This is probably the most unsubstantiated bunch of mumble gumble that has hit the Internet since it’s beginning.

They make all sorts of claims how they are here to open up all the scams and scam promoters running around hiding themselves from the general public, and this is exactly what they entice their readers and posters to do themselves.

Let me explain, Rip Off Report allows anyone who has a keyboard connected to the Internet to post anything they wish too with complete and total aminimity. Rip Off Report discourages anyone to list their information and will remove it if you do so, this makes anyone who might be credible pushed into the same black hole as all those Hidden Zombies are hiding in.

Once, one of these Hidden Zombies gets their claws into a person or company, they do not let go, and if someone comes to their defense of the person or company that the post is about, they are treated even worst. They are called liars, tricksters, working for the company and so on. I believe most of these Hidden Zombies are the competitors that they are trying to gain market share from, at the expense of others.

I have studied hard at finding anything really good to say about RipOff Reports website, but I keep coming up empty

RipOff Reports criticize the BBB for not hitting their members harder and making comments that the BBB allows their members to get away with deceitful business practices for the sole reason of their membership fees. We find no truth in this whatsoever, if anything take a closer look at all those PAID ads that the Rip Off Report sponsors, they are making a lot of CASH at the cost of others reputations.

I am not saying that we find no truth in any of the posts found on the Rip Off Report, were are merely stating that there is NO WAY to determine the validity of the poster him or herself. With this in mind, we can only conclude that what we have read and other who have said that the Rip Off Report Business Model is based upon a late night type Springer TV Show.

In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of publishing (meaning to a third party) a false statement that negatively affects someone's reputation. "Defamation" is the term generally used internationally, and is accordingly used in this article where it is not necessary to distinguish between "libel" and "slander"


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Ripoffreport/EZBC Fraudulent Scheme

The Group of Criminals (Click here to see Criminal Architects) has created what appear to be two beneficial sites for consumers.

First Site

The first Site is Rip Oof, which is a site that encourages unhappy customers and employees to post their complaints on the website. In order to post a complaint the victim must post and address, phone number, and valid email address. This is all to make sure the information is legit the company claims.

Once the Rip Oof has duped the victims into posting a negative report, then the operation begins.

The first thing they do is try to sell the customer a pamphlet on how to attack companies. This book basically advises customers to harass and attack the company, especially to keep posting on Rip Off. (Click here to see link for manual solicitation)

The second thing that Rip Oof does is send emails to the posters asking for donations to help fight legal battles with these companies. They use a combination of guilt and veiled threats. We are being attacked by these companies because we just want to help you the consumer. Please help us; we can barely keep our doors open and our servers running. “Our legal costs will bankrupt us”, they claim. Then the veiled threat; implying that the evil corporations do not want to sue just Rip Oof, but also the poster of negative information. “We will do everything we can to protect you, we just need money for lawyers”, they claim. (Click Here for a sample of the letters sent out by RipoffReport.com)

After trying to collect money from the consumer then Ripoff charges a business $25 to respond to a complaint after the fourth response. To keep the responses going Rip Oof emails every complaining consumer every time a complaint is responded to. This gets the consumers to keep complaining and forces the company to keep responding. If the consumer does not file additional complaints, Rip Oof simply makes some up. This forces the company to pay to respond.

Initially it stopped there and was just a run of the mill penny anti scam run by convicted felon Ed Magedson (He bills himself as “Editor” on the site). He probably wouldn’t have attracted too much attention and could have continued this scam forever, but then they decided to go for the big dollars:

EZBC – Criminal Ed Magedson then joined forces with a group of criminals that formed the Easy BC (Click here to see a list and history of the EZBC founders)

The name of the game is now blackmail. The system was designed to extort money from large companies (no longer satisfied with penny anti consumer donations), Easy BC and Rip Oof now targeted the deep pockets.

Once a consumer or disgruntled employee posted something negative about a company. Rip Oof would then make sure that information was picked up by the search engines whenever anyone did a search for the company. Thus, anytime the company was searched on Google or Yahoo the negative information would be seen.

When companies showed that information was false or libelous, Rip Oof then hid behind free speech (Click here too find out why this is not just free speech). It is simply people expressing their opinion; we have no control they would argue.

Then Rip Oof would make the companies and individuals pay large sums of money to have the information removed or modified.

Companies, not wanting to get into protracted litigation and wanting to just clean up information found paying Rip Oof cheaper than getting into a long drawn out legal battle. The settlements were typically in the $25,000 range.

Still not satisfied, Rip Oof and Easy BC have begun additional techniques to put more pressure on companies.

