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Re: point rental liquidators (by John M.):

The scammer don't have to respond to the dispute notices from the credit card companies, and in most cases, they do not respond to the credit card companies. They are hoping that the credit card companies do one of two things: credit the money or some of the money back to the complaining customer even though they do not get the money back from the scammers; or just deny the customer's dispute by saying they cannot determine if the customer has received what the contract said he/she bought. It is incumbant on the scammed customer to develop and present a case to prove that they have not received the contract promises. Whatever it takes to do that should be done.

Only when credit caard companies have to credit all of the monies called into dispute will they truly send their legal teams affter these scammers. A high percentage of these losses will make the credit card company's insurance carriers put pressure on the card companies to take legal means to recover their loses.

It is also important to notify AGs and the FTC. This type of scamming is a violation of consumer protection and federal trade laws. In this case it includes a violation of the RCI trademark and name in order to "herd" people into the meetings. That is why RCI has once again filed a lawsuit against the very people that are doing this. It is important that you make sure that this lawsuit is mentioned in your documentation to your credit card company, the state AG you file with, and in your complaint to the Federal Trade Commission. These organizations need to continually hear that there is a large and respected company (RCI) that accepts the fact that these scammers are using their name and trademarks to lure people into their trap and have made the decision that legal action is necessary and appropriate to protect their reputation in the marketplace and bring a stop to this misuse of their name and standing. RCI's lawsuit is also requesting compensation for these violations.

Just keep communicating with your credit card companies.

I would also suggest that you set up some standard emails to all of the scam parties and everyday send those emails to scammers. If we all do that, we will clog up their emails and they will have to sort through all of these emails to actually find what they really should be working on.

Try this email approach. It is lots of fun, relieves some tension, and you will soon get a call for someone at these companies asking you to stop and maybe looking for what will buy you off. I know I have had fun doing it, and it takes very little time.

You should do the same thing with voice mails to the companies and people involved.