I received a call this morning with a very accusatory person named Katie about a subscription that I never order that has been turned over to a collection agency. I told her that I had never ordered, nor received, anything from Progressive Business Reports. She said that they had certified phone records and confirmed mail delivery to the company address. I have requested copies of these along with an invoice that I never received. I will be reporting them to the BBB and to the FTC as well
This is part of the International Credit Recovery/Progressive Business Publications scam (cf. 607-748-4686). A couple of weeks ago we received a call from Laurie (Lori) concerning an fraudulent invoice from Progressive Business Publications for $240 (she recited the birthdates of a couple of employees who had purportedly ordered publications). Today I received a call from Amanda Spread who claimed to be the other person's manager. A very bouncy voiced woman.
I have received several messages from Ms. Cynthia Thomas, Branch Manager of International Credit Recovery asking for payment of an invoice for a course that was never ordered in the amount of $599.00 from HRlegalTraining.com (Progressive Business Publications). The caller has called several times and has insisted that someone in our company had ordered from them. I had done research and found no one ordered any courses from them, let alone for the amount being charged. I asked for a copy of the invoice and received a word document that was dated 9-6-2011. I believe this company is in the business of harassing people until they give in and pay. We have reported them to the BBB and hopefully the harassment will stop.
This is the second time my company has received a call from these people. I knew it was a scam right away, however, HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE STILL STAY IN BUSINESS????? WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING??? What if these people called our elderly parents? Or the people who don't know it's a scam? AND THEY STILL ARE IN BUSINESS AND CONTINUE TO MAKE CALLS!!! Let's crack down people!!! REPORT, REPORT, REPORT untill they are tired of hearing us all!!! Next time, it could be your mom or dad getting the shaft!!
Yes, they are crooks. It's a scam, they call and harass you until you agree to a FREE copy, nothing more. Than, way later, they try to get exorbitants amount of money from you. Don't fall for it.
I work in Hotels in the Gulf Shores area, I received a cold call back in July of 2011 trying to sell safety information services from Progressive Business Publications. I simply requested an email stating what services PBP provided so I could make a better determination if there services could be useful. The email come with a Log on & password information to their website. After reading their email I decided their services were not helpful and would not be needed and replied to the email stating that their services would not be needed, Serveral months later I received a reply email stating that they where in receipt of my email and regreatful that I would not be using their services. Nothing further received from the company at all, no bills or publications.
In the begining of May 2012 I starting getting HIGH PRESSURE collection calls from a "International Credit" or "International Credit Recovery" company stating that I owed them money and to pay now. An offer was made to cut the $ 299.00 membership fee down to $130.00 if i agreed to pay today via Credit Card. I requested time to find my back ups in reference to cancelling their services (emails, Bills, Accounts Receivable ect...) before paying which "Angie" International Credit Recovery agent refused and demanded payment immediately, RED FLAG. I was informed that several bills were sent along with several News Letter Issues which were not received by myself, department, or Accounts Depart "RED FLAG". An Invoice was requested from the ICR for money owed, no explaination of what was owed only Pay $299 or $130 to cancel was faxed over. No back up information of when bills were sent ect. When back ups were requested from Progressive Business Publications or Contract information for PBP was requested their "High Pressure" tacts kicked in to High Gear. I blow these people off for serval days, on their 3rd call and high pressured call yet they placed me on hold. Thas when i started to google their tell phone numbers and started to find case after case of Fraud alligations and BBB complaints in the Hundreds. When confronting them with this information and threatenting to file complaint cases against them their like okay, whatever and back off completely.