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Hollywood Profiles Complaints - Scam and fake products or service!

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Hollywood Profiles

Posted: 2008-05-15 by Michael Whitman  [send email]
Scam and fake products or service!
Complaint Rating:  93 % with 15 votes
Company information:
hollywood profilesHollywood Profiles
Hollywood, California
United States
Phone: 1-800-228-2116
secure.hollywoodprofiles.com/Default.aspx?ID=hpcbni&AffiliateID=levelclick

Hollywood Porfiles, is the title with which unsuspecting characters are promising some form of employment service via the internet. They offer some sort of way to become add on actors, commercial actors etc and produce no results. One pays a small $1.95 fee only then to discover ones bank account has been drafted other sums of money two weeks later. There is no product or service. In fact there is not a single name placed on their web site to complain to and the so called complaints dept is simply a recorded message of the office not being open. This scam is to steal money from ones bank account without authorization. Hollywood profiles uses the $1.95 fee as as way to get the bank numbers and thus steals other "fees" in a way that the bank itself would not be aware of.
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 540 days ago by Brenda Andersen  [send email] 0 Votes
I have been scammed by these people. I have about 10 charges on my credit card that is not mine.

MyIdenity 800-391-9772

Travel Disc 800-228-2116

My Bargain 800-273-1728

Talent Svc 800-270-7138

I have disputed them with my Card company and deactivated the card.

Not sure how they got my numbers. Do you know?
 496 days ago by Elle Wardana  [send email] 0 Votes
Thanks guys. I'm about to fall for this kind of fake.
We people on the internet should look out for each other. Appreciate your posting.
And so sorry about things that happened to you, hope you find a good way out there.
Peace.
 495 days ago by Edward Chapman  [send email] 0 Votes
7/14/2008 2:18:PM . I Edward Chapman agree to pay a member ship fee of $1.95 cents, for an entry fee.I gave my credit card number on the entry form and got deducted $40.00 dollars off my account without proper visual verification in writing on the internet screening, that this amount was not the deposit requirement.Please look into the matter and return what is rightfully mines.$40.00 dollars.
 493 days ago by Benjamin  [send email] 0 Votes
I work in a Visa Bank in the disputes department. The following is my experience with them from a few minutes ago:

Talent Svc (I will call them TSvc) is part of a multi-merchant called Hollywood Profile. Hollywood Profile can obtain a CH’s information by promising service for a small charge (in the case of TSvc it was $1.95) and then later charging larger, recurring charges (TSvc: $49.95 x 2 months). [Original, smaller charge shows up as being from HollywoodProfile.com; larger, recurring charges show up as being from one of the multi-merchant names (i.e. My Identity, Travel Disk or My Bargain)]

I decided to call TSvc instead of closing Cardholder (CH) acct and filing the dispute as fraud. Called TSvc phone # on CH statement and got Customer Service (CS) Rep Frank who said he would put in a refund request for approval with the possibility of it being turned down; a request wasn’t good enough for me so I asked to speak to someone who could confirm that the charges would be refunded. He transferred me to a CS Supervisor (Luis) who said he would process credits, though their system restricts them from refunding charges >90 days old. I asked if he could assure me that the CH would be credited some other way if that was the final decision; he said he would try processing it right then. The credits went through, even the >90 day old refund. Luis confirmed that the CH's acct with TSvc was closed and gave me a Transaction ID number for the credits. He said credits take 3-5 days to post on the CH's Credit Card Statement.

***Special Note***

The CH I called on behalf of lives in [a specific state] and TSvc, according to CS Rep and CS Supervisor, does not serve [that state]. They had CH’s address listed same as ours except for state and zip. (Their files listed [a different state and zip]) They said that they are refunding all accounts from [a certain state] since they don’t serve there, but the conversation went in such a way that leads me to believe they would credit any CH, regardless of state lived in, if one was specific in stating that CH did not agree to any charges aside from the original $1.95.
 491 days ago by Pat  [send email] 0 Votes
I recently was on the Hollywood Profile internet site. I thought I'd try the $1.95 offer and clicked continue. I didn't press any other key to add on to my $1.95 and within a few days I was charge $29.95. I called Hollywood Profile and I was told they were having computer problems and to call back on Monday- I had called on Thursday. I was told that I had signed up for the platinum upgrade. I called Hollywood Profile and had to call a few times before I got someone to help me reverse the charge. I finally spoke to Daniel. I then told Daniel that all I wanted was the $1.95 charge and nothing else.

I just received a $49.95 charge on my credit card from them. I was told that it's $49.95/month for their services. The $1.95 was a 2 week free trial and that it was my responsiblity to call and cancel. I thought I did when I told Daniel that all I wanted was the $1.95 fee and nothing else. I argued with Thelma and then Mike when I told them that I had told Daniel that all I wanted was the $1.95 fee and nothing else and that Daniel never told me about the $49.95 fee. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told that supervisors do not speak with people with credit disputes. I was also told that I had electronically signed for the $49.95 fee per month and that it shows on line 4 that I have to call in. I thought I did. I will say one thing - the employees know how to read their script cards well.

I have contacted my bank and also the BBB.
 388 days ago by Ryan Adam Kessman  [send email] 0 Votes
WOW I have been on Hollywood Profiles and never experianced anything like that. I have gotten several paying jobs. I'm even shooting a film called The American Dream Nov. 29. And I just finished 1881 Zombies. This is very wierd and disturbing to see this happening. I belong to 4 different sites Explore Talent, OMEL, TalentJug, and Hollywood Profiles. If I were to just keep one of them It would be Hollywood Profiles hands down. They are not paying me to say this stuff, you can check the other sites I mentioned and see that I do have profiles with them and also IMDb. You can e-mail me to ask me any questions you like. I'm very sorry you have had problems with Hollywood Profiles but I need to inform you just like the others did. I think they are just great.
Ryan Adam Kessman
 370 days ago by Actor1979  [send email] 0 Votes
This is why I only use casting sites that accept PayPal payments. This way, all payments are monitored, and nobody gets your Credit Card #, except PayPal. Anytime you hand some company your CC#, there are risks of someone within the company stealing it. Regardless of how legit the company is. It may even just be that their server was hacked in to. Also, anytime a casting site is promising fame, turn away. Try and find a site that simply offers casting notices without the fake promises, or high costs.
 265 days ago by   icalg 0 Votes
If you have been ripped off by any of thes companies or any other company, people contact me at 800-682-3617. We are the Consumer Advocate Legal Group .

We will file an action on your behalf to have your money refunded. You can also email us at ICALG09@gmail.com. to file a claim aganist any company for us to start processing within 24 hours of receipt.

We have be helping consumers for over 10 years that have been deceived out of funds via fraud. If you are sending us a email, please leave detail name and contact infomation.
 197 days ago by   ing73839d4 0 Votes
Paid the money to Hollywood Profiles, received confirmation with order date, time and user name. Hasve had no further contact from the company and they will not answer or confirm e mails. This is a scam as far as I am concerned and I wish to have the money refunded and the company reported
 197 days ago by   ing73839d4 0 Votes
It is terrible that so many companies ask for your credit card for even so little as $1.95 and then do not reply or you receive nothing and the company disappears

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