This scam is run by Integretel / Email Discount Network

General symptoms

• You get a charge from Integretel on your monthly phone bill
• The charge is for EmailDscnt
• When I googled for EmailDscnt, nothing was found

Simple, they claim that I signed up for a discounted email account over the internet with

Email Discount Network
EmailDiscountNetwork.com

Domain Name: EMAILDISCOUNTNETWORK.COM
   Registrar: BULKREGISTER, LLC.
   Whois Server: whois.bulkregister.com
   Referral URL: http://www.bulkregister.com
   Name Server: NS2.RACKSPACE.COM
   Name Server: NS.RACKSPACE.COM
   Status: ACTIVE
   Updated Date: 06-jul-2005
   Creation Date: 23-jul-2004
   Expiration Date: 23-jul-2008

Email Discount Network 
   1844 Nob Hill Road, #142
   Plantation, FL 33322
   US

   Domain Name: EMAILDISCOUNTNETWORK.COM

   Administrative Contact:
        Email Discount Network marketing@emaildiscountnetwork.com
        Email Discount Network
        1844 Nob Hill Road, #142
        Plantation, FL 33322
        US
        Phone: 212-465-2614 
        Fax: 
   Technical Contact:
        Email Discount Network marketing@emaildiscountnetwork.com
        Email Discount Network
        1844 Nob Hill Road, #142
        Plantation, FL 33322
        US
        Phone: 212-465-2614 
        Fax: 
   Billing Contact:
        Email Discount Network marketing@emaildiscountnetwork.com
        Email Discount Network
        1844 Nob Hill Road, #142
        Plantation, FL 33322
        US
        Phone: 212-465-2614 
        Fax: 

   Record updated on 2005-07-06 00:20:45
   Record created on 2004-07-23
   Record expires on 2008-07-23
   Database last updated on 2006-02-06 12:59:24 EST




Coupon Club Of America 
   208 East 51st Street, #378
   New York, NY 10022
   US

   Domain Name: EDNMAIL.COM

   Administrative Contact:
        Organization Contact info@couponclubofamerica.com
        Coupon Club Of America
        208 East 51st Street, #378
        New York, NY 10022
        US
        Phone: 2124652614 
        Fax: 
   Technical Contact:
        Organization Contact info@couponclubofamerica.com
        Coupon Club Of America
        208 East 51st Street, #378
        New York, NY 10022
        US
        Phone: 2124652614 
        Fax: 
   Billing Contact:
        Organization Contact info@couponclubofamerica.com
        Coupon Club Of America
        208 East 51st Street, #378
        New York, NY 10022
        US
        Phone: 2124652614 
        Fax: 

   Record updated on 2005-03-29 21:10:01
   Record created on 2005-03-29
   Record expires on 2007-03-29
   Database last updated on 2006-02-06 12:58:09 EST

Registrant:
Integretel Inc
   5883 Rue Ferrari
   San Jose, CA 95138
   US

   Domain Name: INTEGRETEL.COM

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
      Punzalan, Wilfredo		wpunzalan@integretel.com
      Integretel Inc
      5883 RUE FERRARI
      SAN JOSE, CA 95138-1857
      US
      408-362-4000

   Record expires on 01-Dec-2006.
   Record created on 02-Dec-1996.
   Database last updated on 6-Feb-2006 13:07:02 EST.

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This is wild, both Integretel Inc and Kinko's Copies have the same phone number

408-362-4000
Integretel Inc
5883 Rue Ferrari - San Jose, CA 
 
Kinko's Copies
830 Blossom Hill Road - San Jose, CA 


Reference - http://sanjose.zami.com/Telephone_Service/A-Z
 
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from http://www.pubstaff.commerce.state.nc.us/pscomms/pspg.pdf
same phone number

Docket #: SC-1727 Status: Granted
Certificate #: PSP-1691A
Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC
d/b/a:
5883 Rue Ferrari,
San Jose, CA 95138
408-362-4000
Date Certified: 10/2/2003

Pinging www.inmatecallingsolutions.com [63.119.158.220]

   Domain Name: INMATECALLINGSOLUTIONS.COM
   Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
   Whois Server: whois.melbourneit.com
   Referral URL: http://www.melbourneit.com
   Name Server: NS1.INTEGRETEL.COM
   Name Server: NS2.INTEGRETEL.COM

• According to Google Maps, 1844 Nob Hill Road, #142 Plantation, FL 33322 is the back side of a house located on another road.
• Notice that the Florida and New York City phone numbers are the same - 212-465-2614
• integretel.com no longer has an IP address - it did several days ago when I visited their site

This trace was made 02-06-06

EMAILDISCOUNTNETWORK.COM [69.20.121.38]

C:\Documents and Settings\a>tracert 69.20.121.38

Tracing route to mail.ednmail.com [69.20.121.38]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

 11    12 ms    11 ms    11 ms  te-9-2-ar01.capitolhghts.md.bad.comcast.net [68.87.129.145]
 12    10 ms    11 ms    11 ms  68.87.16.165
 13    13 ms    11 ms    11 ms  12.118.122.5
 14    15 ms    16 ms    18 ms  tbr2-p011701.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.9.110]
 15    12 ms    12 ms    13 ms  12.122.81.249
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17    12 ms    13 ms    14 ms  vlan901.core1.iad1.rackspace.com [69.20.1.10]
 18    12 ms    14 ms    14 ms  aggr116a.iad1.rackspace.com [69.20.2.35]
 19    14 ms    14 ms    14 ms  mail.ednmail.com [69.20.121.38]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\a>tracert INTEGRETEL.COM
Unable to resolve target system name INTEGRETEL.COM.

