Globalinx Phonelinx mastercard fraud ripoff theft McClane Virginia

This is an update to let everyone know that the Consumer Protection Division of Fairfax County, VA is investigating my complaint against Globalinx. Hooray!!! I received a letter from them today. Here is address info for anybody who needs it:

Consumer Protection Division
Department of Cable Communications and Consumer Protection
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 433
Fairfax, VA 22035-0047

Phone: (703) 222-8435
Fax: (703) 322-9542
TDD: (703) 222-8653

The investigator who contacted me is Wil Slaughter

Today I finally found the right place to call to complain about Globalinx. It is the Federal Trade Commission. They have a toll-free number 1-877-382-4357 and the website is http://www.ftc.gov. I hope everyone who reads this and has been scammed by Globalinx will contact the FTC as soon as possible so we can stop their scamming.

I recently had another "hit" on my Mastercard of 72.00 for a rewards program I did not apply for. When I called this company, they told me that VistaPrint (http://www.vistaprint.com) provided them with my credit card information back in August 2002. VistaPrint has an ongoing offer of 250 "free" business cards to new customers. I ordered the cards and paid the $4.95 S&H for them with my Mastercard. I remember VistaPrint had a bunch of pop-up ads but I just closed them without even looking at them. I suspect now those were sign-up screens that captured my credit card info for Phonelinx/Globalinx and this other company.

The rewards program company was great - they refunded my 72.00 immediately. But now I am going to have to 'hotkey' my credit card and have a new number issued because I can't take a chance that VistaPrint has provided my info to somebody else.

My advice to anybody else whose had this experience is to have your card cancelled and a new one issued. I still don't have my money from Globalinx and have received an email from an attorney interested in a possible class action against them. I'll post a follow-up on this aspect of my complaint as soon as I have more info.

I will NEVER do any business with VistaPrint again!