Past Records – If a company President of any officers or directors had ever had a legal problem Ripoff and Easy BC hype the problem and post sites and excerpts from media articles that talked about the problem. Their goal is to make it look like the problem is with the current company. For example if an officer of a company had been investigated for a crime, even if he was cleared, they would make a big deal about the investigation and post news excerpts without ever saying that he was cleared. If the company tries to get out information that the officer was cleared or that the issue was unrelated to the current company, Easy BC and Ripoff promptly post information saying that the individual used high priced lawyers or somehow evaded the law.

Guilt by Association – If they cannot find anything on the current owners, officers or directors of a company they would simply find an employee with a legal problem and hype the fact that the company was a bunch of criminals. Sometimes the employee would be a low level employee and the company would be forced to terminate the employee. In such cases Easy BC and Ripoff start posting that the company finally got rid of the criminals only when it was attacked and that maybe other criminals lurked.

Guilt by Distant Association – Easy BC and Ripoff have sometimes gone so far as to find companies that have vendors with a legal problem. Say company A hires Company B to provide services such a consulting or printing. If Ripoff and Easy BC cannot find any dirt on anyone at Company A, but uncovers an employee of Company B with a legal past they will attack Company A saying it has criminals doing work for it. This simply expands their net, as no company can check the employees of every vendor it uses.

Taking Down Negative Postings – Some companies when attacked posted rebuttals on Ripoff. If the information was incorrect the company would simply dispute it. If the information posted was true or partially true the company would admit the problem and post how it was being handled. EZBC and Ripoff would simply delete postings that corrected incorrect information, if the company had admitted to a portion of the wrongdoing, Easy BC and Ripoff would simply post the companies admission everywhere. They take the admission out of context and point to them as proof that the company is an ongoing scam.

Creating Postings – In some instances the Rip Oof and Easy BC would simply make up negative information about a company and post it.

Involving Legitimate Media – By collecting both true and untrue negative reports Ripoff and Easy BC have tried to incite legitimate media organizations to run stories about companies that they are pressuring.

Involving Law Enforcement – Sometimes by having enough false information posted Ripoff and Easy BC have gotten real customers who might feel that they have been working with a legitimate company to believe that they have been duped. These companies then file real complaints. To put more pressure on the companies to settle Rip Oof and Easy BC will encourage these customers to file complaints with the Attorney General or other authorities. Once the Attorney General starts investigation the complaints they will immediately seize on this information to show that the company is being investigated.

Fabricating Documents – Easy BC began the practice of making official looking documents. They made the page look like a BBB page, a lawsuit, or even a newspaper article. These pages would then be displayed on the site or through links.

All of these tactics were for one thing – to extort money from companies. They gambled that companies would prefer to pay hush money than gamble with losing customers or get into protracted litigation. There was also another problem with getting into protracted litigation. The Easy BC creators hid behind the anonymity of the Internet. Ed Magedson would never allow his address or information out. When sued he told a Judge that he wanted to enter witness protection programs because he was afraid for his life.

How the tide is turning

BEIC is leading the charge against this group of criminals. Instead of each company having to fight the battle alone, BEIC has organized many companies and individuals who have had enough of being blackmailed and extorted. We are continuing to seek companies to join the fight.

This site is for the victims of Ed Magedson from "Rip Off Report"

(See links Below)

It is obvious from the number of posted defenses, that perhaps hundreds or even thousands of people and businesses allege Rip Off Report is presenting fraudulent, misleading, exaggerated, damaging and malicious information that is neither scrutinized or verified as legitimate. 

It is further relevant that numerous individuals including myself have been offered a means by Ed Magedson to create a positive report through his "Corporate Advocacy" for a fee.

It is further reported through various complainants that attorney Maria Crimi Speth is believed to be a partner and accessory to the damaging actions caused by the "Rip Off Report" site.

It is therefore appropriate that all victims be provided an opportunity to recover damages caused by the actions of Ed Magedson and Maria Crimi Speth.  

It is further believed that a multi- Billion dollar suit can be filed against "Googel" and other web hosting sites that offer "Rip Off Report".

 It is further believed that a Billion dollar class action suit can be filed against Ed Magedson, Maria Crimi Speth and all John Does.

 I addition a petition from the victims can be filed with the US Attorney General seeking charges against Ed Magedson and Maria Crimi Speth.

 Following are Links on the Internet to review, and a link for victims to register to join this action against Rip Off and all John Does. 

 All information will be directed to a Former FBI Special Agent retired, and a former Senator and US Attorney. Their names are not being made public to protect them while the investigation is underway. However, each registered victim will be contacted and provide this and further information. All information will be held in strict confidence.

contact: Contact US

(Defense Links you must see)

(Jugements from the Superior Court against Rip Off Report)