Got hit with $429 and $1
Bank said it was done with my checkcard.  It's in dispute now

I ordered the kit and after 3 weeks I got it.  I made the test bracelet and called like they said I should. They aswered any questions I had and sent me back my sample for me to make the corrections just like they said.  I just sent my third bracelet in.  So far they have done everything they said they would.

CREATIVE CRAFTERS INC ? DEPT HEN
PO BOX 58
BRANDON MS 39043-0058
Phone:  1-800-865-5715; M-F; 9:00am-6:00pm CT   Website:  www.CreativeCrafters.cc
Net $240/week assembling our "Twister" Fun BRACELETS created from nylon yarn and beads.  Net $120/unit of 60 easy-to-make bracelets.  A $34.95 start-up fee includes registration ($20), start-up kit ($10) of instructions and materials to get you going, and S&H ($4.95).  Registration ($20) is reimbursed after 3rd accepted unit.  Supplies and postage reimbursed ($13.50/unit).  Business established 1999.

I ordered from this company to make money at home making bracelets because I am jobless. I paid $55 so far and I spent $5 to mail back a test bracelet. I haven't heard back from this company yet. I changed my debit card information recently but I wonder if they can use electronic check to steal from me?

Until today, after I searched this phone number by internet, I didn't know I was being scammed. I actually received a bracelet kit to begin from them

Michigan

this is bull they got me too and i cant even think of when they coulda gotten my card info

I got hit by this last DECEMBER and it started again in March.  I also received the IDSafe stuff at my home.  Don't know how they got my mailing address or my husbands name!!
Have been charge $429.00, $1.00, $1.00, $429.00 and $395.00.
By idSafe, Identity Protect, and United M Dical Discount

Chase has removed the charges and issued new cards.

I also was scammed with five charges from Identy Protect and United M Dical.
$429
$395
$395
$1.00
$1.00

I had 4 charges from Identity Protect and/or United M dical Discoun on my credit card.  
$429
$1
$1
$395
If anyone finds out how this fraud started or got our account numbers I would be curious to find out.
By the way, Visa was very helpful, immediately closed out my account and removed the charges.

I got the charges last week - my bank is researching it. I hope they put my money back. It was over 800.00. TWO weeks of working!

Like everyone else, first got the ID Safe charge, $429.  That company listed 888-621-6045 as their telephone number (see postings about that number). Credit card company reversed it. Two billing cycles later, got the same $429 charge - this time from Identity Protection (this time listing 800-865-1164).  Cancelled my credit card.

Today, I received an ID Safe information/welcome packet from a fullfillment center in Myrtle Beach, SC.  Enclosed was an "Activation Form" requesting personal information.  The material describes ID Safe as identity theft insurance but lists no phone number, website, or address - except the fullfillment center.  The material has low production value - looks like it was run on a PC printer or a color Xerox.

The information came Priority Mail with an e/USPS delivery confirmation.  They must have spent some bucks to mail it, but at $429 a victim, I guess they can afford it.  Since it came through the mail, I filed a complaint with the US Postal Inspectors.  You can do this on line at www.USPS.com

On March the 19th I was also fraudulently charged and contacted my bank about the $429.00.  They have closed the account.  Also, to those of you who have been victems of fraud, submit a claim with the FBI over the Internet.  They have a Cyber Division that secretly track and monitor illegal criminal activity of fraudulent websites.  Last year they arrested five or six hackers after a one year investigation of their illegal activities on the Internet.

B*****ds got me last week 3-17-08.  $1 then $429, I'm disputing the charges like all of yall, I'm actually on the phone right now with my bank telling them about this site.  Man I hope they catch these people and throw them in jail.  I'm so sick of people trying to get rich by scamming innocent people, they need to get a f******g job lik everyone else.

Our company credit card has been hit 3 times by these guys now. First two times in amount of $429 under name "id Safe", out of Nevada. #800-597-5148. Number is actually a customer service center saying "ID" company is fraudulently using their phone number.
Third time they changed their name to "Identity Protect", out of Nevada. #800-865-1164. That number goes to a company called Synergy Data who said they've filed a complaint that the "ID" company has used their phone number.
Today we received marketing info from "id Safe" clearly printed on a home printer with no phone numbers, no email addresses and no web address asking for your name, address, telephone number and signature and saying one of their "fraud assist specialists" would contact. The mailing address was PO Box 2829, Myrtle Beach, SC  29578.
We have filed a complaint online with the FTC and will likely have to cancel our business credit card--which means hours of fixing autopay accounts attached to it.

