From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6906590429c83470,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jrlawson@sprynet.com Subject: credit card companies under investigation Date: 1997/01/16 Message-ID: <5bjvah$ad@juliana.sprynet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 210096678 organization: Sprynet News Service newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Flash! The Department of Justice under the direction of US Attorney General Janet Reno and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of California under the direction of Daniel Lungren are investigating the following credit card companies for falsifying billing statements: If you ever made a partial payment on your credit card and had them charge a late payment fee you may want to contact these offices about participation in the conviction of these companies for racketeering by furnishing information about false billing practices. First USA Bank PO Box 740085 Atlanta, GA 30374-0085 First USA Bank PO Box 8650 Wilmington, DE 19899-8650 AARP Bank One Columbus, NA PO Box 182153 Columbus, OH 43218-2153 AT&T Universal Card PO Box 9999 Columbus, GA 31977-0001 Capital One PO Box 85617 Richmond, VA 23276-0001 Choice Visa Box 6248 Sioux Falls, SD 5117 Discover Card Services PO Box 29212 Phoenix, AZ 85038-9312 The GM Card PO Box 88000 Baltimore, MD 21288-3000 Household Credit Services PO Box 7002 Anaheim, CA 92850-0002 MBNA America PO Box 15019 Wilmington, DE 19850-5019 MBNA America PO Box 15137 Wilmington, DE 19850-5137 Wachovia Bank Card Services P. O. Box 4635 Atlanta, GA 30302 Wachovia Bank Card Services P. O. Box 15515 Wilmington, DE 19886-5515 Check your billing statements closely. If you have been charged a late fee even though your payment was mailed prior to the due date you should report it to your state attorney general. If your finance charges are being listed as purchases you should contact your state attorney general. If your credit card company is unable to funish a copy of a signed billing receipt you should notify your state attorney general. All the events described above could make you a party to a class action suit against your credit card company where you could collect up to ten times the amounts you were falsely charged. For more information contact your state attorney generals office.