Ed Magedson has taken defamatory excerpts from a rebuttal complaint from the business owner who I complained about for committing fraud and deception. He posted defamatory statements and put these statements on Google search results. He did this instead of posting excerpts from my complaint about this business that subjected me to fraud and deception. The New Times newspaper of Broward Beach, Florida also committed a similar violation. Thank you.
Consumer Complaints & Reviews
It seems to me that the real rip-off here is this organization Ripoff Reports. They claim to be advocates of good business practice yet post anonymous claims against any business as they are received. No verification, no investigation, no justification. They go so far as to admit this on their main page: "While we encourage and even require authors to only file truthful reports, Ripoff Report does not guarantee that all reports are authentic or accurate." They further state that they never remove reports, presumably even when those reports are false, slanderous, or just plain dishonest. Yet a quick search on Google shows several companies that guarantee Ripoff Report removal for a fee.
Could these companies be somehow related? That would be extortion as I see it? Against federal law as I understand it. Could that be the reason the Ripoff Report server is located in Turkey? They do have a PO Box in Tempe, Arizona, perhaps a mail forwarding service of some type? I do not know. Smells funny to me. Rip-offs by ripoffs.com seem to be quite a growing concern, so much in fact that their web page even has a section on why it would be foolish to sue them.
Let me add my own opinions:
1. It is hard to sue a con man; they often have the angles figured out and it is their occupation.2. It is impossible to sue a PO Box.
3. It's very difficult and expensive to sue someone in Turkey if you live in the USA. If you feel that you have been victimized by this or some other scam, here are a few places that you can go. All are US government sponsored: The Internet Crime Complaint Center, FBI, NW3C Partnership, and Department of Justice site.
We have been in business here for 23 years and are the only service of our type that has survived. It is offensive to have lies broadcast about us.
Within 24 hrs of Donna G. putting a false statement against me on both site, I received an email requesting $$$ upfront to remove the complaint, and repair my reputation and business. Since then, the same person Donna G., Amelia V. has put up 2 more complaints and more than that on x-com-plaints.com. I have lost almost all my income, and have almost lost my home because of this lying slander that neither of these sites will take down. You see both these sites have servers that are overseas, so they can not be made to take the complaints down! I have suffered a huge financial loss because of this. My reputation will never be restored and my business is at a huge loss which will never be recovered.
Ed M, with his nauseating ripoffreport.com, is so clearly no more than an extortionist that only confuse consumers who would pay attention to him. If M were what he claims, fighting for the truth, he would take off all reports that are unfounded, when proven so. But he never takes them down. Ah, even if it is the truth?! Then, isn't his purported motivation just a lie?!
Yes, of course it is! Then, despite that communication act he is invoking all the time, wouldn't this be clearly indecent even in the eyes of the law enforcement? We think that not all the material against M has been cobbled yet, and no agency has the full picture. Anyone care to join the effort in bringing it all together?
We are a worldwide company. Three days ago, we stumbled on a fraudulent report from **. The judicial system in the USA is not capable to deal with Magedson-types. Attorneys are stumped. FBI told us that they know of this thief, and recommended we filed with www.ic3.gov.
We advise all those victimized to do the same. Since our company does projects worldwide, and the report seems to have been posted in April 2009, we estimated potential losses at million dollars. The form on www.ic3.gov doesn't allow figures higher than $9,999,999. That is what we posted. Each business victimized should make a sensible assessment of potential loss due to damaged reputation, and file complaints at the site indicated above.
Eventually, if many enough victims file, and the amounts are scandalous, it is conceivable that a motion will be made somewhere in the USA to alter the existing legal framework that allows despicable individuals like Magedson to exist and operate. There is a need for young, energetic and creative attorneys to come up with an effective tool in this regard. We are searching. Are you?
I have communicated with this company to no avail. I have yet to receive a response. We have been in business for over 35 years and just recently started to market our company on the internet. We have notice as well as any potential customer that there is a slanderous and an absolute lies put on their site. I can only recite our policy because there is no reference to which e customer or account it is. This is so unfair how can I get this incorrect information removed from their site?
This man ED MAGEDSON creates FALSE BLOGS targeting innocent companies. One by one he breaks down the very structure by scattering disgusting lies on the internet and then BLACKMAILING companies to pay him in his so called ADVOCACY PROGRAM. THIS IS EXTORTION!!!! The general public BEWARE. People who read the RIP OFF REPORT BELIEVE these terrible blogs and the companies fall hard. This is NOT free speech. It is illegal behavior based on greed and opportunity.
In a time of recession even innocent good standing companies are being targeted by Ed Magedson and blackmailed to pay him 45,000 to take the FALSE lies down!!!. EXTORTION at the VERY CORE. YOU MUST STOP HIM!
My company has lost almost a million dollars since this man created lies and false accusations. Worse, I CANNOT defend myself. He takes ALL POSITIVE blogs down. He is asking for $45,000 dollars. This is EXTORTION and I have hired the FBI to take him down. He is wanted by the biggest companies in America. Just Google his name. HE IS THE RIP OFF REPORT. Not the innocent companies he targets.