Got me too.  $429 out of my checking account.

we are on vacation and just had our credit card turned down at our hotel.  when i called the credit card co, they informed me of the fraudulent charge and cancelled our accout.  what a nightmare, but am glad the credit card company caught it.  it was a charge for 429 by identity protect out of reno nevada.  we're traveling and have stayed and two different hotels in the last two nights.  ugh.

Same thing here.  3/19, the $1 "ping" on the account followed by the $429 point of sale transaction.  The 800 number does go to a real company which is involved in merchant sales transactions.  My guess is that the transactions are mined and then tried with the $1 "ping".  Once it goes through, the $429 is charged.  It's an odd number, so most places won't immediatly see it as a fraudulent transaction.  This is all probably being done in some geek's basement bedroom.

SAME BS STUFF, 03-19-08, $1 charge, then $395 charge.

yeah, i just checked my credit bill, and had a 1 dollar charge followed by a 429 dollar charge. immediately called it in, it was put in a despute right away. all the customer service rep for my card could tell me was that they are based in nevada, and this 800 number which led me here. glad i'm not the only one.

Yep they got me on 3/18. $1.00 and $429. Identity Protect. I just noticed it, Wachovia credited my account and the charge is under review. Wachovia was great, very helpful.

Found two fraudulent charges on my Visa/Debit/Check card from "Identity Protect" 1-800-865-1164 done on 3/19/08 one for $1.00 then another for $429.00; called the number and spoke with "Julio" who barely spoke english and at first would not give me address or name of company, then told me it was "Synergy Data - 45 W. 36th Street, N.Y., N.Y." and gave me a toll free customer service number that turned out to be an IRS info line!  Tried to verify the business address he gave...bogus.  Voice mail only when I tried to call "Julio" back.  Bank of America has GREAT customer service and has credited back my account.  They report charge was done on line only, no physical address.  Don't know how they got my number. Haven't ordered anything on line since Christmas, but I do use my card everywhere else, it's my primary means of payment, usually don't carry cash.  Close your accounts and get new stuff issued.  It's a pain, but more than worth it for youself and the bank in the long run!

Just got off the phone with Bank of America, they are refunding the same charges which were the same as everything else it seems.

The fraud service dialed the number with me on the line and they claim to not know anything about Identity Protect or have any knowledge of my account ever getting charged. So the number doesn't seem to offer any clues on who is doing this, they are just using that number. Or the company at the number is a front for this fraud. Either way I am clueless at to how they could have gotten my number to charge this.

Just out of curiosity, where is everyone located and have you eaten at McDonald's a few days prior to this charge?

Yep, they got me! Something seriously needs to be done about this!

Same here.  I just got hit too

I just got hit by these b*****ds too. Now I have to dispute the charges with my bank. The charge showed up out of nowhere, so I am still wondering how they got my CC number... This really pisses me off.

Yea the same b***s*** happened to me, these guys are based out of Reno nevada there are two fradulent companies United Medical Discount and Identity Verification Something. United charged me for 395 and Identity charged me for 1.00 these f****rs need to be arrested. There #s for the companies are 888-457-4304 for United i Think and 800-865-1164 for Identity. Someone call the frigging FBI on these b*****ds

Same thing happened with me.. f****rs.  Chase caught it before I did and shut down my debit card.. Disputing the charges as we speak.

Just checked my account and the same thing just happened,  429,,   tried calling the bs 800 number and garbage going to the bank in the morning.   thank you for google.

Same thing here.  $1 then $429.

same BS charges... $1 then $429  Bank of America Flagged them but they still posted!  BS
 - IDENTITY PROTECT 800-8651164 NV

Same thing happened to me.  Both a $1.00 charge and a $429.00 charge both hit on the same day.

I had a charge on my visa in January that I disputed and then another one just last Monday both for $429. The January charge was under ID Safe and the one in March was under Identity Protect. They've been disputed and taken off my statement. I haven't had any luck yet finding anything out about the company. I'm going to contact the Better Business Bureau. We did receive something in the mail a couple of days ago from this company. There weren't any phone numbers in the information just a few generic pages about identity protection and an address in Myrtle Beach, SC to send payment to. Sounds like a major scam.