Posts Tagged ‘fraud’

Citizens Bank promises, doesn’t deliver, $50 promotional credit to me and presumably many others

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

July 23, 2010

Lawrence Fish
Executive Chairman
RBS Citizens, N.A.
1 Citizens Plaza
Providence, RI 02903-1344

Dear Mr. Fish,

Please find enclosed a complaint about your institution which I just filed with the office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts.

You promised me a $50 promotional credit and then never paid it. I spent almost 25 minutes on the phone with your customer service department today trying to get this resolved, only to be told at the end that it would be “researched” and it might take another two months before I am paid what I am owed, if indeed I am paid at all.

When I asked for this to be confirmed in writing, the representative with whom I was speaking said this was not possible. I had to escalate to a supervisor, Ana, who assured me that I would receive a confirmation letter within 7-10 days. Why I had to escalate to a supervisor just to receive such a letter is beyond me. It remains to be seen whether I will actually receive the letter I was promised, or for that matter the $50.

I would like to know what you are going to do to ensure that every single person who was entitled to the $50 promotional credit receives it. Promising a promotional credit which you then fail to pay is unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent. Are you going to let that stand or take steps to remedy it?

Sincerely,

Jonathan Kamens

encl: copy of complaint to Massachusetts Attorney General

Fraudulent charity warning: Macular Degeneration Association / American Medical Research Organization

Friday, April 25th, 2008

April 25, 2008

Bill McCollum
Attorney General
The Capital PL-01
Tallahassee, FL  32399-1050
E-mail: ag.mccollum@myfloridalegal.com

Dear Mr. McCollum:

I am writing to bring to your attention a fraudulent charity that is operating out of Florida and scamming well-meaning individuals.

I received a solicitation yesterday for an organization calling itself “Macular Degeneration Association” and which identifies itself as “a mission of,” i.e., a front for, the “American Medical Research Organization”.  The address given for the organization is 420 Beach Road, P.O. Box 20256, Sarasota, FL  34276, and the telephone number given is 941-870-4399.  The charity claims to be registered in Florida with the registration number CH18753.

Here is how I know that this organization is a scam: (more…)