SMS.tv is another company you should avoid. The guy’s name is Jorg Lamber from Germany and he has several different company names under which he operates.
Here is his MO:
He does 2 things:
He let you test on a high quality route and when you buy he degrades the route to low quality or a route where you get false message id’s. When you ask for tech support or confront him about it he close your account and block you on email, MSN, ICQ etc. and when you phone there is just an automated recording that plays.
His second trick is not considered fraud by the banks – what he does is give the bank account number of one account at one branch and an IBAN of another account at another branch on his invoices. He requires payment upfront which is not unusual in the SMS industry. The banks use IBAN for international transfers – when you try to stop funds and phone his bank, they do not ask for the IBAN but the bank account number and put a stop funds instruction on that account. In the mean time, the funds goes into the account linked to the IBAN number and when the banks phone him when funds are recalled, he refuse to refund.
He also closes your SMS test account the moment he realize that you sent the money. So you sit without money and without the service. Once again he blocks you and cuts of all communication.
So please learn from our mistakes and avoid dealing with SMS.tv as they are the biggest fraudulent scam in the SMS industry. They have been reported to all authorities for prosecution but he bought a hotel in Thailand with the stolen money and most likely run the scam from there.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Why we started Stop SMS fraud
This blog has been created by a team of resellers in the SMS industry that have been exposed to fraud or have been warned not to deal with certain brokers, resellers, individuals.
We all have been part of the text messaging industry for 9-10 years or more. We work very hard at our businesses and feel strongly that there should some sort of sounding board where anybody could freely voice their warnings.
We understand that we all face harsh economic times and that business is not easy, but that gives nobody the right to offer services and once they get payment, seemingly disappear from the scene, do not respond to phone calls, block their clients on messengers, do not answer emails and even go as far as change their email addresses.
When you legally pursue these elements you achieve nothing as it seems as if they know that it will cost you more in legal fees to try and recover your funds than the actual amount they stole from you.
So we invite all honest people in the SMS industry that have been defrauded in one way or another to use this blog as a sounding board to warn other honest companies of these "elements" that now seem to target the SMS industry.
This blog is open for all to comment and if you are a supplier that face such an accusation you also have the opportunity here to state your side of the case as we are very aware that there is normally two sides to each story.
If we all work together and warn each other of fraudsters we may be able to keep the SMS industry free of these people that enter it for a quick buck.
This is not just a complaints blog but also a blog where you can share your good experiences and hopefully we can start a "white list" of SMS suppliers and a "black list" of SMS suppliers.
We all have been part of the text messaging industry for 9-10 years or more. We work very hard at our businesses and feel strongly that there should some sort of sounding board where anybody could freely voice their warnings.
We understand that we all face harsh economic times and that business is not easy, but that gives nobody the right to offer services and once they get payment, seemingly disappear from the scene, do not respond to phone calls, block their clients on messengers, do not answer emails and even go as far as change their email addresses.
When you legally pursue these elements you achieve nothing as it seems as if they know that it will cost you more in legal fees to try and recover your funds than the actual amount they stole from you.
So we invite all honest people in the SMS industry that have been defrauded in one way or another to use this blog as a sounding board to warn other honest companies of these "elements" that now seem to target the SMS industry.
This blog is open for all to comment and if you are a supplier that face such an accusation you also have the opportunity here to state your side of the case as we are very aware that there is normally two sides to each story.
If we all work together and warn each other of fraudsters we may be able to keep the SMS industry free of these people that enter it for a quick buck.
This is not just a complaints blog but also a blog where you can share your good experiences and hopefully we can start a "white list" of SMS suppliers and a "black list" of SMS suppliers.
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