Beware of Registry Patrol

Address:
5135 189 St NW
Edmonton AB T6M 2L1 Canada

Tel:
+1 780 484 0195

email:
postmedia@shaw.ca

So far:
3 emails to Registry Patrol. no response
1 registered letter to Regisrty Patrol, letter was returned. RP had either moved or no longer in business
1 confidential email to my bank. I know they'll probably give me a refund, but that does not solve the problem.
2 notes to Edmonton's BBB, no response
1 email to CONTACT US at Shaw cable, no response
0 contact with the Federal Trade Commission. It's hard to get through

Regisrty Patrol is still up and running most likely taking advantage of more people. $30 might not seem like much to us, but multiply that by a few thousand and the fraud pays off.

Yes, some one is laughing but I'm not done yet

We all agree that Registry Patrol is a scam. Many of us have tried to contact the company (phone, email, registered mail, etc) and have met with no success. The only way to track them down is to follow the money, i.e. after Pay Pal, where does the money go? I have no idea how to do that, does anyone else? Do we call in the Canadian Mounties?!

Log onto PayPal, Sign In, & click on disputes. It worked for me. I got my money back. Others claim that it does not work. There should be an entry from RP on your PayPal Statement.

Good luck!

I registered a dispute with PayPal. The stated that they do not get involved in disputes involving software that didn't perform properly, and sent me their user agreement. I pointed out that their user agreement also did not allow sellers to engage in fraudulent activity, but that didn't seem to make a difference to them. I cancelled my PayPal account and will figure out a way to live life with them!

That was several months ago. Perhaps PayPal's approach to this sort of thing has changed.

I probably should have stated that initially I did not receive the code then paypal stepped in and Registry Patrol sent me a code which did not work. It was then that I moved into the final step with paypal for a dispute. But all in all it was about 3 weeks.

I registered three disputes. called them didn't get anywhere. not interested.

Lets face it, they are making money.

You bring up a good point. Now that I recall. I entered only my CC number when purchasing. Then when my bill came through it came out as PayPal. I DID NOT doing anything via PayPal. My PayPal expired years ago. So, someone or something was smart enough to transfer my CC card over to PayPal. There's obviously more to this sneakyness than we're all aware. They're dogging bullets and I'll bet they're reading these forum threads (posts)

It took a couple of weeks but the BBB just responded to my quest. We'll see what happens
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Complaint ID#: 1631357
Business Name: Registry Patrol

Thank you for contacting the Better Business Bureau. Your complaint was received by the BBB on November 6, 2009 and has been assigned case# 1631357in our files. Please make a note of this number for future reference.

Your complaint has been applied to the following business:
Registry Patrol
5135 189 St
Edmonton, AB T6M 2L1

The case has been reviewed by one of our Complaint Specialists and has now been forwarded to the business for their response.

We encourage you to use our ONLINE COMPLAINT system to keep up with the progress of this complaint. To view the details of your case click here.

Sincerely,


Nick Fowler
BBB Complaint Department
(780) 488-6632 ext 241
nickf@edmontonbbb.org

Below are the results of what I heard back from the BBB
I may be worn, but in my opinion they (BBB) did virtually next to nothing to help us. Needless to say I told them that this "Racket" is still carrying on , but they don't seemd to concerned. Even when I used the term FRAUD, it didn't seem to fizz them. I'm not after my $40.00 refund so much is that I want to see these people shut down..
It seems in government no one really gives a damn.

As follows:

Complaint ID#: 1631357
Business Name: Registry Patrol

The Better Business Bureau has made several attempts to contact the business regarding your complaint. We regret to inform you that we have not received a response from the company.

The BBB develops and maintains Reliability Reports on companies in our service area. This information is available to the public and is frequently used by potential customers. In the case of your complaint, the company's failure to promptly give attention to the matter will be reflected in their Reliability Report.

If the company has contacted you in the interim, please notify the BBB immediately.


Sincerely,


Nick Fowler
BBB Complaint Department
(780) 488-6632 ext 241
nickf@edmontonbbb.org

I, too, got ripped off and reported Registry Patrol to the BBB. I've also requested a refund from PayPal.

Wish I had read this board before purchasing the scam product.

Jude

This is a fraud and frauds are handled by the law and this is a federal case because it involves people coast to coast and internationally..

I'll do my share today but I want everyone else that's involved to also contact the RCMP.
The fact that each of us was taken for $40 is one thing but this guy is just down to a server in the basement still taking in money and has the impression he can't be touched. The BBB is a useless expense of the government.

If anyone of you folks took the time to complain on this forum, then take the real time to contact the RCMP.
Let's see if OUR system; our laws and our courts will work for us as designed. But we have to do our share as well.

Please have the cahoonas to do so and post here that you did

I contacted the RCMP and they redirected me to what they call Phone Busters. They said either them or my local police. I'm a little confused. Registry Patrol is from Edmonton Alberta. I contacted the Alberta RCMP. They recommended my local police force.
But, have you noticed that any agency we contact that they just pass the buck onto another angency. No one seems to take ownership.

I'll be submitting all the information to Phone Busters since they said they will take care of.

Anyone that comes on here to complain is one thing. Are those same people doing anything to assist shutting down Registry Patrol?

I actually got my money back after a LONG hassle last year, but still keep track of this thread because I hope to see both RP and PayPal's support for them end.

Has anyone thought about trying to contact the Federal Trade Commission? This whole situation is international consumer fraud that is indirectly supported by PayPal.

This scam has been running now for at least 5 years.
Everyone tells the same, or similar stories.
In this time Registry Patrol must have conned people out of a
fortune.

How is this not illegal?

Is it just people who are relatively computer naive who are foolish enough to sign up for this?
(I readily admit that I was when I signed up!)

Does anybody on here know if there is some agency or authority to complain to?

Are Registry Patrol just going to carry on stealing innocent peoples money for ever?

I find this most Bizzare!

onmibus. I think what really grinds MY gears is the fact that I have called almost every enforcement agency I can think of. Most have no time or they tend not to be the right people to do the job.
haha, maybe this is the perfect opportunity for a few of us to start a scam (kidding of course) but face it, everyone else is getting away with the crime. I honestly swear that the law is on the side of the criminal. I don't belive there is any official website or people that give two hoots about this issue

I only discovered this forum after i got pulled in to this scam like everyone else on here, you can get your money back if you are prepared to send out couple of letters, heres what happened to me
I made telelphone call to my credit card company insisting that there were no signs or warning given that my payment was being put through paypal, this is what these scammers rely on as the credit company says we cant recover your money because the payment was not made directly to the company the product was purchased from.
I wrote to paypal in Luxembourg explaning the situation and included a ref from this site, paypal were vey quick to investigate my complaint, with in 2 weeks i have recovered my $39.95, once again I like to thank Paypal for doing the right thing for the public, please write to paypal may then paypal will expel this company from this method of payment
good luck

Paypal was able to get me a refund from ClickBank.

I just put in a complaint with PayPal so I guess we will see what happens.