Saw a scam ad, unfortunately on the site I write for, Examiner.com. I was reading another Examiner’s interesting article when I saw the scam ad on News7dailynyc.com.
Same old spiel about “Kelly Richards” making all this money online from some “Home Income Business Kit” they claim is only like $2.99 or whatever, but when you get to the “MyInternetCashTactics.com” scam site at this website…
https://www.myinternetcashtactics.com/c/GHD73H9D9IAK0/Default.aspx?itm=RDCA02&s1=43443&s2=515286&s3=908218142&clickid=07_106973538_44ec414d-f6cd-4a77-9e86-2ece84b1a5bc&vn=000138288
…then you click on the bottom “Term and Conditions” link, you see the real charges:
Direct Commerce Academy: When submitting this order, you agree to the trial offer for only the online shipping and handling fee of $2.97, which will provide you with instant access to our entire system. Once your three-day trial period is up, you will be charged a one-time fee of $139.95. Following this activation fee, you will receive a monthly charge of $39.95 for three months for full access to the training course.
The sad thing is all these websites that have accepted the ads — either knowingly or unknowingly, including Shine from Yahoo! and SFGate.com and other major players.
I see these types of scam ads on many major websites.
So the deal is — are there any sites to write for that don’t contain these ads?
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I THINK IT IS NOT THE WRONG OF THIS COMPANY IF YOU GUYS WER’E CHARGED… FIRST OF ALL IF YOU WILL SEE THEIR WEBSITE THEY FOLLOW THE RULES TO PUT THE TERMS ANYWHERE ON THEIR SITE AND WHEN YOU SEE THE NEXT PAGE YOU WILL NOTICE A CLEAR PRINT ABOUT THE CHARGES AFTER 5 DAYS IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE OR NOT… LET’S NOT BLAME OTHERS WHILE WE SHOULD BE DISGUSTED WITH OURSELVES IF WE ARE TOO TIRED TO READ.. SHAME ON YOU GUYS!!!!
Somehow, this company hacked into a friends email and sent me a personal message telling me that he (my friend) found this great job working from home….and that is paid him $3200 so far…..I even responded to the email and when my friend received my email response, he called me immediately. He told me that he never sent me that email and that he hadn’t been on his email in over a month. Needless to say I called and canceled my CC. I’ll find out if any charges when through. It has only been a couple of hours since I signed up for it. I’ll have to call the bank in the morning to order a new card. I was so excited that someone I knew personally was making good money posting links on the internet…NOT!
DIRECT COMMERCE ACADEMY (DCA)got me too for the 2.97 and a 29.99 fees for what I still don’t know? I have to wait 24 hours to receive a cancellation confirmation? Um, ok? But thanks to reading all your comments about this scam, I contcted my bank and cancelled my card before the $139.00 was charged. I had no idea these hidden fees existed. I sent a company called Marketecture an email because they were planning on taking out a re-curring 39.99/mth from my account after announcing via email a 10-day free trial (For what I don’t know!)Oh no your not!! Appears they are connected to DCA in some way. I sent them an email cancelling whatever the h3ll it is there selling. I Cc:d the same email to info@wisconsin.bbb.org (Better Business Bureau)
Another victim here. I was drawn in by all the media reports they claim to have on their website and that their site started with http://www.cnn.com so I thought all was legit. The said the intro offer of 2.97 was ending tomorrow so I signed up quickly, saw no terms or conditions on the site about the 139.95 fee, but got an audio which stated it was a 10 day trial period and then 39.99 would be charged monthly to my credit card. I went through the next video and hit the button for them to make me a website but when I got to the page that had me set up a merchant account and it wanted all my bank account details, I stopped and thought, “weren’t they showing us all checks and shouldn’t those checks come out of THEIR merchant account?”. I haven’t seen this alleged website they made me and I immediately googled them (should have done this first). I found this site and immediately called my bank. The $2.97 was already pending and I said I’d take that hit because I knew about that to begin with. The company also said the $2.97 charge would be coming from DCA on my statement, but my bank representative said the charge was from Excelpro (now they’re using microsoft’s image as well as CNN’s, MSNBC and Fox News) and the description of service was “computer network” next to the charge. She told me that I needed to immediately change my card number (and my husband’s since it’s the same card #- he’s going to be thrilled) before the $139.95 charge hit, as she couldn’t guarantee they’d catch the unauthorized charge if they were charging the account by switching around company names. As of now, supposedly no more charges are authorized to this card number unless me or my husband call them first.
