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This company made out a fake electronic check for $49.95 and are sending me a "secret credit card". I got a copy of the check from my bank and it is definitely a good fraud, however you can't read the phone number to call them and yell and scream and etc . The bank is going to refund my money but still the hassle of having to get the whole thing straightened out, get the money back, deal with the people who think you're a liar and nutty as well. I for one and sick of it. I have lost a lot of money to these scammers, if they get any more then they might as well take the rags I'm wearing too cause I won't be able to buy anything to replace what's gone.

Cynthia L. Haltom

Update by Cynthia L. Haltom
Feb 16, 2007 11:23 pm EST

Usually the bank will file a fraud complaint for you and refund your money and then go after the people, along with the proper authorities, who put this whole thing together. My bank has helped me quite a lot. Most banks follow the same procedures because of the amount of identity theft going on in our society today.

Cynthia L. Haltom

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Katheryn Carr
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Mar 11, 2007 12:00 am EST

I was try to get a loan to help me so this secret sweet cash card hit my bank account up for 49.95 3 times plus the bank charge me for over drafts. I don't really have enough to live on so when this happen i could not but my medicine or some food. Please help me.

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pedro a ramirez miranda
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Jun 14, 2007 12:00 am EDT

I was looking for a paydayloan online when everprivatecard announce that will be approve in a hurry, but when they took my bank information they send me a message state that the offer wasn't available in my area so i quit. What was my surprise when couples days later they debited my account for $49.95 without my authorization. After fight for my money back they agree to refund my money but they will send a check that will take up to ten days. What kind of abuse is this to us the customers. Why they don't refund me the same way they took my money. Directing the refund to my checking account. If you are one of those like me with the same problem go direct to this email: www.secretcashcardservice.com/cgi-bin/refund.cgi and you follow the instructions. Don't go through the ordinary customer service of this company because while you're claiming your money, they are earning interest for them...

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Kimberly J Armstead
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Mar 02, 2007 12:00 am EST

This company debit my account for $49.95 without my authorization and then they gave me the run around regarding applying credit back to my account.

But, I am going to my bank and refuse charge in which I am going to get my money back one way or the other "but" it is a shame that I have to through pain and suffering to get it back!

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ARDITH ANTHONY
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May 15, 2007 12:00 am EDT

I did not authorize any money to be taken from my account and they took 49.95 from my account and made checks bounce plus check fees added would like to have my account credited and my check fees of 28.00 paid plus the other fees for the other checks that bounced because of this. Thank you!

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MICHELLE OLSEN
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Jun 22, 2007 12:00 am EDT

I JUST received my refund CHECK in the amount of 49.95, however, I am waiting for the check to clear, because I don't trust this company AT ALL. I really would like to have something done so that so many consumers are not MISLEAD by these illegal transactions - or rather, if they MAY BE MISLEADING transactions. Either way, I do believe that if this company cannot inform the US consumer correctly and most directly of what will be happening with their account, they should no longer be in business. Period.

Here is their account info:

Customer service: [protected]. This check is # 2049 dated on June 3rd, 2007 (which I DID NOT RECEIVE UNTIL TODAY).

BANK NAME: T Bank (?)
account # "2049" [protected] "[protected]" check #2049
Initialed: JFF as signature (who is JFF?)

ADDRESS OF COMPANY:
EverPrivate Card
647 Camino de los Mares, # 108-217
San Clemente, CA 92673

WWW.EVERPRIVATECARDSERVICE.COM
_____________________________________-further info on bottom RET. from their website:

If you have questions regarding EverPrivate Card please visit www.EverPrivateCardService.com

OR call [protected]

To contact us regarding press relations or business development ONLY bizdev@everprivatecard.com

EverPrivate Card is NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY CASH ADVANCE PAY DAY LOAN COMPANY.

EverPrivate Card
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER, AS MANY AMERICANS HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO THESE MISLEADING AND ILLEGAL SERVICES. COMPLAINTSBOARD.COM HAS MULTITUDES OF AMERICANS WAITING FOR THEIR REFUNDS - SOME OVER 3 MONTHS. I EMAILED THE FTC & TRENTON, NJ BBB ON THIS MATTER AS WELL.

BEWARE TO THE CONSUMER.
MUCH REGARDS,
MICHELLE OLSEN
MichelleOlsen5@student.Kaplan.edu
Criminal Justice Major/Criminal Investigations
Kaplan University/Chicago, Ill.
(GOD BLESS YOU ALL, HARDWORKING OR DISABLED AMERICANS WHO NEED THAT MONEY TO LITERALLY SURVIVE ON).

