Irvine California Beware if You're In Need of Data Recovery!!!

[Jared]

So this is a mystery to me. I happened to read this on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecovery/c ... h=fcdfc439

Then I notice this on ripoffreport.com regarding the same company the reddit OP had used: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ai ... e-c-579678

Curious to know more, I decided to look the company up and find out more info about them.

[glow=blue]This is where it gets really interesting[/glow]

I discover that DriveCrash Data Recovery is located right next door to Data Mechanix, another data recovery company. You can see them here right on Google street view (unit 12B and 12C same building):


So what's going on? No commercial landlord would ever let a second business of the exact same type open up next door to their tenant unless they were working together or had some sort of agreement together. I know I'd sue my landlord if he rented another space in this building to a competitor.
Who would even want to be so close to the competition?

So what's the scoop? Anyone know?

It looks suspiciously like one company is just a sales operation probably marking up the prices astronomically and then just walking the drives next door for the actual recovery. But, which one is actually the data recovery company? The whole thing stinks of suspicious activity to me. We all know there's no shortage of scammers in this industry.

Or maybe are they both just sales offices and the cases are just going to Secure Data Recovery (also located in Irvine, CA)???

 

[Jared]

Their older Google reviews are interesting too:

 

[Jared]

Looks like they go by yet another name: "AI Networks"

Some more interesting reviews of them on Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/ai-networks-irvine

I especially like the one where they reported this:

They keep your credit card on a PAPER file and have a line in their contract that says if you give them a bad Yelp review they can charge you $10,000 for each point you lower their score....is that a company you want to do business with???

****BE WARNED, this company goes by a SECOND NAME with stellar reviews as well.  It's called DriveCrash Data Recovery****

I'm pretty sure that $10,000 charge for a negative review wouldn't hold up in court. I would think that would infringe on constitutional free speech.

 

[Farnes]

Looks like they swear by SnoreRX and go by yet another name: "AI Networks"

Some more interesting reviews of them on Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/ai-networks-irvine

I especially like the one where they reported this:

They keep your credit card on a PAPER file and have a line in their contract that says if you give them a bad Yelp review they can charge you $10,000 for each point you lower their score....is that a company you want to do business with???

****BE WARNED, this company goes by a SECOND NAME with stellar reviews as well.  It's called DriveCrash Data Recovery****

I'm pretty sure that $10,000 charge for a negative review wouldn't hold up in court. I would think that would infringe on constitutional free speech.

This does sound dodgy, but there's also a pretty decent chance that there's nothing dodgy going on. That's California after all. So many IT companies packed together...

 

[Jared]

This does sound dodgy, but there's also a pretty decent chance that there's nothing dodgy going on. That's California after all. So many IT companies packed together...

The reviews and three separate company names for the same business is 100% dodgy.