607-748-4686

Katie called us with the same type of request. She wanted payment for a subscription we had never heard of. When we asked for proof and a manager she became very upset and rude.. We will be reporting this as well

I just received my first call from someone at ICR. She was very sweet, mentioning that she had an outstanding invoice for our company on her desk for a magazine from Progressive Business Solutions. I told her I hadn't agreed to any kind of subscription and she said I gave a verbal authorization over the telephone, and that it was an opt-out thing that I did not opt out on.

I told this lady (I don't remember her name) that I would love to learn more about this invoice, and if she could email me something that shows I authorized a charge, I would appreciate it. She said "I don't operate on email." I then asked if she could send me something via USPS and she said "you have been sent five invoices." I told her that's really unlikely since I get all of the company email and I have never received an invoice.

I asked her several more times to send me proof of authorization, and she told me several more times that I need to check my email from December, or that the invoice has been sent out five times previously. I got frustrated and told that I was trying to convey to her that obviously i had not received any emails or regular mail invoices, and that is why I was requesting them from her.

She sounded like I hurt her feelings after that, saying she was just trying to help me and didn't understand why I was being so forceful with her. I told her I am a busy person and wouldn't ever pay an invoice based on something someone says over the telephone which is why I need an email or usps copy. She got real quiet for a minute and then said "check. your. email. from. december." then I blew up and said "I DONT HAVE ANY DAMN EMAIL FROM YOU IN DECEMBER, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR THE LAST TEN MINUTES!" Then she just said "have a nice day mr. schubert" and hung up on me.

I'm not interested in getting any more phone calls. The last thing I need is some scam artists taking up valuable time in my day. If they do call me again I'm going to file a report with the BBB. That usually works.

Same song dirfferent verse...they call you to review their Safety Newsletter which by the way is free, and if you decide not to continue receiving, you simply write cancel on the invoice. Well you never receive an invoice and 6 months later you receive a call from ICR (International Credit Recovery) wanting to know how you would like to take care of the $299.00 outstanding invoice....What a scam......!!!!

I am contacting the BBB and the AG's office

I have received several calls from Amanda Sprague at International Credit Recovery wanting our company to pay $518.40 for Supervisor's Legal Update newsletter subscription from Progressive Business Publications.  Never received this newsletter and certainly never agreed to pay for this subscriptions.  She also offered my date of birth as proof that I agreed to the subscription.  Agreeing to a free trial offer IS NOT the equivalent of agreeing to pay for a 1 year subscription.  I can't believe nothing has been done about this scam!

NEVER AGREE TO RECEIVE ANY PUBLICATION FROM PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS!!!!!!!

Per the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Title VIII, Section 807, item 4:

The representation or implication that nonpayment of any debt will result in the arrest or imprisonment of any person or the seizure, garnishment, attachment, or sale of any property or wages of any person unless such action is lawful and the debt collector or creditor intends to take such action.

I had the identical call with the birthdate and a threat against me and my company . I spoke with my attorney and I did not recieve any publications or bills . They have harassed me and threatened me several times. After finding this web site ,I know it is a scam, I am going to sue them in my local court system for several thousand dollars and see if they show up to defend themselves or lose by default.This is the only way we can stop these people,start your own collection agency thru your local court system.This is the only way to stop them.

i just received a call from Laurie Appleton, saying she was a debt collector, she called me at work, not once but twice. Has this been going on for long?.

I receive at least two calls from these morons each month. I will never do business with them and want them to stop calling my company. Are these idiots dumb or just stupid? When you tell someone to put you on their no call list, you expect it to happen, right? I have told these jack [***] at least 10 times to never call my company or me again and yet they still do?

I had received a call from Lori Appleton from ICR clamining that an employee had received a subsription from them and there was a pending invoice from 2009. They wanted me to pay with a credit card over the phone to avoid being put in collections. I asked for an invoice and asked them to fax to me. A few days later Lori Appleton called again and said we had up until today to pay the $198 balance. I told her that i was not going to pay any invoice until i received the fax (which i never received). She stated she would not send a fax since they sent 10 faxes already?! As my suspicions grew, i found this site about their scam and immediately reported them to the BBB.

Call from Amanda Sprage.  Refused to provide copies of the "proof".

Same thing here. hope no one falls for this BS. shame on them.

So did you pay for the subscription or did someone in the corprate A/P office at Coca Cola oops. PBP loves to hit big companies too.  All they do is hope that the A/P Dept does not catch it.  So in other words good job Coca Cola A/P for missing that one.  Unless you did get a Mgr to sign off on it.  Then oops to him.  I have worked for 2 large corporations and have delt with PBP more that once.  First they send one Attn: Owner and then if you send back a didn't order/not intrested note they will send a invoice Attn: Pres, then Vice Pres, then Mgr then...... you get the drift.  

