Golden Eagle Leasing/SKS Associates review: Leasing Contract 75

I just received a letter today from SKS Associates in NY that they had acquired all the rights of Golden Eagle Leasing. They say that I owe back taxes and related filing costs pertaining to the equipment and will debit my account for that amoung. The amount is $93.18. It really does not make sense. I closed the account with them about 3 years ago, bought merchant with way too much money and told that it would included the tax and monthly service. Today, this letter? [protected] is the same # as Norther Leasing Company. Any suggestions? Thank you

I have the same exact issue on a closed account. No notice, and they still have access to debit our checking account, which they did! I am filing a complaint via my bank (fraud charges) and also with the NY AG's office.

I received a letter today, from the same company (SKS) but the leasing company they refer to is Lease Finance Group...and like they told you, they just told me they intended to debit my account! I returned their credit card machine years ago, paid in full! Furthermore, they offered a phone number for their Client Services Department which is a bogus phone number. (Same number as yours!) I contacted my bank, notified them of the fraudulent charge in advance, issued a stop payment, BUT they told me if the charge is made in any name OTHER than the one i issued the stop payment on, the "computer" will go ahead and pay it. DUH! Luckily, I am on record with my bank and they assured me if it is paid by mistake they will instantly credit the funds back to my account. Is this a scam or WHAT?

I agree and I'm sorry that this has actually happened to others as well as myself. The so-called customer service representatives were all equally un-professional. I, too, will be filing fraud charges because the letter we argued about this morning, came in the mail today (3/11). The notice was dated 2/28, but the stamp was purchased on 3/8. The notice received today is just in time for the debit I was instructed to dispute before today. I do not understand because my lease was satisfied in late 2007. I WILL NOT rest until I am able to retain proof of this so-called audit and how it is applicable to my account with then Northern Leasing.

Same thing for us here in Denver. Had prior lease with Northern Leasing that was totally paid off and now years later we get this bogus letter. Went straight to the bank and diputed the charge. This is a SCAM. Do not pay SKS Associates!

I am in the same boat. Luckily enough I changed banks awhile back and I don't think they can debit my account. I did call the original leasing company Lease Finance Group LLC who just agreed with SKS. They also sent me a list of all payments. OMG what a schmuck I was. I found one double charge for the lease, monthly additional charges of $5.00 and a couple of taxes for 3.xx and 6.xx figure out how I now owe $85.50. I have reported them to the FBI, the FTC. As far as I can figure it I got taken for thousands and they are trying to get more?

It is amazing to me that this company, or some version thereof (they keep changing names and addreses as part of their dodge) is STILL in business and doing what they do! My company (prior owners) tried to cancel the lease when we changed credit card merchants years ago... they continued to charge them for YEARS (it was indeed silly that they did not close the account or something to get it to stop). Thousands of dollars. And now here they are again. THIS time, they have me as the owner and I will not tolerate it! These kinds of ### need to be taken down! And it is worth the effort, even for a relatively small amount of money. By the way, a "stop payment" will probably not work-- they will just change info on the transaction and send it again.

I have also recieved a letter from SKS stateing that they are going to debit my business account for taxes and related fees. I fulfilled my contract with CIT Lease Finance Group LLC and bought the machines. I have talked to our bank and they will a stop payment on this but it will still cost me.

I also received a letter from SKS Associates related to a credit card machine with Lease Finance Group. The account was closed and final payment was made several years ago. Now, according to the letter I owe $86.90 which includes tax, processing and filing fees. The letter states that they will debit my account. I called the phone number in the letter and spoke with a Customer Service Rep. He was supposed to e-mail me a copy of the lease showing that I owe this money. So far I have received nothing. He told me that if I reversed the debit to my account they would simply turn this over to a Collection Agency! This is wrong, very wrong!

Same thing in Florida. They took out $114.30, causing $70 in overdraft charges and a declined insurance payment. I check my PO Box and sure enough. A letter from SKS, addressed to someone who hasn't worked for us in seven years! The letter was dated Feb 24, but the post mark is March 7th, and the payment was taken out March 9th. Does anyone have any ideas?