I’m still frightened as they have my address and cell phone – all they need is my last 4 of SSN and they can get the charge through. They wanted my SSN on the merchant account set up page and thankfully a light bulb came on over my head. After reading all these horrible testimonials I’m very nervous about what this company is capable of and scared of any of their work-arounds. Since I changed my card number and the bank is aware their charges are unauthorized, should I even bother to call these scammers to cancel and deal with that headache. Funny that the guy I spoke to tonight to try and cancel right away told me told me to call the number during “normal business hours”. I could barely understand him but when I asked him what time zone he said MST and I asked “Mountain Standard Time?” and he said “yes”. Well the company is in San Diego which is PST so unless it’s a call center in the MST time zone, he’s giving me misinformation already. If I call tomorrow and get some foreign sounding person who I can barely understand I know I’m going to get the run around so shouldn’t changing my card number be enough or is there another way they can get me if I don’t cancel?
i also signed up for DCA and paid the $2.97 and then i saw a charge on my account $1.12 and $139.95. well i didnt learn my lesson and a coaching group called me because i was referred to them from direct commerce accademy. i fell for another scam by WHY PROSPERITY LLC. i paid $1,600 and financed another $2,400. this involoves a program to learn how to dropship using wholesale companies. i did all of this in august and i was skeptical the entire time, but i spent all this money and i just didn’t know what to do. i went through the entire program and it is now 4 months later and i havent made a dime. i spoke with every person i could from these companies and the truth is that im screwed out of all this money and theres nothing i can do about it. i am so embarressed that i was so stupid because now i am in $1,000′s in debt. this is just a lesson that the only way to make money in this world is working the old fashioned way and sad to say im only 20 years old. the economy is rough for us and it WAS for them until they thought of this scam. people will do anything when they hear little work and a lot of money. i realized that it is ALL a scam. i was referred from facebook and the event was entitled “making money with joanne”. if that was the same for anyone else. now i am going to change all my account information for everything i own and talk to people to find out what i can do. PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!!!!!
Of course i feel like the last one to know anything those bastards got me also,it was only suppose to be 2.97 they took me to a vip site which i really didnt want i click on it by accident but went along with it until i notice i never got my kit and a number came up to call a specialist and he ask for more money 139.00 to get my name out there on the list.So i called and cancelled my card.NEVER EVER AGAIN WILL I FALL FOR ANOTHER WORK AT HOME WEB SITE!!!!!!
Well I just joined the club of getting scammed!!! I got charged the $2.97 and another charge for $29.95. I called my CC company and they are going to issue me a new card. This stinks…
AFTER SEEING THIS I CANCELLED TOO! I SIGNED UP TODAY AND CANCELLED SAME DAY!! take 2 seconds to cancel. but i hope they send me the confirmation email. otherwise im calling again.
I paid the 2.97 for that site too, but found the scams before they charged my account the 139.95. I called the 1-800-381-1681 customer service number and cancelled my membership. Thank you for reporting this scam.
You have to read the TERMS and CONDITIONS. This is where they get you, then you will be charged once you accept. I personal will never do this again, anything thats sounds to good to be true, IS. I called my bank right away and cancelled my card and was issued another one. I was only charged $2.97. Thank god, I went on USA Today and saw the scam.
you have to read terms and conditions. thats where they tell you you will be charged, the 139.95 and 39.95. never ever will i do this again.
