"Distinct Advantage" (really Suntasia Marketing)"Distinct Advantage" Telemarketing scam. Charged me for something I never received and something else I never agreed to at all Largo Florida

I know how to pay these scam companies back were it hurts the most. Why not fight fire with fire. You can easily return the favor to them with junk mail, SPAM, telemarketing calls, etc. They could end up getting thousands of calls, spam, junk mail, etc. I have a junk mail e-mail address, pay as you go phone and PO Box I used them to test this idea out. I received over a thousand e-mails, 8 calls and 15 junk mail items in one day from filling out information on a contest /survey/ freebie site. I had to cancel all of them after a week. Think about it if enough people did the same to these scammers it would really slow them down, waste time, and maybe even overload their servers, mailboxes and phone lines.

If you don't have their information, personal and business here is how to get it for free. I did get the CFO's info though and it is listed below.

Do a reverse lookup on the company. There are many options available; superpages, switchboard.com, reunion.com and jobsites. Scam company job postings on HotJobs, Monster, Careerbuilder, etc. they are always the same. They usually have to provide a woking e-mail address.

If you still can't find a working e-mail address you can download a e-mail spider from a site. Tarantuala is a good one but there are many more. They automatically do a search on a designated website and pull e-mail addresses from them that are not visable via regular browsing. Almost always a corporation has an admin, hr, info, tech, contact, contacts, e-mail address and usually the main companies employees use their first name initial with the last name @theircompany. Sometimes a . seperates the two.

To make absolute sure you have the right person call them from a pay phone or pay as you go phone.

Use their own sales tactics against them.

Example: Mr. Booth I was given your name as a reference for legal service. I heard you were a graduate of Baylor Law school (info given on corporate site). I am from Texas originally and I prefer using Baylor lawyers when I can. If the Answer has something to do with him being a lawyer, then give one of the affiliates of Suntasia as a reference or another executives name. You don't want to give the main company or he might catch on to quick. This can be reworked a little to work against anyone that ripped you off.

Here is an example of a successful search on Donald Booth the shady Lawyer who is keeping this company, Suntasia Marketing viable.

Donald R. Booth age 51
2342 Pine Tree Terrance,
Clearwater, FL 33755
(727) 789-3496
don.booth@suntasia.com

Thank you for letting me know all that. As I hinted in the last paragraph of the Report above, I already knew much of that, but I'm sure it will be handy to have it all in one place.

I am going to change my bank account number today if possible, and I have reported these people to the FTC and (for all the good I expect it to do) the BBB, the latter with a long and somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of what I would accept as recompense. I have also posted similar reports in a couple of other places in addition to ROR. Do you have any other suggestions for actually getting my money back, as opposed to merely protecting myself from future withdrawls by this company?

Thank you for letting me know all that. As I hinted in the last paragraph of the Report above, I already knew much of that, but I'm sure it will be handy to have it all in one place.

I am going to change my bank account number today if possible, and I have reported these people to the FTC and (for all the good I expect it to do) the BBB, the latter with a long and somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of what I would accept as recompense. I have also posted similar reports in a couple of other places in addition to ROR. Do you have any other suggestions for actually getting my money back, as opposed to merely protecting myself from future withdrawls by this company?

Thank you for letting me know all that. As I hinted in the last paragraph of the Report above, I already knew much of that, but I'm sure it will be handy to have it all in one place.

I am going to change my bank account number today if possible, and I have reported these people to the FTC and (for all the good I expect it to do) the BBB, the latter with a long and somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of what I would accept as recompense. I have also posted similar reports in a couple of other places in addition to ROR. Do you have any other suggestions for actually getting my money back, as opposed to merely protecting myself from future withdrawls by this company?

Thank you for letting me know all that. As I hinted in the last paragraph of the Report above, I already knew much of that, but I'm sure it will be handy to have it all in one place.

I am going to change my bank account number today if possible, and I have reported these people to the FTC and (for all the good I expect it to do) the BBB, the latter with a long and somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of what I would accept as recompense. I have also posted similar reports in a couple of other places in addition to ROR. Do you have any other suggestions for actually getting my money back, as opposed to merely protecting myself from future withdrawls by this company?

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS ON SUNTASIA MARKETING AND IT'S PROMOTIONS.

The address where ALL the calls originate from is:

Suntasia Marketing
8751 Ulmerton Road
Largo, FL 33771
Tel#: 727-471-0276 or 1-800-NEW-TEAM

Website: http://suntasia.com/

Live calls to your house start with the numbers 727-471-#### or the new number 727-683-####. There are 8 rooms which hold 24 agents in each plus a customer service area. You can actually see what Suntasia looks like on the inside by visiting their website above.

The programs and the companies they currently promote are:

Travel Agents Go Direct
Distinct Advantage
Freedom Gold
FloridaWay
Prism Communications

Here is a list of programs they use to promote:

Agents Travel Network
Capitol Vacations
Travel Agency Network
Teliflex Communications
VersaTalk

ALL the companies listed above have an ?unsatisfactory? rating with the Better Business Bureau.

Suntasia Marketing according to their website also promotes other programs such as Leisure City, Freedom Ring Long Distance Service, Monster Mastercard, Variety! Spice of Your Life and Credit Life. I have not been able to find out any information on these promotions they sell.

The Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist is currently investigating this company. This is not the first time Suntasia has been caught. Click below to see the outcome of the investigation back in 2000 by the then Attorney General Bob Butterworth.

http://myfloridalegal.com/ (Type in the letters ?ftn? in the search)

The information I have posted is to help those that don't know who's behind this scam. If you have any more questions, please read some of the older posts in this forum to give you more insight or go to Google and type in the search box ?Suntasia Marketing?. You can find more information about this company and their questionable business tactics by just surfing the net.

I have recently inquired about the current investigation on Suntasia with the Florida Attorney Generals office and found out that this company has hired an outside law firm to handle their mess. That in itself is saying something about these crooks.

It is a sad day when the people who run this sham as well as those who work there can't seem to admit that they have a serious problem on their hands. As for the investigation it was told to me that the spotlight will remain on them for good which means if they continue to screw up it will cost more than any fine levied against them. I believe refunds could be coming to those victimized by these crooks like in 2000. For now though Suntasia's lawyers might just work out a deal to save face.