In case you wondered, here is the actual address of the infamous J.D. Marvel Company:
J.D. Marvel Products Inc.
1 Holiday - Tour Ouest Bureau 230
Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 5N3
CANADA
John Dragan, President
Email... [email protected]
Phone... 514.426.3458 [No longer in service, we tested it]
Fax... 514.426.3841 [Still connected, fax your complaint]
www.jdmarvelproducts.com [Still up, visit it to see all the 'deals' you can get! Ha Ha Ha! ]
The actual location does not appear on the company's web site. It does not appear in the advertisements in your Sunday supplement. But we found it and printed it here just in case you would like to take your complaint 'to the top! ' Why not write to Mr. Dragan himself and ask why he has your $28.00 and you have no slippers?
It will also help to have this information when you report this company to the Attorney General's office.
THE SCAM: 'HAVE WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU! '
The Advertisement appears in your Sunday newspaper: "Two pairs of moccasin slippers for $28.00 or a 'hearing aid' for an 'unbelievably low price.' So you send in your money and wait... months later you are still waiting but your check has cleared a long time ago. Or, you get the merchandise and it is less than you expected.'
Now try to contact this company and you are in for the runaround of your life!
Welcome to the world of Canadian Border Frauds. J.D. Marvel probably used their Champlain, New York address in the ad you answered. Champlain [or Scamplain, if you prefer] is but a short drive down the autoroute from Montreal, Quebec. That is why it is home' to more fraudulent businesses than a small town of its size would normally have.
SCAMPLAIN IS A MAIL DROP FOR A VARIETY OF FRAUDS
In addition to mail order fraud, there are credit card frauds that prey on those who are trying to re-establish their credit; office supply frauds in which consumers are tricked into buying overpriced supplies by deceptive practices; mortgage lead' companies that sell lists of potential mortgage customers -- often for $50 per name. They get them from internet forms for much less than that; and phony business directories that call you to renew' a nonexistent listing.
So it looks like the Attorney General of New York has his work cut out for him in Scamplain.' The problem seems to be that most of the complaints are small. The Attorney General's office will send you a form to fill out and the company will probably write them back saying that they are resolving the issue. Then the Attorney General's office will consider the complaint resolved and you will hear nothing more from anybody.
The typical amount scammed for the mail order houses is under $30.00. The typical amount for the credit card scams is just under $300.00. Office supply houses will probably get just under $100.00 for a toner cartridge that could be purchased for half the amount at Staples. The phoney' directories get the biggest checks at just under $400.00 although they sometimes give people a break' and let them get out of their contract' for $150.00. It all adds up to a considerable amount of piracy if you consider how many companies are actually doing these scams.
So it still pays to complain. Here is the office that has jurisdiction over Champlain:
State of New York
Office of the Attorney General
Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection
70 Clinton St.
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
FOREIGN CONNECTIONS? :
Most of these entities appear to be simply local [Canadian] criminals, but when you consider the names of some of the perpetrators: Pavlos Angelatos, Michael Mouyal, Albert Mouyal, Garo and Vatche Manoug, you begin to wonder about international organized crime ties. This is a matter of interest for the FBI and the FTC to consider though. It is my suspicion that most of the money goes to lining the pockets of the officers' of such companies and not much more.
It seems that the first thing we need to do is shut down their presence' within our borders. The Attorney General needs to be convinced that the problem is serious and casts a bad reputation on the places that they are allowed to operate in.
The following is a list of companies in Scamplain' that need to be investigated:
[Please note that it is by no means a complete list. These names appear most frequently on the complaint].
1. Mail Order Scams:
J.D. Marvel
Clear Point Direct
Bag Bud
2. Credit Card/Credit Repair Scams:
World Benefits
Superior Benefits
Global Benefits
Financial Benefits
Amerinet
Imperial Benefit
Premiere Benefits
SouthStar Benefits
Quest Financial
Omega Financial
Cybertel Security
Credit Helpers
Trust Benefits
First Approval Benefits
My World Benefits
Legacy Services
Credit Helper
3. Directory/Office Supply Frauds
Infomatika
Ameri-Source Publications AKA
World Wide Source* AKA
American Solutions Information* AKA
IT Data Direct*
Matrix Data Index
American Transaction Supplies
Mayrand Publishing
Robert
Staunton, Virginia
U.S.A.
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