Since 1997 Lodmell & Lodmell has worked with many clients, and for nearly that entire time we have been fortunate to have not a single “complaint” from a client or otherwise. (In fact we have had dozens and dozens of clients post testimonials about our services which you can see by Clicking Here) So when a few years ago one did surface, I was extremely disturbed and immediately began researching what could possible have happened.
The report showed up on a website called “Rip Off Report” and is ostensibly from a “Jim” in NV. When we became aware of this shortly after it was posted we investigated our own client files exhaustively to determine who it might be. We could not locate anyone who fits the description. Also the content of the post is very odd. It states in whole:
“Lodmell and Lodmell sold me a worthless asset protection plan that got me in trouble with IRS and now I am being audited every year. I spent over $7000 on a piece of crap that i could have gotten on the internet for a few hundred $$$. My asset was never protected and the lawyers took my bank accounts and had me lose my business that i worked my whole life to build up from the start.
Don’t fall for their advertising that they help you when really they want to take your money and never do any thing but a bunch of crappy paperwork. this is really a telemarketing ploy to get alot of money for bogus filings. Don’t be another consumer ripped off by LODMELL. Save your money and don’t send them a check cause you will regret it!!”
It states that the planning got him audited by the IRS. It also states that they paid $7,000. Both of these are highly unlikely as our planning is prices in stages, none of which add up to $7,000. Further, nothing we do would “trigger” an IRS audit in any way. The post simply did not ring true as a legitimate client speaking.
Nevertheless, at first I took it very seriously and investigated how to resolve this for all involved. However, in our research we discovered that Rip Off Report is itself a rip off. My determination is that their scam is to post a fake and unverifiable “report” (or at the very least encourage unverified and attacking posts) and then suck you into paying for an expensive rebuttal process managed by them. Their founder has had many legal troubles in the past, including racketing charges and in one case a $50,000 reward was posted for his personal whereabouts.
Given the disturbing facts, Lodmell & Lodmell has thus has made a conscious choice not to get entangled with their scam at all by interfacing with them or attempting to get this erroneous post removed in any way. I have a feeling if we did many more posts would suddenly appear needing resolution for a fee. Here are a few links to the many, many problems the site, and it’s questionable founder, has:
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http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=11587
http://drjaniceduffy.com/home/legitimate-consumer-websites/ripoff-report-ripping-off-consumers-2/#.Ua4AW-vPPsk
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