Also I canceled my visa debit and am picking up a totally new number tomorrow. The bank also blocked the two company names that are on the charges so far but I do not trust they will not keep using different names as the bank said they can not do anything if they do… Hence me just getting a new number given to me all together so they do not have the number any more!! Jerks
SO I went ahead and filed a dispute with the bank after being scammed. They are crediting my account but say it will take 90 days or so to do the whole investigating so I may not actually get it for sure. I also contacted the BBB and will file a dispute to be opened between me and the DCA people. SO thats all I can think of.. I tried emailing some of the contacts above too but assume nothing will come of it. Jerks
i was reading the news this morning at foxnews.com and this as looked good it actually picked up my home town and said Kelly worked at home and made $77 a day, i purchased the Kit for 2.97 and than i got a call from Chase to approve this charge (i guess they already have this name in their system as a fraud) and i cancel the transaction and orderd new cards thanks for CHASE for providing alert service,,,,,,,
Thanks for the heads up i was going to sign up but now i know the truth.
I just found out that I have been scammed by this company Thedirectcommerceacademy.com My bank was charged $139.95 and another $39.99 before I could catch it. I am so upset right now. I call the company @ 800-388-0414 spoke with a Mr. Garriet and he refused to give me a refund of the $139.95. When looking at their website back in Aug I had 5days to cancel. I did cancel the second day by emailing their customer services stating I was not interested donot charge my card. This guy I talked to on the phone said I had no proof of cancellation therefore not eligible for a refund. He proceeded to say you have to call them direct. But they do not answer their phones. What can we do to put this company out! Darleen M
Same thing happened to me today the 28th of octuber. yesterday i saw in the same “CNN” news website about this ad and i thought it was real because it was in CNN, so i began to fill a form, i only gave my phone, email, and adress, and name, when it started asking me about a credit card i got suspecious and i closed the browser. the other day while i was in school this fckers called me to tell me about the program and that i was one of the 20 elected in my area and that i will only pay $4.99 for everything i gave them most of my info except my social secuirty and my credit card. the guy didnt speak english that well and the automated machine was a mess i coulnt undestand a single thing what they were saying, i asked the “supervisor” to translate for me what the mahcine was saying but i could barely undestand him too. at the end when i got home i went the the program website and when looking for it in google i saw something about spam i clicked this website “thanks god”. then i called there and tried to cancel everything, they even tryed to charge me for some dental plan which i never wanted to get and other charges of 2.99. i called my bank and i changed my card to avoid further charges. this stupid sht costed me $12 for nothing but thanks to this website i wasnt charged for the 139. I just hope they dont steal my personal information.
Yeah, me too. The light came on when the screen after the $2.97 fee asked for another fee for VIP treatment. I closed out and looked for scam reports. Thank goodness I looked because then I got the link to the terms and the warning about the $138.67 fee in 5 days and the monthly $58.91 after that and I also got the suggestion to cancel my card and contact my bank so no future charges would happen.
You all are my heros! Thank you! And yes, I will read the terms before I sign up for anything. Thanks for reminding me ‘HOW’ to be careful.
Well, I was in the process of signing up with these guys when i came across all of your comments! So, while I had her on the phone, I cancelled, got a cancellation number and her name. Then called my credit card company to report fraud and to put a note on my account not to accept charges from them. I’m out the 2.95 but if that’s all it costs me, I’m lucky. Hope it works! I agree with Worried, when will we learn? No more online crap!
After reading everyone’s comments, I am starting to get worried if these people will cancel my account after I called. I am still waiting for a cancellation confirmation email. I am to receive it within 24 hours. I hope I do not get hit with additional charges. I am definitely going to my bank tomorrow. I called this number: 1-877-304-1477, and the lady I spoke to seemed nice, and I had no hassle of cancelling my account.
I guess I lucked out- I called both my bank and the company when I saw the $139 charge come out of my account- the bank said that they found the fine print where it said it was a trial peorid. When I called the company and accused them of being unethical and that I never got an email varification that it was a trail peorid or that I would be charged etc. they refuneded the full $139.
