AppStar Financial

An African American man just called and asked for the owner.  I said he doesn't take calls I can take a message.  He told me I don't understand, he gave me the number and her won't take my call.  I asked what it was regarding and his name & company name.  He said I gave you that from the 'get go'.  I asked again and he said I gave it to you, asked what my name was and I wouldn't give it to him.  He was getting really rude so I raised my voice and he said why are you yelling at me.  I finally just hung up.  He hasn't called back but he was very RUDE.

1-855-409-6569 called - no message.  It's sad that the internet and telephone networking generates this type of business.  Watching TV last might, it is filled with 1-800 numbers for just about everything.
It's all overpriced junk.  This past week I recieved 5-calls regarding small business loans, again, who the hell lends money over the phone with an unknown telephone number, it's all junk.  Don't answer and  don't return the calls, it will cost you bigtime.

Just got a call, the woman tried to sell me their credit card services. I asked the rate, and she wouldn't tell me. She said they're sending someone to my area next week.  I told her if she couldn't tell met he rate, I'm not interested, and please delete me from your list. She got snotty and hung up on me.  Too bad for her!

I just got a call from this number no voicemail left. Caller ID said unknown

Got a 21 second voicemail with 2 men with African accents arguing if one could or could not "make the shot." Very busy sounded office in background.

I picked up the phone with this number and some idiot started singing. I just hung up. Ignore and put it on your block list.

Continuously call, like multiple times a day even after requesting to be removed from the call list three times.  Now they just call & hang up on me 3-4 times  day.  I guess they realize it's me answering

A really rude, obscene man asked me to have kinky sex with him.

I slammed the phone in his ear after I yelled real loud into it!

Remove my name

855-409-4569 Called. I DO NO Pick up calls I do not recognize... EVER! I let it go to voicemail. If it's a legit call, they will leave a message. The only time I will call back is if it is a legit  call.

WHY do all you people pick up numbers you don't recognize? You are just wasting your time.
Whining that you are on the Do Not Call List is silly. Scammers don't care!

Best defense is screen your calls! Do not pick up the phone!!
You'll just get added onto their list for answering at that time slot and get more and more calls!

FILE A COMPLAINT HERE: http://www.fcc.gov/complaints

They may not take you off the list now that they know that your number is a working account. Better to just save their number under a name like "scam" so it comes up in your caller ID next time they call.

Some guy name Mitchell Nickel? called saying he was from Appstar and wanted to speak to our CFO. I ask if we had an account with him and he said yes. I double checked with our owner's assistant and she said no we didn't. I got back on the line with him and said I had spoken to our owner's assistant and was told we do not have an account with them and we were not interested. He immediately tried to backtrack and claim he never said we had an account, which he clearly said yes so I told him we were interested and hung up as he kept talking. Just another telemarketer lying their way in.

We get a call from this number in our office at lease once a day. Usually they hang up when answered. Today a guy asked for "Gary". When I told them that there was no Gary in the company he then asked for owner. When I told him the owner was not in the office today he rudely hung up.

they purchased the number from dunn and  bradstreet

(855) 409-4569
Is calling repeatedly, they are not identified and do not have permission to call. They probably havest numbers from yelp which I have told repeatedly to remove my information. Somehow the info ends up getting placed back up on yelp and then I get these calls.

This number is Appstar & they are trying to get you to change merchant accounts. They are a horrible business. If you call the number back you can add your number to the list not to be called. Ridiculous we have to call to be taken off but it only takes 10 seconds & it is so worth it!

This is a telemarketing call using robodialers (illegal in this state).  This is likely a disposable number that they will stop using once there are enough complaints. Another number they are currently using is 855-409-4569, another number is (214) 440-0222

The real company appears to be "Appstar" (Also claims to be "Amstar"). Per other information online, the CEO is Mark S. Leibowitz and the CFO is Ingmarie Ericksson. Emails are mark.leibowitz@appstar.net and ingmarie.ericksson@appstar.net.

They have a D-rating as a credit card processor, and are listed as a substandard business: http://www.cardpaymentoptions.com/credit-card-processors/appstar-financial/

They have 31 Ripoff Reports: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/specific_search/Appstar

The same people are affiliated with "Mulligan Funding, LLC":
http://www.formds.com/issuers/mulligan-funding-llc
5220 Tennyson Parkway
Plano, TX, 75024
Phone: (214) 440-0222

Directors and Executives (Current and Past)

Arthur Banks     Executive     
5220 Tennyson Parkway
Plano, TX, 75024

Shawn Coady     Director, Executive     
5190 Camino Playa Malaga
San Diego, CA, 92124

Ingmarie Ericksson     Director, Executive     
18971 Caminito Cantilena, #9
San Diego, CA, 92128

Andrew M. Frankel     Director, Executive     
8005 Kingsgate Circle
Plano, TX, 75024

David Leibowitz     Director, Executive     
8825 Aero Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA, 92123

Mark S. Leibowitz     Director, Executive     
8283 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA, 92037

The company is also affiliated with the following corporate family, members of which have similar poor reviews, ripoff reports, and bad ratings:

Apex Merchant Group
First American Payment Systems
First American ISO
Eliot Management Group
Trans Tech Merchant Group
Summit Merchant Solutions
Certified Payment Processing

These companies are reported to have poorly trained call agents with high turnover and sales-based pay. They reportedly do not keep employees long, and frequently advertise open positions on Youtube and in multiple cities around the US.

Rang wireline. Call blocked. Another set of two calls, one 20 seconds after the other.

Rang wireline. Call blocked. Since the first call today was blocked. A second call, an obvious re-dial, followed on in 15 seconds. That call was also blocked. No more calls, so far, today.

Rang wireline. Call blocked.

Rang wireline. Left no message.

called me by name and then asked if I was the business owner.
Told her No.
I reached you at home. I and so sorry have a peachy day.

Female on the line called my personal number about my "business." When I asked to which business she referred she just told me my name. I acknowledged my name only and she asked if my business accepted credit cards. I asked her again which business she meant (my name is not my business) and she responded with "dammit lady" and then disconnected.

I called the number back and received an automated message which instructed me to enter my phone number digitally and it would be placed on this organization's Don't Call list.  I did.  Hopefully that's the end of it.

Got a call from this number this morning.  855-409-4569.  One short sentence, most of which I did not understand.  Ended with "emergency".  Didn't reply to my request to repeat.  I hung up.

I am on the Do Not Call List, but these parasites continue calling over and over again!!!

Number has call twice. They did not speak the first time. I did not answer the next time they called immediately afterwords. They left no message.

Called this morning 2/24/14, Asked for the business owner, said he was not available and they abruptly disconnected the line. Have gotten calls before from these clowns and they do the same thing.

I answered the phone. I kept asking the person to repeat. Again and again. Why do they not speak up ? Lady caller said I was the one who did not understand and she was the one who hung up. She blamed me.

Pox on them !