Better Business Bureau, people!
I can't call the company til Monday. (I'm angry I'll have this in the back of my mind all weekend). After I've wasted my time there, I'm going to my bank in person. Regardless of the outcome there, I'm going to then contact the BBB.

We received this notice on Saturday March 12 saying they are going to debit our account on or around March 14th. The notice was dated March 1st and post marked on March the 8th. This was a credit card service with CIT Leasing. We sold our business in 2007. Even though our banks accounts are closed I am still going to send a copy of this to the Attorney General in Oklahoma on Monday. How many victims are there and why are they getting by with this?

I'm in the same boat. I received this letter on Friday March 11th and theyre going to debit my account on 3/15/11 for $72.21. I closed that business about seven years ago. I got stuck into a two year lease for the credit card machine and paid it off in full when I closed the business. I've since changed my banks so I doubt I have to worry about anything except if they try to put it as a collection on my credit. I'm located in Napa Ca.

file a complaint with the New York State Attorney general's office. The info is online, fill out the complaint form, mail it in. SKS must be investigated. The only way to stop this is to file a complaint with the NYS Attorney general's office. Doens't it seem coincidental that everyone "owes" basically the same amount? ($85 to $100). If everyone files a complaint, something will get done. It takes 5 minutes.

file a complaint with the FTC, file a complaint with your own state attorney general, file a complaint with the new york state attorney general. it can all be done on line.

I have the same complaint as everyone else, suddenly I recieve notice that I owe $149.14 on a lease that was terminated years ago. I called the client services department and spoke with a very hostile individual by the name of Marion, when I asked for his supervisor I was told it was not a matter for the supervisor, I requested an accounting for this charge and have not received. I spoke with my bank and as it is a debit and scheduled to go thru within the next day they tell me I have to watch the account and notify them as soon as it is taken out, they will then reverse the transaction. I will file a complaint today.

I didn't even get a letter and they debited my bank account $195. I too not only paid off my lease but bought new equipment from Northern years ago. It is terrifying that SMS has this direct access to my account! I have to call the bank again tomorrow to file the claim, because they can't stop it until the money is gone. That's nice, huh?

We also rec'd a letter on Saturday 3/12, dated 3/1/11...just got off the phone with SKS Associates. Kim was polite but no manager is available. They processed an amount of $138.71 from account on Friday 3/11? Account was closed in 8/07! This company is not listed with the BBB. Am filing with bank for Fraud charge. Will follow up with NY AG Office today also.

I just spoke with the New York AG Office and they told me to write a letter of complaint explaining my resolution requests to SKS and to copy it with a cover letter to NY AG. Phone number for NY AG is
[protected] - Consumer Fraud.

I just received a letter today (March 14, 2011) from SKS Associates regarding a credit card machine I leased from Least Finance Group, LLC. SKS informed me they acquired all the right, titles, and interest in certain leases owned by that company. They claimed they had determined that certain taxes and related fees were either not collected or under collected, and they intended to debit my account for the sum of $74.99. I had paid off the lease in early 2004 and returned the equipment. The statute of limitations on any debt has run out (six years), plus the account they plan to debit was closed when I sold the business. I have no intention of paying this bogus charge. When I telephoned the SKS customer service department, I was on hold for several minutes, then given the option of pressing zero to leave a message. When I pressed zero, I reached a recording saying the mailbox was empty, followed by a curt "goodbye." I plan to complain to the New York AG office as well.

Same thing just happened to us on March 3rd, 2011 for $195 (the letter came March 5). Went to my bank and got them to go to SKS's bank and complain. The bank is First National Bank of Central Texas. The number for their operations department is [protected]. They are a small bank with 4 branches.

The banks directory link is https://www.fnbct.com/ourteam.htm

I am emailing the top "dogs" at the bank this complaint board link.