I also told them that when they called me hours after I had signed up and had already realized it was a waste of my time and money that I told the guy on the phone that I wasn’t interested in doing business with them and that I thought they were a rip off (which I did) and that I told him at that time to cancel my account. Apparently that call was from a different department only to sell me more stuff and didn’t have authorization to cancel my account.
But now today my account was charged $48.87- I had already canceled my debit card, this charge used my bank account number which I don’t remember giving out! now it looks like I’ll have to close the account in order to stop them from charging my account!
These scum of the earth bastard jerk offs got my wife too, she saw the ad and figured 3 bucks, why not… Well, they even called her to verify name and mailing address. During the call, when My wife asked them for more information, such as What kind of other charges and fees may pop up, they told her “we can give you our customer service number and they should be able to answer all your questions”. Then 2 days later we noticed the $139.95 transaction pending on our bank acct. As soon as the charge goes through, we’re going to dispute it and hopefully get our money back. When we called DCA to cancel and try and get our money back, we were told the same as everyone else (basically to “F” off). We filed a complaint with the BBB, which said that they cant really do anything about it, but that there were several other current complaints on the same company. We even contacted local law enforcements computer fraud division, but got no help from them. So, the card has been canceled my bank has been notified and we are currently trying to obtain legal aid on the matter. I wish that there was a class action suite against them. I think that everyone that got scammed by these dirtballs, should start one up and try to get all of the money back and hopefully make the bastards responsible pay for scamming good people who happen to be down on their luck. I mean really? scamming money out of the poor and unemployed? if any of the people responsible happen to be reading this, Karma can be a bitch and I hope I get to see it when that Karma comes back around to bite you in the ass. I hope you all burn in hell and suffer long, slow painful deaths.
I believe this company is a fraud. I really cannot figure out how their ad popped up on my computer and referenced the town where I live as well as the ad referencing reputable news outlets. Because of this, I signed up. I cannot believe I fell for this. However, when I started to review the 5 step video, I became suspicious. So I did some searching on DCA and found the many complaints. I immediately blocked by credit card and cancelled. I had to insist on getting a confirmation code as the woman who didn’t speak English too well (I suspect sitting somewhere outside of the states), said an email would be sent to me. My credit card was charged 2.99 within 10 minutes. I will put this charge in dispute with my credit card company. Thanks to all that posted here. Hopefully, I will not encounter further problems with DCA.
If u see the number 801-229-2252 This is the number that called my house. I feel that they are wanting my card number. I did some research and found that this is a scam. I am glad I thought to check them out. They gave me a bogus web address. I am to the point that if they can not speak English they are a scam!
I was scammed to by DCA. Didnt see the 5-day trial period crap. I cancel before the 5-days and had my had my debit card number changes with my bank so they cant get me for more charges. I was told my accout was canceled by DCA and that I will be refunded 29.95, will see within 3-5 business days. I cant believe I fell for this, I feel completely sick to my stomach. It horrible to know that you can be a victem of this nature when all you are trying to do is make extra $$ for you family.
Also…I never got the e-mail with info I was supposed to…
I also had $139 deducted and only thought it would be $2.95. I saw Channel& and thought it was our home channel approving this scam. They called me to see if they could “approve” me starting…and this after they took my money..,They told me I had to be interviewed along with the friend I rent from because I would be “going into Business”. They are to call me again today…I will be contacting BBB and Attorney General also along with my local Channel 7 network…doubt I’ll get my money back…
Does any one know where I can call to get my money back from these ppl? They gave me no information.
BEWARE, this company is a SCAM. Don’t fall for their lies. One minute they pull out $2.95 out of the account and the next minute $29.95 is withdrawn without my approval. I cancelled my card in time for the $139 fee but I will file a report with the Better Business Bureau and call the Attorney General’s office also. Someone should go after this company and put Dr. Jay Schrader in jail. His name is on the email I received. I wonder if he is the president and head man for this scam. I will be waiting for my refund but I doubt it.
