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Complaint Review: Galaxy Credit - Peoria Arizona

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  • Galaxy Credit P.O. Box 5628 Peoria, Arizona U.S.A.

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This individual (Ralph) has gotten hold of Popular Science's subscription list and is calling customers pretending to be a credit agency trying to collect on a delinquent bill. He has called here six times and has made up a fraudulent story about calling here in July and talking to someone who promised to pay the bill.

Unfortunately for him, neither my son nor I was here at the time he claims to have called. He is trying to collect a debt for a subscription to Popular Science, which my son Jeff receives as a gift from his grandmother. The amount, $47 and change, is the list price of a one-year subscription, which no subscriber ever need pay. You can usually get three years for less.

In any case, my son was a minor child at the time and could not enter into binding contracts. I contacted PopSci and they have no record of any debt, nor do they use Galaxy Credit. They are aware of the problem and are taking down names of people who Galaxy has scammed or attempted to scam.

I have filed complaints with the US Postal Inspectors, The Federal Trade Commission, and the FBI. I strongly urge anyone contacted by this guy to do the same. If he is really this stupid, it shouldn't take them too long to get a felony conviction. He has an address, a phone number, and has left messages on my answering machine. He is violating almost every law there is. We are on the Do Not Call Registry (I'll file a complaint there next), and he called. He is apparently engaging in wire fraud. He almost certainly has engaged in computer fraud to get these lists. He is calling people on the Do Not Call Registry.

Please, everyone affected, help put this moron in jail where he belongs. Report all contacts with this guy to:

https://tips.fbi.gov/cgi-bin/xmlemail.pl

https://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm

https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

https://www.donotcall.gov/Complain/ComplainCheck.aspx

Dave
Springfield, Virginia
U.S.A.

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#8 Consumer Comment

Your typing and speaking, to "someone."

AUTHOR: NotinMagbiz - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, July 31, 2011

Poor Kay (deceased) as I'm sure she meant your libel was your typing and your slander is whomever you called & discussed the named minor with.

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#7 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Impossible for named person to be involved

AUTHOR: NotinMagbiz - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, July 31, 2011

Post listed in 9/05 then commented on in 2009. Marrah has lived in CA since before the date listed in 2005. Impossible for named person to be associated with this posted while in another state & not employed there. This statement is falsified and is slander.

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#6 Consumer Comment

What exactly is "slanderous libel"?

AUTHOR: Tim - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Now we're getting "child advocates" involved. This is getting pretty wild!

From your statement, doc, the person you are referring to is no longer a minor. In addition, nothing was really alleged about this person other than that her father is using her as a front for illegal activities.

Also, "slander" and "libel" are distinct, but closely related forms of defamation, the only difference being that "slander" is spoken whereas "libel" is printed. So "slanderous libel" would actually refer to printed words that somehow make false, oral accusations.

To the OP: the Do Not Call registry applies to solicitors, not people attempting to collect on a debt. I'm not saying that other laws haven't been violated, but I doubt that these calls are a Do Not Call violation.

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#5 Consumer Comment

SLANDEROUS LIBEL

AUTHOR: Libel - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, May 25, 2009

There are falsified statements regarding the "daughter" listed. The daughter does not live in this state and therefore cannot own a company in said state. The daughter is not currently an employee of said company; and some of the times listed was in fact a MINOR therefore could not own said company(s). Said child worked as a secretary during high school: filing papers, doing data entry and mailings and in the state of Arizona children are allowed to work at family businesses. However, no child was correlated any listed activity in these posts.

All statements related to the children of said individuals are false and slanderous libel, especially when they were MINORS under the age of 18 and could not do such business. Names of all children involved should be immediately removed and never associated with any business; as children cannot do business or own companies!

Dr. Kay Wheaton, PsyD Child Advocate

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#4 UPDATE EX-employee responds

you don't want ralph, you want these guys

AUTHOR: Po'd - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, November 10, 2008

EDWARD LACHOWICZ (uses his daughter, Marah and his wife as fronts since he is not allowed to run a business in AZ), MICHAEL J RUZECKI, DAMIEN KNIGHT, and SCOTT FLINDT own operate and ripoff with the following magazine companies:
UMS United Magazine Services, MD Magazines Direct, USSS US Subscription Services, IPC International Publishers Cleaninghouse, US United Services, Ibook, Republic Media, USMS, and others, all of which use a fradulant collection agency Galaxy Credit owned by Mr. & Mrs Demitrius Smith.
When they are done taking the money for phony subscriptions Messers Ruzecki and Lachowicz use the credit card and check info to bill people for phony vacation and discount packages.
Business locations include Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, Casa Grande, Fountain Hills, and Tempe.

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#3 Author of original report

violating

AUTHOR: Dave - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Ralph is still at it, I just keep reporting him to the FTC for violating the do-not-call registry.

I turned up a new address for the so-called company:

Galaxy Credit Corporation
125 S 56TH St
Mesa,AZ85206-1555
623-933-0519

According to the satellite imagry, this address points to an empty lot in front of a bunch of condos. Nice touch. I thought it would be a trailer park.

He is using a bunch of different phone numbers in the 623 area code:

933-1157
933-4046
933-7876

among them.

I am beginning to think that old Ralph my not be quite as stupid as I had hoped. He may be using prepaid (or stolen) cell phones, or he could be using a VOIP phone from another state. No matter, if he can reach people, he can be reached as well. One day very soon our beloved Ralph may be getting a late night visit from the feds. Let's all hope he jumps up out of bed and waves a pistol at them! Oh, and Ralph, try and jump to one side so they don't catch your sister in the crossfire.

