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1:27 pm EST

RipOffReport.com Its time to end the false reports, cyber bullying, extortion and slander

My story with [redacted]
[redacted] is for consumers to report bad businesses.A report was made about me.It calls me w**** drug addict child abuser. The report has my name, my child's name, her photo(under 18), phone numbers, our home address in NY which we had move from for safety. Cps was called They told me it was not my fault that I was a good mom but I needed to call the police because they had endangered
the welfare of a child by the info that was put on [redacted].The police told me that there was nothing they could do where all the people involved lived in different states it was a fbi issue not a police issue.The officer told me what I needed to do to keep my child and I safe 1.move 2.change my isp. Change my email and phone numbers.It took me over a year to have [redacted] remove my child's name off the report.Ed told me if I contacted him again he would put my child name back on the report and worse.I have contacted them so many times they blocked my email address. Same goes for google, bing, yahoo and microsoft. I have all the emails saved.I am not what [redacted] makes me out to be. I am not a business.
What gives them the right to post details about me let alone made up story's that I can prove are not true. Could you please sign my online petition to remove [redacted]. Its time to end the false reports, cyber bullying, extortion and slander.

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Deerfield Beach, US
Jun 11, 2013 5:15 pm EDT

The person is right except... To our discouragement, we alerted Editor Ed of scam report that a complaint against us was bogus. He told us he never removes complaints even if they are not true. And our only option was to arbitrate the complaint. But first we have to pay scam report $7500 plus some. Wow, this is no non-profit. And then he told us that even if it is totally bogus, it never gets removed. So what's the point? Under these circumstances, how can anyone rely on a scam report? They are the Ripoff themselves!

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RipOffReport.com Abuse

A Public Warning!

Ed Magedson of [redacted] is a wanted criminal just type in his name and read about all his arrest records and criminal activities! Also the authors Tagurit, Stacey, Jeanisky, Jessica White, Jennifer, Joe, Lorenzen, Gail, David S. Gingras, his ### lawyers are all criminals. Do not write anything on that site and lock up all of your information. They are identity thieves and extortionist and very abusive. They will slander you for no reason and will make a liar out of you even if you tell the truth. They will threaten your school to make you quit and will aggressively enforce others to believe in their false lies about other people even if the people writing on the site tells the truth they will not believe you and you abusively slander you and Google, and all internet sites allow this to happen. Cyber Bullying Is against the law and Complaints Board is also involved in this slander. Beware of Ed Magedson and his criminal crew that write for him! If they attack you get a lawyer and threaten them back! If they harass your life in any way don't allow them! Put these ### where they belong in the TRASH!

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Deerfield Beach, US
Jun 11, 2013 5:20 pm EDT

The person is right except... To our discouragement, we alerted Editor Ed of scam report that a complaint against us was bogus. He told us he never removes complaints even if they are not true. And our only option was to arbitrate the complaint. But first we have to pay scam report $7500 plus some. Wow, this is no non-profit. And then he told us that even if it is totally bogus, it never gets removed. So what's the point? Under these circumstances, how can anyone rely on a scam report? They are the Ripoff themselves!

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RipOffReport.com Scam Website Full of Lies

Amazing that this site gets legitimacy from search engines. In my opinion, this website and this business are beneath contempt. No fact checking, no responsibility, hide behind the Communications Decency Act, con people into making false reports to defame businesses then to have the gall to extort money from the companies to "clean up" their reputation. The only thing this website is about is making as money as possible for ed "the felon" magedson. Believe me he has absolutely no interest in you, your complaints or in protecting consumers. Its all about making ed money. People, you need to complaine to the search engines that this sites content is worthless and should be banned. If people would stop posting to this site maybe it would go away.

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Deerfield Beach, US
Jun 11, 2013 5:17 pm EDT

The person is right except... To our discouragement, we alerted Editor Ed of scam report that a complaint against us was bogus. He told us he never removes complaints even if they are not true. And our only option was to arbitrate the complaint. But first we have to pay scam report $7500 plus some. Wow, this is no non-profit. And then he told us that even if it is totally bogus, it never gets removed. So what's the point? Under these circumstances, how can anyone rely on a scam report? They are the Ripoff themselves!