If you work for PBP you should be embarassed and tell people you work at McDonalds, a fry person will get more respect from the general public.  But if it is the only job you could find, I thank you for not hopping on the welfare train.

I received MY message this AM.  "Cynthia" is looking to collect $798.00 for an HR Online Training.  I guess the price of poker has gone up--maybe fro Christmas shopping?  What can the BBB do?

what a joke...KATIE from ICR just called.....threatened to take me and my company to collections....When I called her back to tell her my General Council wanted to speak with her..she hung up...so scared

They send the bogus subscription first and we just threw it out. Now, they have called several times, a Lynn. Same deal, someone ordered a collections and credit publication. Well, we do not even have a credit/collections department. We are contacting the BBB and Attorney Generals office in NY.

We've been receiving voicemail messages from Linsdey and her company for about a week and a half.  I finally spoke to her today to see what these calls were about.  She stated that we owed $1856.00 for a subscription to Supervisors Legal Publication.  She stated that we had been receiving the publication every two weeks for the past year plus invoices.  I stated that we had received neither a publication nor an invoice ever. She then accused my co-workers of not giving me the invoices.  She became furious and insisting that we owed this amount.  I told her that these charges were never authorized nor received.  I told her that these were fraudulent charges that we would not pay, and if she insisted any further we will pursue legal action. She then huffed, "Fine!" and hung up on me.  Ludicrous!

A letter I just sent out to BBB  and the FTC Federal Trade Commission and the Do Not Call List I'll notify you when I here back Everybody rally together and and send letters too we can shut these scammers down. We do have rights and when they are violated we do have a voice. "Somebody stand with with me and say something".


Better Business Bureau, Inc.
100 Bryant Woods South
Amherst, NY 14228


Re: International Credit Recovery Inc

I would like to file a complaint with this company for fraudulent bulletins and harassing phone calls @ 10:30 a.m. on January 12,2011 Chris Bennet called claiming he was from a collection agency. He needed to collect a debt from my company for a supervisor safety bulletin. He said that the company that hired him to collect this debt had been given authorization to bill me thru my DOB and Email address. I first of all don’t give out this info to anyone except family and friends.  I told him to not call me ever again because I’m sure this was a scam. He said oh yea I’ll be calling back I told him I was on the National Registry DO Not Call list.  Then I hung up because he wouldn’t shut up. He then called my CFO in the Home office which then talked to my Supervisor. Claiming I owe his company money. I still don’t know what I owe or why I owe anything. I have since tried to  call back and no one will answer the phone. I have since typed in his Phone # in the Google Web Browser 1-607-748-4686 and found out that this really was a scam. I have never given anybody permission to bill me or the company I work at for any bogus Bulletin for supervisors. Can you please shut this company down and have them to stop harassing the American people.

Thanking you in advance

Bobby Sladovnik,Jr                               CC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/.

District Manager                                    CC: International Credit Recovery Inc.

Dallas ,Tx

I know thats right I'm with you I feel the same way I have had the same expierence with that company and have filled several complaints with FTC, BBB and the National Registry Do Not Call List as of today and hope to get results. I hope that our rights will not be violated by these scum bags anymore. Somebody needs to say Something. I will continue to follow up on this until something is done. I hope they call me tommarrow.

Better Business Bureau, Inc.
100 Bryant Woods South
Amherst, NY 14228


Re: International Credit Recovery Inc

I would like to file a complaint with this company for fraudulent bulletins and harassing phone calls @ 10:30 a.m. on January 12,2011 Chris Bennet called claiming he was from a collection agency. He needed to collect a debt from my company for a supervisor safety bulletin. He said that the company that hired him to collect this debt had been given authorization to bill me thru my DOB and Email address. I first of all don’t give out this info to anyone except family and friends.  I told him to not call me ever again because I’m sure this was a scam. He said oh yea I’ll be calling back I told him I was on the National Registry DO Not Call list.  Then I hung up because he wouldn’t shut up. He then called my CFO in the Home office which then talked to my Supervisor. Claiming I owe his company money. I still don’t know what I owe or why I owe anything. I have since tried to  call back and no one will answer the phone. I have since typed in his Phone # in the Google Web Browser 1-607-748-4686 and found out that this really was a scam. I have never given anybody permission to bill me or the company I work at for any bogus Bulletin for supervisors. Can you please shut this company down and have them to stop harassing the American people.

Thanking you in advance

Bobby Sladovnik,Jr                               CC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/.

District Manager                                    CC: International Credit Recovery Inc.

Dallas ,Tx

Yea they called me this morning  trying to play for a fool I hung up on him Chris Bennet) then he called my CFO and my boss. What a scam I hope nobody falls for this but the sad thing is you know they are. I hope somebody shuts them down.