SKS Associates just robbed my bank account of $195.00 on March 10th. I am working with my bank to return the funds due to a fraudulent transaction. I HAD a lease with Golden Eagle Leasing and which was canceled in June 2007. They even refunded me some money after receiving the equipment back. I went to the website that was stated on my banking statement as skspmt.com and got this bogus message:
"Transaction Message Center
You may have been directed to this site due to: Recently SKS associates acquired all the rights, title and interest in certain leases owned by your equipment leasing company and a lease you entered into with them was part of the acquisition.
An audit was conducted on your account and it was determined certain taxes and related fees due were either not billed or under billed for you credit card machine equipment. We would like to let you know that the ACH account we have on file for you or your business will be billed in order to bring your account into compliance as stated in the terms or your lease agreement.
If you have any questions or want to pay by another payment method, please contact our Client Services Department at [protected] Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 6:00pm Eastern Standard Time."

I called the number and it was full -- No doubt due to all the other victims inquiring why their accounts were fraudulently debited. I am reporting SKS to all pertinent agencies with hopes they will be busted.

I had two accounts debited. Luckily I caught one the day it happened so the bank stopped payment. Unfortunately, the other one cleared the day before so I was unable to stop payment on that one. How can someone just debit your account like that with no supporting documentation. I am definitely filing with the Attorney General. I will also be contacting the bank that HOVDES posted. HOVDES - thank you for that information. It has been 7 years since we leased anything from anyone!

I also have received same letter from SKS Associates telling me that, "An audit was conducted on your account and it was determined certain taxes and related fees due were either not collected or under collected." the amount specified was $93.00. I had paid off my lease and eventually canceled my account with them, and selected a local provider. I will talk with my bank and the AG's office.

(initial response nelow from Monte Hulse The CEO of the Bank SKS does business with, I know SKS can just change banks so this doesn't solve the problem)...

____________________________
We are looking into this.

Thank you.

Monte Hulse

Chairman and CEO
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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 4:50 PM
To: Monte Hulse; Ricky Thompson; Randy Crawford; Jim Haller; Royce Berger; Erin Ivy; Janette Urbantke
Subject: SKS Associates

To Whom it May Concern at First National Bank of Central Texas,

You have a banking client (SKS Associates) who is pissing a lot of people off.

Golden Eagle Leasing/SKS Associates — Leasing Contract

Hopefully you can respond to this and I will post your response on the complaint board.
Sincerely,

I have also recieved a letter SKS has acquired all of the rights, title and interest in certain leases owned by Northern Leasing Systems, Inc. I talked to many rude customer service reps today one being Fabiola.I told her that I wanted to know what the charges were for and I wanted a copy of them. I then was advised if I did not beleave what they were telling me to contact my local Tax Assessor and she gave me a false fed tax ID number. I finally called the Northern Leasing number [protected] demanded to talk to a cust supervisior they put me through Ms Robertson. she gave me the tax id number of 1336201. After a long conversation she told me that my account would not me debited and that they would not send it to collections. I called The Commisionor of Revenue and provided the tax id number she looked it up and said I would have owned in 2006 $6.62 which was paid by Northern Leasing. Ms. Robertson gave me her direct number (not) she gave me a number that went to the nasty reps. I found another number on the internet for Northern Leasing [protected] and that lets you put in an ext. Ms. Robertson ext is 8502. Good luck to all. Luck for us we no longer have the same checking account so at least they can not hit that account!

I got one too and they will be taking it over the phone and filing it in...ok calm down, they will be cancelling this. I WILL NOT PAY THIS! I suffered through this nightmare long enough while I had the machine and the ripoff it was.. I paid my bill... as the youth of today says...eff em!

We are all in the same boat. We need to unite and do a class action against these people. Please email me at peggyemery@gmail.com

I left a message on Ms. Robinson's voice mail

My firm, Gutride Safier, has a pending class action against Northern Leasing and associated companies. We are investigating the recent activities of SKS Associates and are interested in speaking to affected merchants. If you are interested in speaking with us, please send email me at kristen@gutridesafier.com and let me know a good time to call you.

We felt that our only option was to close our accout with our bank until we can get this figured out and call and pay the overdraft fees ourselves and let our vendors know what is happening. The man on the other end of the phone when my wife did get through to him was very rude and totally unprofessional to say the least

I received two letters stating they were going to withdraw past due amounts from my checking account, the letters arrived a week after the "withdraw" date. The letters are rude, and I have no idea what they are in refference to! There is not a bit of professionalism here.