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RipOffReport.com Slanderous Company!

A PUBLIC WARNIG!

The website and the company /link removed/ is a very dangerous company made by a criminal by the name of ED MAGEDSON. He is a wanted federal felon for abusing people, steeling their informations and slandering them all over the internet for no reason. The authors on that site are very abusive too. These are the authors that write for the website /link removed/ that are very abusive; Tagurit, Jeaniskie, Stacey, Mariendude, Robert-Irving-USA, Steve, Lorenzen, Joe, Gail, amongst many others that write on the website are very rude, abusive, slanderous, and the website owner Ed Magedson does nothing about it. He even writes fake reports against innocent people. He slanders everyone else but does not like it when some writes him a negative review. He will whine and cry like a baby and want everyone to sympathize with him and his stupid law. But he himself even writes bad checks and then will blame it on someone else. He is an extortionist and he gets away with it. He made a lot of businesses loose their business because others have written negative reports about other businesses for no reason and when people try to take it off or want him to take it off he will charge this huge sum of money! [redacted].com is a rip off in its self. Do not make the mistake of writing on that website. These people are scums! They are criminals that work for this company! They also abuse elderly people and abusive towards women. They stole all of my personal information and slandered it without my authorization to other companies. These people are as follows: ###, Looser, Criminals, Abusers, Trolls, Cons, Liars, Slanderous, Involved in identity theft, extortion, and abuse. Also the company Reputation.com will also purposely steel your information address, name, phone number, e-mails, and your relative or neirghbors names and their personal information and slander it all over the internet and then try to get them to pay them to have it removed: The other companies to watchout for would be: Spokeo.com, pipl.com, peekyou.com, fraudbug.com, peoplesmart.com, 1&1 domain.com, 123people.com, peoplefinders.com, intelius.com, ask.com, Google, Yahoo, Bing, Aol, Earthlink, Netzero.com, checkmate.com, are all abusive companies that steel your personal information without your knowledge and then will sell, trade, and distribute your information without your permission and that is a federal felony under the FDCPA law. Know your rights and fight these criminal back! The online schools and colleges are the same way so just watch out and be very carefull these days with your personal information. Stay safe and guard your privacy! All law enforcement are also the same way they will try to get your personal informatiion by force even if they have to intimidate or threaten or scare you to get it! But don't fall their trick! That is against the law and let them know you mean business when it comes to your personal information being kept personal! That is your right and by law they can't take that right away from you nor abuse you to try to take it! Fight these criminals back! Know your right and let them know where you stand against their abuse! News and media are also the same way. They will not tell the truth about the story only what they want you to hear! So hope this helps! Take care!

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RipOffReport.com extortion

XCENTRIC VENTURES LLC aka [redacted].com is harboring an online terrorist who has slandered against my name and website back in april 2012. I emailed XCENTRIC VENTURES LLC and requested a removal of the slander and i received an email asking me to pay $5000+ to review my case...

their is nothing to review, an anonymous coward has posted false allegations against my family name and website with no evidence or proof. I do not practice in any criminal activities and this ### ED who owns XCENTRIC VENTURES LLC wants to charge me $5000+ for a defamation case

Since when is extortion allowed for defamtion?

XCENTRIC VENTURES LLC needs to be hold liable for harboring online terrorist who use anonymous identities to slander against honest hard working people

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Sep 23, 2012 10:25 pm EDT

Im not a business... I'm just a person with a personal blog... slander against my family name and family home address has been posted on this ### extortion website and he won't remove it, unless i pay him $5000 to review the fake anonymous user.

The LAW is harboring an online terrorist and extortionist blackmailing me, ### is a criminal trying to obtain money from me for a fake post.

Shame on USA government for allowing this ### to operate from Arizona.

