| UST Development |
| UST Development, Inc. Sent invoice for $175.00, |
| 5th of Sep, 2011 by User711577 |
| Pure scam. No such vendor in file. On invoice states"This is not a statement for services rendered but for preventative maintenance." As to what they are maintaining we'll never know as the phone number listed is only a recording. Website is bogus as well. Bottom line is it's a SCAM. |
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| We have received two invoices from this vendor. When I call to get information I am sent to voice mail. No return phone calls. SCAM. We never requested products or services from this company. |
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We have also received two (2) "Statement" from this company without any invoice. We have not contracted for any work by this company nor have we issued any purchase order for any work at any tine.
We have checked other references which indicate the company filled for bankruptcy. We contacted the legal representitve as listed in the bankruptcy repords only to find that they requested and were granted a release from representing this company.
This is a scam. |
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| Just got a statement in the mail today precisely as described by User711577 who initiated this comment on 5 Sept 2011. Thanks! We require our managers to review and confirm services before payments, and nobody knew who this was. Research led me to BBB site and here. BBB rates this firm as "F" (see http://www.la.bbb.org/business-reviews/Telephone-Communications-Service/UST-Development-Inc-in-Ontario-CA-100107904) |
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| We got a Statement yesterday from them showing an "Amount Due" of $175.00. At the bottom, it says the $175 is "1-30 Days Past Due". For real businesses, statements don't list amounts due, they only list Balances. Only Invoices list amounts due. These guys are trying to circumvent the law by not saying it is an Invoice, but showing an amount due. TOTAL SCAM. Don't call them or contact them, just shred the "statement". |
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| Today 9/21/11 our company also received this statement for $175 claimed to be owed for over 30 days, we only pay from invoices and statements are generally just tossed. For some reason accounting looked more closely at this because they were not in out database of suppliers/vendors. We have forwarded copies with associated FRAUD complaints to both the FTC and the US Postal Inspector's Office as the relevant entities that investigate this kind of FRAUD. While this is no Nigerian Prince Scam it can even be worse because they are praying on the fact that many companies will pay small or insignificant amounts on official looking bills or statements which causes those companies to be entered into the payment databases of the victim companies... which generally will only cause them to start getting similar bills on a monthly basis. I might also add that we sent copies of the complaint to the Postal Inspector's Office that covers Ontario California where the alledged company is and to the Ontario Police Dept and the District Attorney's Fraud unit for the area as well. May generate no action but if only one of these entities starts an investigation the others will fall in to place and my guess is someone will get to see the decor of the old "Grey Bar Hotel" (3 hots and a cot)... I would encorage everyone here to file the same complaint to the same folks to lite the blowtorch of retribution under the butts of these jerks |
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| Where do we send our complaint? We just received an invoice in Turlock CA. |
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I too received this mailing. I called the company listed on the invoice after I searched the company name. Saw all the negative reviews so I wanted to see for myself spoke to a gentleman who explained that this was an optional service for our telephone system. I let them know I was not interested in the service and was told I would be removed from the database. I honestly don't feel scammed.
@Patmyself, I don't understand what you are saying. @Ucbran, call the number on the invoice. |
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| I too received statement dated 08/30/2011 for $175. called and removed from the service. This is a scam |
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Received the identically described "Invoice" yesterday. Thank you so much for these postings. Will also file a complaint with the necessary agencies, ie: Postal Inspector and police.
Thank you! |
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@shilatree -
This is a scam because 80% of the companies that receive this invoice would likely pay it. The amount is so small that it may not have been entered into their systems, and the paperwork looks just like an invoice!
Add to that - there's no phone or other device at our office they could even think to service...
Clearly, they are working the system to get as many companies as possible to write them a $175 check. Likely, it keeps them sipping their mai tai's as the rest of us work for a living! |
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| A total scam...everybody needs to file a complaint with the U.S. Postal Service. They change their telephone number every couple of months and the amount of the bill. I have received 3 of these bills during the last year. |
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