C:\Documents and Settings\a>tracert 65.218.199.20

Tracing route to 65.218.199.20 over a maximum of 30 hops

 11    10 ms    11 ms    11 ms  te-9-2-ar01.capitolhghts.md.bad.comcast.net [68.
87.129.145]
 12    11 ms    11 ms    11 ms  68.87.16.153
 13    12 ms    13 ms    14 ms  12.118.122.5
 14    13 ms    15 ms    13 ms  tbr1-p010401.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.9.106]
 15    12 ms    11 ms    12 ms  ggr2-p310.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.9.113]
 16    14 ms    14 ms    14 ms  0.so-2-2-0.BR1.SCL2.ALTER.NET [204.255.169.1]
 17    15 ms    14 ms    14 ms  0.so-5-0-0.XL1.DCA5.ALTER.NET [152.63.43.170]
 18    86 ms    87 ms    86 ms  0.so-6-0-0.XL1.LAX4.ALTER.NET [152.63.112.137]
 19    87 ms    89 ms    87 ms  193.ATM6-0.GW4.LAX4.ALTER.NET [152.63.113.89]
 20   105 ms   105 ms   105 ms  integretel-gw2.customer.alter.net [208.222.11.130]
 21     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 22     *        *        *     Request timed out.

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C:\Documents and Settings\a>tracert integretel.com
Unable to resolve target system name integretel.com.

Pinging www.integretel.com [63.119.158.217]

C:\Documents and Settings\a>ping couponclubofamerica.com
Ping request could not find host couponclubofamerica.com. Please check the name
and try again.


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Pinging residentialemail.com [69.20.121.38]

FindADegree.com   [69.20.92.81]
208 East 51st Street, #378 New York, NY 10022 

http://www.billingresource.com/contact/4-3-1.asp
Pinging www.billingresource.com [63.119.158.218]

Partners
  PaymentOne
  Inmate Calling Solutions
  900 Information Services

You must have the authority to incur charges to a local telephone bill to obtain an Account.

In connection with receiving an Account, we will immediately bill to you a non-refundable, one-time set-up fee of $12.95 and, thereafter, monthly charges of $14.95. All charges associated with your Account will be billed on your local telephone bill on the INTEGRETEL bill page on behalf of "Email Discount Network".

The Program is available only through the Website.

• Email Discount Network, Integretel, ripoff ... - This person never signed up, received a bill, canceled, and got another bill

  This is the address associated with the company - notice that the phone number is different

  Email Discount Network
  1844 Nob Hill Road, #142
  Plantation Florida 33322
  U.S.A.
  Phone Number: 800-730-8199
  

• CERB (Coalition to Ensure Responsible Billing) contains a list of questionable people ... including Ken Dawson of Integretel

I talked about this problem with my representative to Congress (at a Town Hall Meeting). His aid suggested that I call the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC).

The SCC was EXTREMELY helpful

• They called the telephone company for me
• Because of that call, the phone company removed the charges (they refused to do that when I called)
• Also, thanks to the VA SCC, there is now a block on my phone account so that no company can add charges to my bill without my explict permission ... I have to actually contact the phone company myself to get the charges allowed.

The Federal Law requires phone companies to accept charges such as these ... it is a part of deregulation.

The real problem here is that anyone can add charges to YOUR bill ... it is the default - if you object, you must call and tell the phone company not to allow them. Then you must call the company that added the charges to get them removed.

A better system (in my opinion) would be that the phone company MUST disallow such charges until you specifically allow them by calling the phone company yourself.

• Beware Mystery Fees for Web Services discusses cramming and quotes cerb.org

• FTC Charges several firms with Illegal Billing , October 5, 2000
  Apparently, Verity International, Ltd. loaded a parasite on computers. Using a modem, the parasite was able to automatically dial out-of-country numbers at $3.99 per minute. The average bogus phone bills were about $250. Integretel and AT&T were included in the suit for lying to customers and, basically, not helping them.

  Integretel, a service bureau and billing aggregator, through its subsidiary eBillit, sent more than 67,000 invoices to consumers during the second week of September 2000. Another 44,000 bills were sent out the following week ...

  Why would they help if they are making that kind of a profit?

  In fact, Integretel representatives falsely insisted that, regardless of the explanation, line subscribers are responsible for the charges for videotext accessed over their telephone lines.

  This is your government working for you ... good job.

  Police blotter: Porn-dialing firm loses appeal - Verity International losses its appeal.

• Does INTEGRETEL Prey Upon Telephone Customers?
  Blow by blow details of another crooked billing scam - Integretal admits that a parasite made the calls and offers to refund 50% of the charges.

• The Florida Attorney General investigates complaints against Email Discount Network for Phony Phone Charges, May 16, 2006.

URL: http:// mc-computing.com / Parasites / Integretel_Fraud_parasite.html