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Oct 11, 2008 12:46 pm EDT

[redacted] Founder Ed Magedson Internet Extortionist

PUBLIC WARNING:Ed Magedson of [redacted].com is a WANTED criminal that extorts individuals that have posted on [redacted].com and legitimate companies for money and he may be operating one of the biggest criminal enterprises ever created on the Internet and it is being perpetrated by a group of criminals with a track record of fraudulent activity. For more ground breaking information on how he operates his fraudulent scheme, please visit The Bureau of Ethical Internet Commerce, www.ezripofflawsuit.com and www.bad-business-rip-off.com

The public is being warned NOT to post anything on [redacted].com or BadBusinessBureau.com. Ed Magedson, founder of [redacted].com is a convicted criminal. DO NOT take part in his fraudulent activities. It is against the law for ANYONE to use and promote ANY company without the company's written permission. [redacted].com does not tell you that postings can't be deleted and YOU CAN BE SUED for doing it! Click here to view Ed Magedson's police photo
Click here to view a WSVN Fox Television Report exposing Ed Magedson and the [redacted]

[redacted].com has received defamatory material and fake complaints and published such slander on their site, without checking of the legitimacy of such complaints. Ed Magedson is also known for adding fake complaints on his website at /link removed/ & badbusinessbureau.com. He clearly likes to show his ways of editorial control and fraudulent activities. Consumers should not judge any company based on postings at [redacted].com because they are not checked for legitimacy & accuracy.

One company said in a statement last August that it sued Ed Magedson of [redacted].com and obtained a $10 million default judgment against him. Ed Magedson, however, has yet to pay them any money.(see news report click here)

The public is being warned NOT to post anything on [redacted].com or BadBusinessBureau.com. It is against the law for ANYONE to use and promote ANY company. [redacted].com does not tell you that postings can't be deleted and YOU CAN BE SUED for doing it!

There is a BIG financial reward for information being offered on the whereabouts of Ed Magedson of /link removed/ So far, he has been impossible to trace. According to information obtained from the Florida Department of Corrections, Edward Magedson, FDC offender #865906 and founder of /link removed/ & badbusinessbureau.com has been listed as a FUGITIVE.

As per detectives hired, the following information was obtained...

- ED MAGEDSON DRIVES A 1986 PONTIAC.
- ED MAGEDSON’S DRIVER’S LICENSE IS NOT VALID.
- ED MAGEDSON DOES NOT HAVE ANY UTILITIES UNDER HIS NAME.
- ED MAGEDSON HAS NO RESIDENCE UNDER HIS NAME.
- ED MAGEDSON HAS A FEW LAWSUITS OUT OF FLORIDA AND DIFFERENT STATES IN THE US.
- ED MAGEDSON HAS A FEW UNSATISFIED JUDGEMENTS AGAINST HIM.
- ED MAGEDSON IS IN HIDING!

Ed Magedson was previously arrested on the following charges...

- Marijuana possession & paraphernalia
- Check fraud
- Assault & Battery
- Default Judgment $30, 041.21

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Sarah
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Oct 22, 2008 4:33 am EDT

[redacted].COM purposefully hurts good companies
The editor of rip-off Ed Magedson purposefully turns a blind eye to people who have been criminally libeled by falee and malicious statements about hard working small
businesses and individuals. Business competitors or disgruntled employees, etc can post any lie about a company without any reprecussion. Even when the editor knows it is false
and criminal, he refuses to do anything to help those who have been libeled. Instead, he states you should just reply and defend yourself. That is not easy when a business competitor can anonymously call you a sex offender without proof or even giving their name.

I wouldn't put ANY value on the posts on [redacted]. Before you believe information found on that site, look up the postings for prostitutes or adulterers. Why would any legitimate consumer complaint site have a prostitute complaint section? Anyone is allowed to post anything they want about anyone
or anything on [redacted]. Don’t like your competitors? It’s ok just post a hundred complaints under false names! Did you get fired for doing drugs at work? No problem! File a [redacted] and get your revenge! Are you a company that has been reported for something false and you want to get it removed?
All you have to do is pay [redacted] a large sum of money to ‘review the postings’

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Nubian Queen
Ozark, US
Dec 16, 2010 3:07 am EST

I was just trying to understand what is going on about this company. I also went to a seminar last week on the 9th of Dec. 2010, and I am curious about the fraud. I was reading and everything that went on happened exactly in my town. I have a red flag up now in my head because I can't afford a ripoff.

