposed to call back today to reach my spouse. Can't wait.
On January 9th, 2009 at 6:46 pm flintwindsor said Hooray, It’s working, the BBB is finally wise to these guys and posted the following today! on their BBB site, I guess Chris Greene and his buddies are going to have to threaten to sue the BBB now, they have threatened everybody else.
First Class Travel Wise
8227 W. Atlantic Blvd.
Pompano Beach , FL 33071
Phone: (972) 220-8594
http://www.firstclasstravelwise.com
Contact: Brian Schaeffer - Manager
Business Start Date: N/A
Company ID: 92012243
Complaint Experience
The Bureau has been contacted by consumers who allege this company is contacting them requesting payment of $400.00 for failure to fulfill a travel agreement several years earlier. Consumers allege they do not owe this balance as they never agreed to or signed any contract regarding these terms. The company responds to complaints with an explanation of the terms of their agreement but has failed to produce any signed contracts. The company states by using the travel offer, they are agreeing to these terms.
Company
D Rating Our opinion of what this rating means:
We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it.
First Class Cruise Vacations, Inc.
21950 Soundview Terrace, #101
Boca Raton, FL 33433
Phone: (561) 395-7249
Fax: (954) 530-6248
Contact: Christopher Greene - President
Business Start Date: 2/1/2003
Company ID: 9002124
Our file contains a pattern of complaints from consumers who allege this company is contacting them requesting payment of $433.38 for failure to fulfill a travel agreement made several years earlier. Consumers allege they do not owe this balance as they never agreed to or signed any contract regarding these terms. The company responds to complaints with an explanation of the terms of their agreement but has failed to produce any signed contracts. The company states by using the travel offer, they are agreeing to these terms.
D Rating Our opinion of what this rating means:
We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it.
On January 9th, 2009 at 11:02 pm Helen said I just got a similar phone call from a Steve Cox tonight. He claimed that as part of the trip to Las Vegas Frontier Hotel in 2004 I had 48 months to complete a visit with a time share and since his records show that was not done, we now owe 400+ - but he will give us a refund of all but about $36 if we agree to resolve it tonight. He asked me to prove I had taken the tour because that is what the judge would require. He then proceeded with threats about law suits, reporting to all three collection agencies etc. Said he was recording my phone call - did not ask persmission - just informed me that my tone would not sound good to a judge. He did forward by e-mail a dummied copy of an e-mail with the wrong $ amounts for the trip and it didn’t even state the dates of the reservation. There was an attachment that purports to be from First Class Cruise Vacations Inc. 8227 W. Atlantic Blvd Coral Springs, FL 33071 that states Terms and Conditions of Your Package With Us. This is the first that I heard of this company so I did not agree to pay it. I will be forwarding a complaint to the Attorney General of Nevada, Missouri and Florida. This is definitely a scam and unfortunately some people get scared and pay or they wouldn’t continue to try these tactics.
On January 10th, 2009 at 10:55 am flintwindsor said When you post please add the phone number(s) that contacted you because these guys keep changing the numbers and names they use. Also on the caller id they will call from different states. If they change their phone numbers it makes it harder to track them.
If you look on their sites, they claim to be accredited to certain companies which is also a falicy. Some companies are taking action against them for this.
BUT still too many people are falling for this scam and it is very profitable for them to continue the scam.
On January 10th, 2009 at 5:54 pm Helen said I received a telephone call from 877-948-8900.
On January 13th, 2009 at 2:02 am Dan said I received a phone call tonight from the same guys saying that I owed them $433 and change for a trip back in 2003 to Las Vegas. After yelling and arguing with them for about an hour they scammed me into paying the money. I did not want to ruin my credit. I should have read this site before I payed them the money. I will try and see if I can get a refund from my credit card company. The scammers said they were recording the conversation so when you dispute it to your credit card company they have a recording of you saying you agree to the charges.
I feel really stupid they got me again….About 3 months ago this same company called me about an Alaskan cruise that was only $833 and I did not have to attend a timeshare. Well when I received my paperwork there was nothing stating that I do not have to attend a timeshare. I think I will call and pretend I am a happy customer to see if they can give me something in writing stating that I do not have to attend a time share or they will extort another $400+ out of me. Also there was a $99 booking fee and another $499 fee per person for “port charges, service fees and taxes”. Well so far they scammed me for 833+433+99 or $1365!!!! I will try and get the 433 refunded by my C.C. company and take it in the shorts for the other $900+. I am going to fill out some paperwork with the BBB and anyone else I can find. I wish they called me for the cruise tomorrow and I could have saved $900. I am not even going to book it with them and get some other fee and another $500 fee in 5 years. I hope these guys spend the next 20 years in prision with Buba for extorting all the fine people on this site.
Here are all the phone numbers they used when they called me(3 times)
224-795-7063, 954-603-7953, 518-772-0675
Has anyone gone on the timeshare and actually got back their $433? I did not see anyone say that. I would assume If someone did go they would say by going you are now responsible for another $350 or something. This sounds like a case of extorsion. “you pay us $433 or we will report you to collections and ruin you credit”
Has anyone ever had this turn up on their credit?
I also did not see anything about going to a timeshare for my 2003 Vegas trip. If i did I would not have gone. I guess the next time anyone tries to sell me something, I am hanging up…….This whole situation sucks…
I will keep reading and post anything that happens to me.
On January 13th, 2009 at 9:34 am flintwindsor said You have been scammed BAD…….NO you will not get your money or trips or anything from these scammers, it is nice people like you for the reason these people are continuing to scam…….make a report to the following and to the BBB and call your credit card company and dispute ALL charges even though it has been awhile, maybe they will protect you, tell them you been scammed. These two complaints can be made on line.(http://app1.800helpfla.com/cswebcomplaints/FileComplaint.aspx license number ST36484).
On January 13th, 2009 at 3:59 pm Dan said Update:
I just got the phone with my credit card company(Chase) and they are refunding me my money. I am now going to see if I can call my other credit card about getting the $833 back. It was back in July of 08 so I will see what happens.
I also filed a complaint at the BBB and the FTC. I was so mad after getting harrased that I was up to 2:30 a.m. to see if there was any other agency that can shut these guys down.
I would urge anyone that payed these jerks money to try and get a refund from your credit card company.
On January 13th, 2009 at 4:57 pm flintwindsor said Dan, you made my day! I am so very HAPPY for you……. I think you have a chance of getting your other money back also, I SURE HOPE SO! CONGRATULATIONS
I wish everyone could and WOULD file a complaint with every agency they know of and would go after these fellows, because C Greene and his croannies are very corrupt people.
try this site:
http://www.elliott.org/blog/four-years-after- ... ct-another-433/
Executive Consultants or Executive Travel all the same people they are just changing names to stay out of the internet eye... there are First Class Travel Wise and or First Class Cruise Vactation, Inc