My bank, USBANK, has not been helpful at all (why is that not a surprise?!) I turned in a complaint as fraud and asked for a stop payment and to have the amount ($201.52) returned to our account. USBANK says that "NACHA rules allow only 24 hours to return an ACH corporate transaction". They also said they could not do a stop payment. So we are simply out of luck here, no support at all. How is it CROOKS can get away with this and nothing can be done? We received no notification of this charge coming, of course, it just showed up.

I also received a letter from SKS Associates on Friday that they would debit my account on or about Monday. I called Monday morning and put a hold on the account and will close it this week. I had an agreement with Northern Leasing for a credit card machine and I kept it the entire contract period and several months after. Then I called and bought the machine. I paid what I felt were excessive charges to close out the account but did so anyway. That was several years ago. I will have to dig to find the paperwork but I do have it - I never throw anything away! This is certainly a scam! I am in Wisconsin and will be sending this to the AG here also.

I received the letter yesterday and called them. I spoke to "Seth" at ext. 7240. I told him the same thing everyone else is saying. That my business with Northern Leasing was done, the machine returned and contract complete. He kept telling me that it was only $90.89. Like it was no big deal. I asked him what he would do if he received a letter like this? Then I told him that I could send out 500 letters stating that my business was owed money and that at least 10% of the people receiving it would pay. He again stated that it was only $90.89. I assume he felt that I would roll over. I have no money in that acct. I have notified my bank of this scam and that I am looking at my legal options. I will also spend some more time looking for more information, evidence and post more. maybe I should create a SKS/Northern Leasing Scam Facebook Page or website? By the looks of the posts on this site, I'm sure there would be plenty to talk about.

I received a letter back from the NY AG's Office-- basically a "form letter". They said, "your problem is not one for which our office can offer assistence" and went on to tell me to contact the BBB. So my bank did nothing because of a technicality beyond 24 hours with an ACH transaction, and the AG will do nothing... THIS SCAMMER KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH IT. ONLY IN THE US! WHAT A COUNTRY!

I just recieved a charge of $125 from SKS associates on 3/29 this is more than a year after I talked with a representative about closing the account. No notice at all, just money debited from my account. I had locked the account from Lease Finance Group for any future charges, but apparently will have to change all of my account information.

They may not be able to get any money out of your bank account - they can, however, flaw your credit.

I went to the Gutride Safier website (listed under _KristenS_ post), clicked on the "Cases" pulldown... got to the Northern Leasing info - some pretty interesting stuff. SKS, Northern Leasing, and all the rest are just taking us for one big ride. I don't know much about class action suit details, but I may call them today to find out. It "only" cost $125 for my particular case. There is appx $700-$1, 000 just from the postings so far and most don't include a $$ amount. How much have they gotten from coast-to-coast? Who's paying for this? My bank credited my account but now they have to pay someone to investigate it then pay someone to recoup and collect the $$ they credited back to me. And so it goes and goes and goes.

SKS/Northern Leasing et al has alot of people hopping while they're laughing at us all the way to the bank with the money they steal from us.

Well... even after my bank manager told me she'd close my acct, SKS was still able to debit it for $90.89. I have asked the bank to reverse the charges as I am disputing them. I will call the manager this morning after they open to see why the acct was not closed as discussed. The on-line division wrote that I would need to cancel the debit card to prevent an further charges.

With all the people nationwide for years and recently having the same issues with this company there has to be something that can be done to stop their actions. I hate injustice and bullies!

Same thing just happened to me. The debit of $97.63 is pending to my account but I've been in touch with the bank to put a stop payment on it. I called Northern Leasing - they faxed a copy of my lease (which I have at home) and my payments (not reflecting the 2 checks I gave to the sales-weasel). On the lease, it says monthly payments of $131.09 "plus applicable taxes". In actual fact, I paid $141.90 for the 36 months. Is that not the "taxes"? I just called them again and asked to see a breakdown of how each payment was applied - where did the "taxes" go and how much were they?
It's a huge scam, IMO.