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billbogart
Los Angeles, US
Jan 15, 2010 9:14 am EST

Here is the /link removed/ phone number : [protected]

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Jess Hobson
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Dec 01, 2008 11:47 am EST

DO NOT TRUST [redacted].COM! This site only destroys good companies- they cliam that they donot remove posts or screen posts- ###! I had a positive experience with a company and wated to share, as there were 4 bad postings regarding this company. [redacted].com would NOT post my review! They said I had to post it as a rebuttal! How conveneint that rebuttals are at the bottom of the page AFTER all the advertising, where NO ONE can see them! Here is the email I got from them:
karen@[redacted]
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Haslet, US
Nov 12, 2008 12:18 pm EST
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I don't put any value on anyone who posts on other complaint boards THAT ALSO DO NOT CHECK THE VALIDITY OF THE COMPLAINT THAT IS POSTED.

YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE

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Johnny
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Oct 24, 2008 9:32 pm EDT

/link removed/ is a slimy, dishonest, illegal extortion racket. The site should be shut down by the FBI.

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Pennsauken, US
Oct 13, 2008 3:08 pm EDT

First of all, I apologize for my naive and uninformed response on 10-11-08 " I am curious about one thing. Is there a reason why such a negative report was submitted about the founder and/or the site?" Lesson learned here. Usually I do research before I open my big mouth. This is a great example of just the damage that can be done by lack of checking your facts and ignorance. I see now by doing a ton of reading on [redacted] and Ed Magedson. My apologies to Peter who wrote the complaint. I understand now why you wrote it and I should not have been so negative in my questions to you. Your post was very informative.

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Oct 12, 2008 2:03 pm EDT

Here is some proof of this exortion racket, right from the owner Ed Madgedsons own email conversation in which he extorts an honest business owner - Please see below.

“From: EDitor@/link removed/
To: seanluke@earthlink.net; Chris McFarland; Steve Miller
Cc: EDitor@/link removed/; ‘Maria Crimi Speth’
Subject: Proposed settlement offer Federated Financial… RE: as per our last conversation
Chris McFarland & Steve Miller.

SO you know, I have had no Internet for the last 2 hours.. Plus, I am running a fever and going to bed.

…If you want the Corporate Advocacy Program,

I would give you a reduced fee of $2, 500 up front and a monthly monitoring of about $125 a month.. paid every 4 months.
The normal cost for the amount of Reports you have would be about $9, 000 and much more of a monthly monitoring fee, .

THIS WOULD INCLUDE:

An investigative Report by Rip-off. In this case, we know it would be a very positive one, turning all the negatives into a positive. Anyone would want to do business with your company. You will wish there were more Rip-off on you, …NO joke…

Monitoring and verifying FIRST all Rip-off and REBUTTALS. they would be contacted within in 30 minutes of their filing and put into a holding bin, we would also be explaining a positive view of what has happened over time and how we know, (and we do know) that you will take care of the situation, and they would be given your special contact e-mail address to take care of any issues they did not get resolved by your staff with in 14 days. AS a part of this program, Federated Financial (like all its other members) would be guaranteeing complete customer satisfaction and a refund of fees if they were not satisfied. ( if applicable) (this can vary with different businesses and can be discussed)

There is a lot more to the program, I will sent that to you if you want, it will come as an attached document….