Oh, and they have an actual web site now:

www.galaxycreditaz.com

The particulars have not changed, they are still trying to collect for a gift subscription that the publisher says has never been in arrears. Ralph has gotten hold hold of some federally protected personal data and is using it to shake down people all over the country. He really needs to see the inside of a federal prison for about 20 years to life.

Several large publishers are looking for him, but it is still up to us to provide leads to them and the federales every time good old Ralphie calls. If you are on the do not call registry, report every call he makes to you. When they finally catch up with this piece of slime, each call will be worth an $11,000 fine. As always, interstate fraud like this is a matter of interest to the FBI, the FTC, and the USPS. The links to those sites are in my original post - please consider using them each time Ralph calls.

Call the publishers, too, and be sure to let them know just how unhappy you are that they have exposed your personal information to a bucket of pus like Ralph. They were supposed to protect it, instead they either sold it or they allowed someone to steal it, and it's hard to say which is worse. Of all the strategies, this one my yield the best chance for immediate success. If these large corporations feel that Ralph is damaging them, well, they will probably damage him in return. They are the ones who allowed this to happen, and they are the ones with all the lawyers, so maybe they should be the ones to respond.

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#2 Author of original report

violating

AUTHOR: Dave - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Ralph is still at it, I just keep reporting him to the FTC for violating the do-not-call registry.

I turned up a new address for the so-called company:

Galaxy Credit Corporation
125 S 56TH St
Mesa,AZ85206-1555
623-933-0519

According to the satellite imagry, this address points to an empty lot in front of a bunch of condos. Nice touch. I thought it would be a trailer park.

He is using a bunch of different phone numbers in the 623 area code:

933-1157
933-4046
933-7876

among them.

I am beginning to think that old Ralph my not be quite as stupid as I had hoped. He may be using prepaid (or stolen) cell phones, or he could be using a VOIP phone from another state. No matter, if he can reach people, he can be reached as well. One day very soon our beloved Ralph may be getting a late night visit from the feds. Let's all hope he jumps up out of bed and waves a pistol at them! Oh, and Ralph, try and jump to one side so they don't catch your sister in the crossfire.

Oh, and they have an actual web site now:

www.galaxycreditaz.com

The particulars have not changed, they are still trying to collect for a gift subscription that the publisher says has never been in arrears. Ralph has gotten hold hold of some federally protected personal data and is using it to shake down people all over the country. He really needs to see the inside of a federal prison for about 20 years to life.

Several large publishers are looking for him, but it is still up to us to provide leads to them and the federales every time good old Ralphie calls. If you are on the do not call registry, report every call he makes to you. When they finally catch up with this piece of slime, each call will be worth an $11,000 fine. As always, interstate fraud like this is a matter of interest to the FBI, the FTC, and the USPS. The links to those sites are in my original post - please consider using them each time Ralph calls.

Call the publishers, too, and be sure to let them know just how unhappy you are that they have exposed your personal information to a bucket of pus like Ralph. They were supposed to protect it, instead they either sold it or they allowed someone to steal it, and it's hard to say which is worse. Of all the strategies, this one my yield the best chance for immediate success. If these large corporations feel that Ralph is damaging them, well, they will probably damage him in return. They are the ones who allowed this to happen, and they are the ones with all the lawyers, so maybe they should be the ones to respond.

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#1 Author of original report

violating

AUTHOR: Dave - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Ralph is still at it, I just keep reporting him to the FTC for violating the do-not-call registry.

I turned up a new address for the so-called company:

Galaxy Credit Corporation
125 S 56TH St
Mesa,AZ85206-1555
623-933-0519

According to the satellite imagry, this address points to an empty lot in front of a bunch of condos. Nice touch. I thought it would be a trailer park.

He is using a bunch of different phone numbers in the 623 area code:

933-1157
933-4046
933-7876

among them.

I am beginning to think that old Ralph my not be quite as stupid as I had hoped. He may be using prepaid (or stolen) cell phones, or he could be using a VOIP phone from another state. No matter, if he can reach people, he can be reached as well. One day very soon our beloved Ralph may be getting a late night visit from the feds. Let's all hope he jumps up out of bed and waves a pistol at them! Oh, and Ralph, try and jump to one side so they don't catch your sister in the crossfire.

Oh, and they have an actual web site now:

www.galaxycreditaz.com

The particulars have not changed, they are still trying to collect for a gift subscription that the publisher says has never been in arrears. Ralph has gotten hold hold of some federally protected personal data and is using it to shake down people all over the country. He really needs to see the inside of a federal prison for about 20 years to life.

Several large publishers are looking for him, but it is still up to us to provide leads to them and the federales every time good old Ralphie calls. If you are on the do not call registry, report every call he makes to you. When they finally catch up with this piece of slime, each call will be worth an $11,000 fine. As always, interstate fraud like this is a matter of interest to the FBI, the FTC, and the USPS. The links to those sites are in my original post - please consider using them each time Ralph calls.

Call the publishers, too, and be sure to let them know just how unhappy you are that they have exposed your personal information to a bucket of pus like Ralph. They were supposed to protect it, instead they either sold it or they allowed someone to steal it, and it's hard to say which is worse. Of all the strategies, this one my yield the best chance for immediate success. If these large corporations feel that Ralph is damaging them, well, they will probably damage him in return. They are the ones who allowed this to happen, and they are the ones with all the lawyers, so maybe they should be the ones to respond.

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