Why does everything have to be a scam DCA got me too .They are lying bastards.Never again will i trust anyone on the internet!!!!
They got me to, but I’ve reported this scam to FBI unit IC3.
Just found out that charges are coming from Germany & Cyprus( Island in Mediterranean)
I’ve canceled my c/card & have my charges reversed by my c/card company.
Alex.
I signed up for this website after I read the LA sentinen online.It was so prommising.It sold the home PROFIT BUSINES kit just $1.97,used to $ 2.97. they said ” discount ended on oct 6th. The next day I saw that discount date changed to “oct 7th.I smellled something fishy here but i already signed up (poor me). After I gave my bank card information they allowed to watch the video”5 step”.It is really nothing there but asking to buy more stuff. I had a bad feeling about this then I contacted my friend. He searched and found out that DCA.com is a scam and read alot of bad comments. I called DCA to cancel but they said they would give me the cancellation code in 24 hrs ( weird!), talked to his manager and argued still didnt want to give me cancellation code.I was so worried they might keep charging my card like other victims. I called my bank to dispute by telling the bank that website is a scam.and get the new card. Hopefully everything will be Ok
Anyone who had the same experience pls spread to all websites that the HOME PROFIT BUSINESS( http://TheDirectCommerceAcademy.com is SCAM.
This is their tactic to attract people by selling very cheap kit just to get your bank information and keep charging after that.
The most important thing if you already signed up, contact the bank STRAIGHTAWAY! DISPUTE AND CHANGE THE CARD.
I have gotten Bit by these guys as well , and am now 2.99 + 139.95 poorer have contacted D.C.A as well as all these other people and got the standard answers they said $100 is best they can do and gave confirm # & E-mail in 24 hours will follow ,we will see, i dont know why 24 hrs. i send email and it’s instant, so i am not holding breath ! am having bank issue new card 2day this really hurts as I just got hit the other day as well for another scam by our local police dept. in redding ca. for $435 for a nice electronic Red light ticket which I clearly was in middle of intersection when yellow & it snapped red and then snapped a pict. i know this dose’nt Really have to do with DCA but, I’m just really tired of everywhere you turn another scam, and especially when people are really Hurtin & need their hard earned $$ for basics in these times somebody always has their Hooks out tryin to scam good people for a Buck it gets exhausting if you fight it it cost you more$$ & your time as well. and if you dont it just leaves the door open for others to get screwed , i personally am going through the steps to get mine back whatever it takes so these Bastards are hopefully put out of Buissness eventually as i hope others will, But it can be draining and overwhelming , and really jade a person to try and do anything that may possibly be a legitamate experience in the future, I will definitely steer clear of these type of BS offerings after this one.. I’m with Bnk of America and am going there now and get new card and show them these postings from so many in hopes they can be added to a list or something that red flags them in the future and would advise others to do the same with whomever they Bank with , and BBB as well, Good luck to all of who have Been bit in the Ass by these low lifes as I have …
DCA is refusing to refund the initial 2.99 the bank said they couldnt dispute charges unless DCA refused to refund within the initial trial period.
Here’s another one that was shafted. I talked with the idiots this morning and “Stacy”, “Nacy” whoever it was, gave me a five-digit code that is supposed to authorize $70 refund that would appear 7-10 days later. Also that I would get an email in 24 hours
Do these emails and refunds ever show up? I talked with the bank and if the 139.95 charge posts tonight we will file fraud charges tomorrow. Will it do any good?
WOW!!! THIS IS REALLY SAD HOW PPL FIND WAYS TO MAKE A FORTUNE OFF OF OTHERS BY SCAMS. I TOO WAS ALMOST SCAMMED BY THESE BASTARDS. BUT I IMMEDIATELY CALLED AND CANCELLED ANY CHARGES AND CANCELLED MY CARD. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THOSE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS TO BENIFIT THEMSELVES. I PRAY ALL OF US WILL SUCCEED IN OUR LIVES.