Have a happy safe and healthy new year!

sincerely,

ED Magedson”
This was taken from the http://www.bad-business-rip-off.com/ website. A must read for anyone who wants to know the truth about the /link removed/ website.
It is true that many bad business are exposed on /link removed/ but the sad fact is that [redacted] is proactive in taking money from these companies to issue BS staements about them being trustworthy when they actually are not. It appears from the response letter posted above that /link removed/;s “investigations” that are conducted after these companies shell out dough are 100% horsecrap.
This is an interesting bit of info from the /link removed/ website at /URL removed/:

# Fees for enrolling in the program are based upon the number of Reports filed, the number of offices you have, and/or the size of an average sale. Additionally, there is a flat set-up fee to offset the costs associated with programming and contract legalities. Rate sheets will be sent upon completion and verification of the intake questionnaire.
# If participation in this program would honestly create a financial hardship, but you desire to participate, we will work with you to find a way to make it work. This may require providing financial documents proving hardship. “

This looks to be in other words, “We want to extort from you whatever we can get based on how much your company is making.”

In short all the “glittering reviews” offered by the /link removed/ website toward onestopmotors.com are meaningless. It would appear to any person with half a brain that onestopmotors.com paid off [redacted].

Looking past the BS “investigation” of the [redacted] into One Stop Motors it seems there is hardly anything on the internet that mentions them but complaints outside of the numerous domains that OneStopMotors.Com maintains to drown out truthful sites about them like this one.

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Oct 12, 2008 11:17 am EDT

Come on [redacted].com.

Ed Magnesdon crawl out from under your rock.
To anyone that files a rebuttle and puts their website on this post (no fault of complaintsboard.com) will be shot straight to the top when their name is Googled and ruin your business further. That's part of the extortion or how he gets even with you.

Just Google /link removed/ That is enough proof for anyoone to see what this parasite is up to.

NEVER post your website address, or file a rebuttle. It will send you straight to the top of Google when typing in your website address.

You know that, you piece of garbage.

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RipOffReport.com [redacted].com

Recently I posted a factual expose' of Ed Magdeson on his own site, /link removed/ but it never showed up. So that means Ed Magdeson will not remove anyone else's made up slander/report but he always removes his own. Ed Magdeson is a ruthless hypocrite.

So, when victims contact Ed, Ed Magdeson says to those who have been slandered on his site that they will want more [redacted]s about themselves on his site once they enter his corporate advocacy program. WHY O WHY then does Ed not believe that enough to let reports about himself on his site? What a deceitful hypocrite! Ed is saying that if they will give him money to amend the report about them that the "client" he is ripping off will be glad to be on [redacted] and WANT more [redacted]s on them. Talk about an evil man!

You see, Ed Magdeson doesn't know what it's like to work for an honest living and has made a career out of destroying those who do. This man is an evil criminal who must be stopped. Google search this man's name. He's in hiding, running from justice, acting like a cowardly mouse instead of coming clean. He has obviously

You see, Ed Magdeson is all about self and could care less about any of the thousands of victims who have suffered incalculably due to his trap site. All he wants is the content, the slander about innocent people on his site so that his site pulls up high on google so he can exploit his victims by charging them to amend the false reports about them.

Ed Magdeson is a wanted criminal and for good reason. Go to the site below which is very well done. Thank them so much for exposing Ed Magdeson. I hope they keep up the fight.

http://www.gscsc.net/news/richard-goddeau-gscsc-net-exposes-ed-magedson-and-[redacted]-110.html

gscsc dotttttt net

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Jun 07, 2016 8:14 am EDT
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the company has refused to remove a hacked email address there for some one pretended to be me on there site and posted a fake ad which is illegal and ID theft the company will not delete your info and they laugh at you do not use them

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WatchingYouRichard
Teterburo, US
May 01, 2015 1:05 pm EDT

Please consider the source

From several news agencies:
Richard J. Goddeau, 46, pleaded guilty before Chief United State District Judge Gary L. Sharpe to one count of Social Security fraud and one count of theft of government property.

Probably not one to throw stones

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RipOffReportSucks
Deerfield Beach, US
Jun 11, 2013 5:15 pm EDT

The person is right except... To our discouragement, we alerted Editor Ed of scam report that a complaint against us was bogus. He told us he never removes complaints even if they are not true. And our only option was to arbitrate the complaint. But first we have to pay scam report $7500 plus some. Wow, this is no non-profit. And then he told us that even if it is totally bogus, it never gets removed. So what's the point? Under these circumstances, how can anyone rely on a scam report? They are the Ripoff themselves!