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karla knouse
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Jul 01, 2007 12:00 am EDT

I am highly upset over this scam and am going to try and get a class action lawsuit going for all of us if you are interested contact me through the e-mail this company is a scam and I have sunk way down in my bank account because of these people and they deserve to be taken down I didn't authorize for them to take money out of my account ever!

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Barry Richards
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May 21, 2007 12:00 am EDT

They took $49.95 from my checking without my permission and caused me to have two check go bad. This made me pay $40.00 each check overdrawn plus the several days i didn't know what was going on. Was $12.00 for each check... Thanks a lot you jerks. Try to get a hold of them you cant. You get the run around. And Phoning is a waste of time. And there Email address don't work . What a mess.

TRY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE CROOKES...

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Rhonda Marshall
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May 14, 2007 12:00 am EDT

I have requested my money back of $49.95 since December 2006. Since then I received a promise payment in Feb. 2007. I have never received the payment and the company has blocked my emails to send any responses.

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cynthia dembowski
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May 17, 2007 12:00 am EDT

Website leads you to believe you are applying for a pay day loan and then they take $49.95 out of your checking account for a card or services you never receive and you never hear from them again regarding the matter!

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Valerie
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Dec 27, 2006 12:00 am EST

This company is a complete scam! I never excepted or signed up for there card services and they withdrew 49.95 from my checking and it caused my account to have a NFS charge of $25.00.

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Latasha D. Javis
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Mar 02, 2007 12:00 am EST

This company charged my account $49.95 without my authorization. I was told that I would receive a refund of my money but It has not happened. When I tried to go to the web site today, I learned that it has been either moved or closed. If anyone knows how to get my money back, please e-mail me.

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Linda D. Craig
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Mar 06, 2007 12:00 am EST

On March 2, 2007 $49.95 was debited from my checking account from SecretCashCardService.com. They trick you into thinking your applying for a loan so they can get all of your important banking information and then next thing you know they rip you off and your enrolled in a stupid program you didn't sign up for to your knowledge. If they don't put the funds back in top my account soon, I will try to sue them.

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BENTRENIA GILLIARD
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Nov 15, 2007 12:00 am EST

They was to mail me out a check for 54.95 never get it .And it's been about 3 months now yall don't mess with these people cause they are a fake getting money out your accounts without ou knowing

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melissa benjamin brown
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Mar 26, 2008 7:00 am EDT

I, too, have been promised a refund of my monies from EVERPRIVATECARD.com for a withdrawal from my account that I never authorized. I was told to complete a refund form on-line, which I did, and my refund would be sent to my home address instead of being credited back to my account.

This was back in August of 2006. It is now March, 2008. STILL AWAITING REFUND. HOWEVER, MY

REFUND AMOUNT IS FOR $59.95.

I am still in receipt of all papers forward to this fraudent company requesting my refund and their responses to each and what I should do to obtain it.

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MELISSA M DAWSON
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Jan 25, 2008 11:44 pm EST

THESE PEOPLE HAVE SENT ME A LETER SAYING THAY ARE SUING ME FOR FUNDS THAT I NEVER EVEN APPIED FOR. THIS IS THE FIRST INFORMATION I HAVE EVER RECEIVED FROM THEN, THE FIRST TIME I EVEN HEARD OF THEM. THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE SENT ME PAPERS AND I HAVE NOT EVEN RCEIVED ANY FROM THEM. AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINING OF SEVERAL FRAUDULENT PROBLEMS I HAVE. TAKE NOTE: EVEN IF YOU CHANGE YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER WITH YOUR BANK, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS IS TO CHANGE BANKS!

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Bobbie Mitchell
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Oct 22, 2007 5:08 pm EDT

I had doing the same thing with with company because I am hearing impairing person them advance of me because had withdrawal from my bank three time. I were very upset about it and I never had anything touch with this company I will try to get my money back and them take out $49.95 three time out my act and the bank change me $35.00 for nsf fee so I cancel my old act and transfer to news act! Hope this will work better for me.

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monika
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Oct 08, 2007 5:17 pm EDT

I too have been a victim of Everprivate. Back in June I saw a debit of $49.95 from my account that was withdrawn on their check #9999. To make a very long story short, after I threatened them through various e-mails, oh incidentally if you do want to e-mail a CSR there, ssooffttwwaarree@gmail.com. This guy works for Everprivate. And if you want to complain to their bank which is what I did, it's New Dominion Bank 1100 Kentworth Ave Charlotte, NC 28204 and their account # 2009405. I got this information from their check. I requested a copy from my bank. I wrote their fraud department a long letter explaining what they did. And that they check for my $49.95 that they sent to me bounced. Keep on complaining.

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sarah h cocolin
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Oct 02, 2007 10:06 am EDT

they are stealing from people and their complaint board i unable to accept complaints most of the time!We should all write and call all appropriate law enforcement agencies and have them charged with all the charges anyone else would incur if they robbed us!

