When I answered it took them a little while to realize it.
"I'm Richard from the National Small Business Alliance, are you the owner of the company?"
me: "No"
pause pause pause
"I'm Richard from the National Small Business Alliance, can I have your first name to get your $8000 loan started?"
me: "No" and hung up
Yup, got this call today. Idiot tried selling some sort of credit. A classic boiler room scam operation. See below for REAL information on these scammers. Owner/operator Dennis Mario is a scammer.
Caller (thick latino accent giving gringo name) said company name is "National Small Business Alliance" (not to be confused with other organizations with similar names in multiple states).
So, I did a quick online search:
175 reports/complaints listed on Ripoff Report dot com. Other complaint sites have similar horror stories.
"F" rating with the Better Business Bureau. Here is part of their report:
"This Business is not BBB Accredited
National Small Business Alliance
Phone: (800) 506-6722 Fax: (760) 406-6035
180 N Luring Dr Ste 300, Palm Springs, CA 92262-6839
http://www.natlsba.com
BBB® Non-Accredited F Rating
On a scale of A+ to F Reason for RatingBBB Ratings System Overview
Contact Information
Principal: Mr. Dennis Mario (Principal Contact)
Business Category
Credit Cards & Plans, Business Services - General, Bar Coding Service, Business Forms & Systems
Alternate Business Names
NSBA
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They lost their corporation charter in California for not paying their taxes. This is from the California Secretary of State
(which means it is not even legal for them to try to sell their crap to anyone in California):
Entity Name: NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ALLIANCE, INC.
Entity Number: C2532705
Date Filed: 06/06/2003
Status: FTB FORFEITED (California state tax department)
Jurisdiction: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Entity Address: 601 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW STE 900 S BLDG
Entity City, State, Zip: WASHINGTON DC 20004
Agent for Service of Process: DENNIS MARIO
Agent Address: 180 M LURING DR STE 300
Agent City, State, Zip: PALM SPRINGS CA 92262
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Website:
www.natlsba.com
...hides their true location.
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Claims their address and local phone as follows:
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Ste 900 “S” Bldg Washington, DC 20004.
Telephone number is 202-661-4764
Member Services hours of operation are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM PACIFIC (!!!!) Time (PT) Monday through Friday
THIS ADDRESS IS A REGUS RENTAL OFFICE LOCATION. YOU CAN BUY AN ADDRESS THERE FOR $50 A MONTH.
NOTE THEIR BUSINESS HOURS: WEST COAST TIME!!!!
SO, WHERE DO THEY REALLY DO THEIR DIRTY WORK???
Let's look at that Palm Springs address:
They sell their stuff out of a post office box in Cathedral City, CA, which is right next to Palm Springs.
Their fax number is a landline located in Palm Springs.
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So who is Dennis Mario?
Information from a national, publically available database:
Address History
Palm Springs, CA
Cathedral City, CA
Thousand Palms, CA
La Jolla, CA
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Relatives
Diane Dorlando
Daniel Oshins
Elvira Mario
Worked at
The Mario Consulting Group, LLC (oops, here we go again with tax problems, same address in Palm Springs): Entity Name: MARIO CONSULTING GROUP LLC, THE, Entity Number: 200415710190, Date Filed: 06/04/2004, Status: FTB FORFEITED, Jurisdiction:NEVADA, Entity Address: 180 N LURING DR STE 100, Entity City, State, Zip: PALM SPRINGS CA 92262, Agent for Service of Process: DENNIS MARIO, Agent Address: 180 N LURING DR STE 100,
Agent City, State, Zip: PALM SPRINGS CA 92262)
Help-u-hear Hearing Aid Center
Marco Consulting Group
First National Communications
National Small Business Cnsltg
This information for purposes of identification only (not included in reports)
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Dennis E Mario, 61
Palm Springs, CA
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FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DO BUSINESS WITH SCAMMERS!
Same, 323-316-1003 just called our business with an illegal robocall. It was a company called National Business Alliance. no one there, so I called backa to be added to the do not call list.
They refused to do it.
Called again, refused again
Called again, refused again.
Careful, might be crooks looking to steal your money.