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RipOffReport.com Almost entirely populated by trolls

Almost entirely populated by trolls. Used by companies to abs each other, not a shred of genuine evidence left on this once proud site. One to avoid.

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Aug 28, 2014 12:38 pm EDT

I've used [redacted].com in the past to report truly legitimate complaints about companies or services and I usually got good, helpful advice. [redacted].com used to be good, now it's a habitat for trolls and bullies. Recently, I took an issue I had with my insurance company to [redacted].com and I was bullied by a troll who did nothing but bring up stuff that had nothing to do with the issue I had with my insurance company. This bully took the issue completely off topic. Unbelievable! One good thing did come out of his bullying. It was one comment he made that sent me to my attorney to do further research on this issue. When I thanked him for his one comment, he disappeared. No more trolling or bullying comments. I won't be using [redacted].com any more! It's totally useless!

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RipOffReport.com refusal to remove retracted libelous post

This person Ed Magdeson is destroying my livelihood because he refuses to remove a libelous post that was retracted by the original poster, who I have since made peace with. Ed says posts are not removed no matter what, no matter how unjustly damaging they are. He is able to do it, but he chooses to harm my livelihood for the rest of my working life because I have a very rare last name, and a search of me on Google comes up with this libelous posting on me, the headline of which is enough to damage me and is what shows up on Google. I have pleaded with Ed and his attorney for years. He will not budge at all and he even wants me to pay for his services! He has an infinite amount of nerve to suggest that. That is evil and I did no wrong to deserve what Ed is clearly choosing to do to me personally. The libelous posting against me (again my issue is no longer with the poster since she retracted it and I have made peace with her) is located here: /link removed/

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Deerfield Beach, US
Jun 11, 2013 5:18 pm EDT

The person is right except... To our discouragement, we alerted Editor Ed of scam report that a complaint against us was bogus. He told us he never removes complaints even if they are not true. And our only option was to arbitrate the complaint. But first we have to pay scam report $7500 plus some. Wow, this is no non-profit. And then he told us that even if it is totally bogus, it never gets removed. So what's the point? Under these circumstances, how can anyone rely on a scam report? They are the Ripoff themselves!

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RipOffReport.com [redacted].com is involved in Extortion

After entering a report on a company on [redacted] the thieves have been coming out of the woodwork. Offers to clear our name for thousands of dollars and our information that was stated would not be shared was made public. After researching the company they have been involved in RICO lawsuit and some very questionable behavior. They present themselves as being impartial, yet they are a mass of low-life con artists that are involved in extorting money ($2000 fee to review the data and even when proven false they will not remove the false data and continue to percent it as fact). They obviously are creating a problem so they can make money solving the "problem". They are unethical thieves.

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Deerfield Beach, US
Jun 11, 2013 5:16 pm EDT

The person is right except... To our discouragement, we alerted Editor Ed of scam report that a complaint against us was bogus. He told us he never removes complaints even if they are not true. And our only option was to arbitrate the complaint. But first we have to pay scam report $7500 plus some. Wow, this is no non-profit. And then he told us that even if it is totally bogus, it never gets removed. So what's the point? Under these circumstances, how can anyone rely on a scam report? They are the Ripoff themselves!

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RipOffReport.com Slander

Regarding representation made toward Cambridge Who's Who, it's staff, and it's clientele:

They do publish people's profiles, they do list your name and give you access to others like LinkedIn, they do give you an email account, they do give you use of the logo. They don't present anything you haven't told them, they don't charge for something they haven't told you about, they don't make claims you are worthy of anything but a prescreened interview that gives there editors info to use in your profile promotion.

The fact some who were approached with the opportunity to list on the service felt deserving of accolades beyond the scope of their accomplishments and/or felt that they somehow exclusively had been given access to the service that others with credentials and/or accomplishments the same or less than their own is simply the naive flaw in the thinking of a minority (no consensus to suggest otherwise). LinkedIn doesn't have all the tools Who's Who does and appeals to a different audience and is more costly in the long run even though it has a voluntary self-administered application procedure. (LinkedIn has been used as a rationale by many complainants listed on [redacted] and here on this site).