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rbergamini
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Oct 02, 2007 10:02 am EDT

Same thing happened to me. I did not authoirze the money, my bank account went into the negative and I had bounced checks. After many exchanges they said they would send a refund. That was over a month ago and no refund! ANYTHING WE CAN DO?

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Lynn Taylor
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Aug 14, 2007 7:03 am EDT

I have went to this site again and nothing about filling out form to revive refund from checking account. It is also read on emial that if card is not activated then you will receive refund. I have not received card and am not going to activate it either which says I can get refund from checking account.

(The card gets canceled automatically if you have not activated it.) this is what it says in email. So take care of it please. Lynn Taylor.

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Jennifer Shark
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Aug 09, 2007 10:41 pm EDT

I was down on my luck night and I decided to apply for a payday loan, I applied for a loan on this site: www.christianfaithfinancial.com and after importing my information, I got over 60 pop-ups and a blast of e-mails with-in 15 minutes. I was afraid and I knew that something was wrong. 2 weeks later I saw on my online banking site that my accounted has been overdrawn and I needed to pay draft fees. My account was empty prior and my over draft protection plan paid a company with the code #999 $59.95 and I was charged that and another $50 for fees. I had the back to run a trace and it came up as everprivate secret credit card services, I called the telephone number and it's a steady recording, their e-mail bounces back. I filed an affidavit at the bank along with the bbb, we argued back and fourth, they kept responding that I gave them my info, they even posted my IP and bank info and then said the company www.christianfaithfinancial.com is where I ok'd this charge. you can check this link, it says nothing about paying a fee, it says Pay day loans, why would I just give my money away, when i need it? then they told me in response that I would get a refund in 10 days, I never got it. or any loan, this site was built to snatch information and trick BBB and other sites that we authorized this charge, by showing IP and other info that you could have gave them, but the site you were on was entirly diffrent. here is the BBB report on this comany here is the actual name:

Private Date Finder, LLC
2935 Hierro
San Clemente, CA 92673
Contact: Josh Finer
Phone: [protected]

Complainants generally allege that they received unauthorized drafts from this company for $49.95 for a product that they did not order or were applying for pay day loans and were subsequently charged for this service which they did not agree to. Some complained that they never received any debit card from the company.

The company generally responds by providing refunds and stating that while applying service such as cash advance loan applications customer legally authorized us to debit his bank account and that they have authorization details including the computer number (IP) etc.

No. of Cmpl Type of Response
403 Making a full refund, as the consumer requested
2 Making a partial refund
115 Agreeing to perform according to their contract
14 Refusing to make an adjustment
4 Refuse to adjust, relying on terms of agreement
15 Unanswered
1 Unassigned
554 Total

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kim johnson
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Aug 08, 2007 4:02 am EDT

I too was had my account hit I have contacted there web site filled out the form and have heard nothing. It makes it worse when you file a fraudulent report with the bank any way in Utah they have you get a police case number and the cops are treating you like you have stolen when it is the other way around. I like many others applied for a payday loan it was payday loans so they are the ones who are in with this everprivatecard stealing our money and then the overdraft fees.

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Shirley White
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Jul 28, 2007 7:31 am EDT

I have to say I'm another one! I just got the bad news on Friday about my bank account has an NSF, now when I do get my check I have to pay the bank $35.00 fee plus $5.oo a day my account is overdrawn and the $49.99. Who the hell are these people and what gives them the right to take private information to go into my account to take MY money? I'm just living on benefits, far as I know these people may be rich with a job. If they're not rich, well by the look of this web site, they sure in the hell are now! These people did the same thing to my daughter a few months ago and she's still waiting for them to return the money, oh yeah, she never got that damn card either. I retried EverPrivateCards link again now it won't let me in. If any one knows how to stop these people from this scam of innocent people please by all means let me know. They've got their own money they don't need mine, plus now my money is stolen!

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William Burdick
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Jul 13, 2007 8:34 am EDT

Since there has been no success with anyone going after this company and these crooks i took it as a personal mision to put a stop to them. I would like everyone to read the email i sent to jerry Klein and Josh Finer this morning on 7/13/07 at 10:30 am:

Mr. Finer

Please inform Mr. Klein that as of this morning at 9:45am CST my local field office of the FBI is now investigating this matter fully and extensively. I have included in my package of details his name, your name Mr. Finer, your involvement with Swish marketing in California, your group of websites that are all registered privately through godaddy.com and other services as well as the bank account information with T Bank in Dallas and all of the personal information regarding you and mr. Klein i have as well. I told you yesterday that i was not messing around and while no one to this point has apparently been successful to find a government agency that cares enough to stop you from stealing money from people your ride is coming to end so enjoy it while it lasts. Have a nice day.

William Burdick

P.S. Do not bother emailing me back. Tell mr. Klein if my number wasn't important enough for him to keep then I guess we have nothing left to say to each other. And don't bother trying to deny any of the previous allegations because it has all been proven.

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AntiBrite
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Jul 10, 2007 7:13 pm EDT

Hi, I have also fallen victim to everprivatecard. I found that emailing everprivatecard@gmail.com got me the fastest response in them saying that they have mailed my refund check. Of course I had to threaten them, but it got a response.

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monika applewhaite
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Jul 10, 2007 4:16 pm EDT

O.k. complaining on a message board does not do us any good. I too have been a victim of this company, and still fighting to get them to refund $45 in NSF fees because their check bounced. You need to file a complaint with the CA Attorney General's Office, the BBB and Federal Trade Commission. Also, this company is based out of CA so go online and do a search for news channels in CA. Send an e-mail to the media which is what I did. The more people come forward the more chances we have of putting Everprivate out of business.

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stevecotes
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Jul 02, 2007 7:02 am EDT

I too applied for a payday loan and 2 days later had $54.95 taken out of my bank without my knowledge or consent from everprivatecard. Obviously, this scam company goes by several other names. This has been going on for months it seems. Why hasn't the government shut them down? I am waiting to see if i get a refund. They said within 10 days. I told them 5 or i am calling the BBB, the FBI or anyone else i can to help stop these crooks. Good luck to everyone.

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stevecotes
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Jul 02, 2007 6:29 am EDT

This company stole $54.95 from me. I had never heard of them. They claim to be sending me a refund check within 10 days. we'll see. I have my doubts tho.

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YaYa
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Jul 02, 2007 5:53 am EDT

This company just made an unauthorized withdrawal on my account for $54.95 and I'm getting the run around too, now it sounds like I won't be getting my money back either. There should be a way to sue these people.

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Luis Cardona
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Jun 30, 2007 11:43 pm EDT

I also was taken by http://www.secretcashcardservice.com/cgi-bin/refund.cgi]http://www.secretcashcardservice.com/cgi-bin/refund.cgi every time I try to log into this web site I get nothing. They hit me for $54.00+ and I like everybody else complaining on this site am also having a hard time getting in contact with this BANK ROBBERS WHO CALL THEM SELF SECRET CASH CARD SERVICE. I THINK THE ONLY SECRET IS THE WAY THEY ARE STEALING FROM THE BANKS BY USING US.

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s walker
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Jun 29, 2007 9:29 am EDT

I did not Authorize any Transaction for this card! I am very upset and I keep getting the run around about returning my 54.95! The phone number does not let me speak to anyone... it only says do I want to add money to my Card! Can U tell I am MAD... ABOUT IT!

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Jorje Vidal
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Jun 14, 2007 11:37 am EDT

This is to whoever asked if you can sue them? YES WE CAN SUE THEIR ###. Because we're not putting up with their ### anymore.

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Jamillah Robinson
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Jun 14, 2007 9:07 am EDT

On may 24th 2007 ever-private card services promised me a fake deal they do a lot of false advertising and send it to your e-mail address I did not give them permission to take an electronic check for 49.95 from my account and gave me phone numbers with answering machine services only someone can legally do something about this it's outrageous!

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valerie brown
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Jun 08, 2007 4:52 pm EDT

The same thing happened to me this week I'm still trying to get my money and mine is with everprivate card they are the same company... they stole 49.95 and made my account overdrafted and i didn't tell them to take any money out of my account i didn't even know who they were

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Betty Tufares
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Jun 01, 2007 4:28 pm EDT

I don't believe the banks are letting these scammers getaway with this. Maybe if the banks would kind of keep an eye open and do something, especially when, I get customer brings it to their attention and they look at you like it's all your fault. They have this little note on their ad that says "No charge if this is canceled before 30 days are up. It's happened to me twice!

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vickie b
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May 31, 2007 9:03 am EDT

These people keep taking money out of my account i had to close my account and open up another one because of them can someone to me how to get my money back and to file a class action lawsuit on them.

Thanks, Vickie

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jil
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May 30, 2007 8:02 am EDT

They took my money also, I called them but they don't respond.

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julie
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May 30, 2007 2:58 am EDT

I canceled with them yesterday.

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jessica nicole dalrymple
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May 29, 2007 9:40 am EDT

Withdrew 49.95 from my checking account unauthorized!

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Karen Duncan
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May 27, 2007 9:25 am EDT

The name of the place that took mine is everprivate. We have got to contact the attorney general or whoever and file complaints on these scammers. I might even see if I can file with the police on this. They are thiefs just as if you stold my purse. I have a phone number, but I am sure it's no good. [protected], but I going to try it now.