400, 000 or so paying members, many of who like myself, didn't feel "special" but rather chose to use their unique marketing appeal for their list to MY/our advantage. No con here. Ranting publicly from those whose self-assessment and inflated feelings of deserving accolades or public recognition is the flaw of those who have come to such conclusions. There public displays and public promotion of complaints of a nature that involves primarily a flaw in their own ability to assess a situation and opportunity affect the reputation of a service I enjoy and paid money for (less than LinkedIn ongoing premium costs). Such actions and services provided by [redacted] affect not only the owners and publishers of the Who’s Who list but also paying clients like me. And that I don't appreciate it.

Victor Jasin B.Comm.
1009-85 Fiddlers Green Road,
London, Ontario N6H 4S9
[protected]

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Sudbury, CA
Jul 19, 2010 6:06 pm EDT

lol.. [redacted]. I used to think they were legit, but then they started taking payouts from that "Cash 4 Gold" scam that advertises on the American stations late at night. I read about that on http://cockeyed.com/ he doesn't name them specifically, but it's pretty obvious who he's talking about. - All you see are banners all over the place for "Cash 4 Gold" on [redacted].

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RipOffReport.com [redacted].com Owner Turns Out To Be A Criminal/Liar

[redacted].com Owner Turns Out To Be A Criminal and a Liar
While many consumers have turned to /link removed/ to get unbiased facts about different companies or businesses, they have gotten just the opposite.

The /link removed/ site has for years claimed to be an unbiased site that is designed to protect consumers from fraudulent scams or bad business practices, but the consumer will be Shocked to learn that that site has been the mother of all scams all along.

The Owner of [redacted].com, Ed Magedson, has for some time managed a one man show (although a few others have assisted to make his horrible scam a reality) where he pretends to claims that the site is put up to "protect the consumers" from illegal businesses and so called scams. The way the site is designed is to strategically leave the impression that this is a solid and unbiased consumer protection site.

However, recently the truth is out and independent and government law enforcement agencies alike have finally been able to pull out the thick black curtain of [redacted] and were able to find facts that may shock the most cold blooded of them all.

The bird's eye view is that Ed has manipulated and fabricated countless stories about many respected companies and individuals in order to profit big bucks for himself.
He has been operating what many researchers and prosecutors state to be "one of the biggest criminal enterprises ever created on the Internet."

Liberty League International is not the only reputable company that /link removed/ has tried to damage. Countless companies and individuals have lined alongside the FTC and attorney general offices across the nation to bring justice back where it belongs.

For more information on this underground mafia-like operation you may find these links useful:

http://www.ezripofflawsuit.com/ (includes several links with facts)
http://www.goodbusinessbureau.com/absconded.html (shows a doc. that states he is a fugitive)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb313997.php
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=2072
Posted by About Me at 1:22 PM
Labels: ed magedson, international, league, liberty, liberty league international, [redacted], /link removed/ scam, truth, warning

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Feb 22, 2012 11:03 pm EST

Con artist Ed Magedson is the criminal extortionist behind [redacted].com - this is a prime example of a person that should be in jail for internet crime, extortion, wire-fraud and for being a world class Rip Off Artist. If you read about what this guy has done and what he still gets away with it will shock you. How Google has not shut down his service and the FBI arreseted him is beyond reason. Even worse is that Google, knowing what Ed Magedson is up promotes his site and facilitate his crimes. Google has had so many complaints about [redacted].com and Ed Magedson yet they do nothing. To make matters worse... Google promotes his crimes and the tools he uses to commit the fraud and extortion. Google places his [redacted].com at the highest levels of their search engine and this allows him to continue his international fraud and movement of his servers from one country to another. Turkey, Arizona... You name it and Ed Magedson plays the system like a fiddle. I hope Google put an end to this but I think a few billion in a class action will be the only thing Google and their shareholders understand. As for Ed Magedson it will be a jail cell if he's lucky.

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Los Angeles, US
Jan 15, 2010 9:13 am EST

Here is the /link removed/ phone number : [protected]

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Oct 22, 2008 4:42 am EDT

This piece of garbage /link removed/ ruined my business. I fired an employee for stealing and she posted that I was a drug addict. I have never taken drugs in my life, and am 75 years old. She has embarrassed me throughout my town and when I put up a rebuttle it sent my name higher ino Googles search engine.

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RipOffReport.com LETTER FOR EXTORTION DEMAND FROM [redacted].COM

My company was made an offer to remove a false post by my next door neighbor that I am a child molester. I am a doctor, of 65 years old, and would never think of or accused of such a thing. Not even a call from the police. Just bad looks from people that I have known for years. For $25, 000 [redacted].com said that they would remove the post. This man is a monster ruining peoples reputations by not removing posts that are simply not true.

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George Weiss
Beverly Hills, US
Jul 26, 2011 12:49 am EDT

My wife is being paying our bills, and did not pay to much attention to a$19.99 charge that we were getting from "Gamehouse .com Fund, upon contecting the # provided and told them that I did not autorized this transaction and not have this email for at least 3 years, they finally agreed to reamburse us 6 months out of 12, being that you must talk to somebody in India, I was forced to accept this refund and they agreed to take my credit card of their system.

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Los Angeles, US
Jan 15, 2010 9:13 am EST

Here is the /link removed/ phone number : [protected]

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Oct 14, 2008 11:20 am EDT

You say that [redacted]s sent you a communication demanding $25K? Well, post the letter, Tell who you are. You have a scanner, don't you? Allegations are free on the Internet, and worth every cent of the cost.

Evidence, please. Anonymous vague allegations just don't cut it.

If you would like to see a real complaint completely documented and supported about a Colorado man, Dr. Mark Hoffman, that is practicing without a license in Colorado and admits to drug and alcohol abuse and getting "terribly hooked" on sexual addiction and pornography, check out this site that illustrates how real, documented and and supported complaints can be posted on the Web. http://www.knowyourcourts.com/Hoffman/Hoffman.htm

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RipOffReport.com [redacted] Founder Says Threats Are Escalating

[redacted] Founder Says Threats Are Escalating

Businesses were severely hurt by false, and often retaliatory, complaints published on the site.

We also heard all sorts of theories about how the business operates -- plenty of people suspect Magedson writes the complaints himself in an effort to extort money from businesses; a few people raved about his Corporate Advocacy Program (in which Magedson "investigates" and resolves complaints for a fee); and one tipster told us that Magedson is keeping his servers off shore for unknown/suspicious reasons. Lots of people also believe that Google provides preferential treatment to [redacted].com. (We're pretty skeptical that there's any sort of relationship there, though.)

Magedson, says he's been inundated with threatening calls but will continue to collect money, and extort money from small business owners without fact.

"We've received several eerie calls. It's the same thing over and over again. People keep harassing my staff. I had to move my servers eight times last year because people keep attacking, " he says.

Magedson also addressed some of the commenters' points: he insists that [redacted] does not meddle with the content on the site. There are about 800 complaints published on the site daily, according to Magedson. He says his staff scans the complaints to make sure there they don't contain social security numbers, threats, or links, but other than that, they aren't altered.

UPDATE: Google declined to comment for this post, but the implication is that if Magedson violated Google's terms of service, his site ranking would fall appropriately.

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billbogart
Los Angeles, US
Jan 15, 2010 9:14 am EST

Here is the /link removed/ phone number : [protected]

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Elahrairah
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Aug 12, 2009 7:43 pm EDT

I got the link to this article via a google search, front page - while searching for ripoffs about [redacted].

And what do I see but you trying to prevent for them what got me to you?

You're no better afterall.

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Oct 12, 2008 11:42 am EDT

Bravo! Join the most of the people who Google /link removed/

Your best point is that /link removed/ needs to be taken down from Google.com search engine! A lot of people would be happy to complain to an honest company like the better business bureau, not an ex con.

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