These People called me out of the blue and I never signed up for anything but they had all my personal information then I checked my Bank account and sure enough they had taken money out of my account. Without me going to a website, not even knowing who they were what it was about, or why they were calling me. This is a total SCAM I have been referred to 6 or seven different people and told my account was canceled but I never even gave my name to them and asked for a cancelation Number and they would not give me one. I have called the number on my bank account and on an email. And have gotten several other numbers to call that are unrelated to them. I have gotten names of people as follows:
Steven Street at 866-525-3709 ext 145
Jeremy Manire at 866-427-427-3040
Alex at 800-422-1949 Third party calling center
Chris Lawerence at 866-923-2681 who is a web developer and web site of http://www.marketecture.com
Other phone number on Bill 800-422-1949
Chris gave me the phone number of 877-875-6080 and I talked to another Alex who said my account was canceled but could not give me a cancelation number. I checked on-line ay the http://www.bbb.org.
They are listed at the BBB as an F.
Two companies and they both are frauds.
Direct Commerce Academy
c/o Go Fish Media Services. Inc
San Diego, CA 92130
And
The Direct Commerce Academy
225 S. State Street
Dover, DE 19901
I finally got an address from a person who was suppose to be a supervisor:
12526 High Bluff Dr
Ste 300 #680
San Diego, CA 92130
Also call your bank to report fraud..close your account and have your bank reissue another card
they got me too same story as the rest of these poor folks. this makes my butt hurt just like health care reform.
Also, I wanted to let everyone know, depending on your bank you should be able to get a FULL refund. For ALL the charges, if you don’t receive the package in the mail, you get that back since obviously thats theft. Then , because the other charges were not authorized, your bank will dispute it. Something of the sort happened with my husband a year and a half ago. We were charged 49-54 dollars a month, sometimes more. For COLLUN CLENSING PILLS!! My husband and I are BOTH in our early 20s.. Trust me, there’s no reason either of us would order them. Every month though, we’d receive a pill bottle in the mail, assume it was from some add or something, until i looked over his bank statements and noticed every month either some place in colorado, or arkansas took money out of our account. We live in Ohio and havent traveled past Indiana unless to go south to FL. Our bank gave us FULL refunds for 8months of those charges. They did say something though, that 6month was the standard limit, but because of how clearly obvious it was, and hideous, and because we had the paperwork and did the footwork, they would file it and see what happens…. SO EVERYONE… Go to your bank, and make sure you talk to someone. BE ASSERTIVE!! GOOD LUCK!
So, I fell for the 2.95 scam. Watched the beginning of the video with the woman and kept wondering “Why is she talking about the five steps and not going into detail?” it just seemed too fishy. So I paused the video, and googled “The Direct Commerce Academy Scam” and sure enough, here I am. Reading through everyone’s story. I immediately called the number on the back of my card and reported my card lost/stolen and told them about my last authorized transaction. However, when I read through everything on that site. No where does it say anything about the 139.95 charge. AND it gives an option for the 39.95 charge instead of the regular 139.95 charge. So it lists all three numbers, 2.95, 39.95, and 139.95 but, it says you WILL NOT be charged, or that’s what it implies. Messed up huh? And our banks and government cant do anything about it why?!? Because they’re outside of our limits. I came into this ordeal with video games. Like World of Warcraft and maplestory. It’s illegal for US citizens to sell the in-game currency. But countries like New Zealand support that kind of crap. Thus, online Role Play game currency is sold “from” other countries, all the money goes into those accounts and is eventually transferred and wired back into the brains account.. Who sometimes is sitting warm and cozy here in stateside, but is getting away with it because of a loop hole in the lies. Its friggin ridiculous.!
Okay, listen up everyone that has been scammed by Direct Commerce Academy. This is what I want you to do email this address right here info@sandiego.bbb.org This is the email address to the Better Business Bureau in San Diego which is where Direct Commerce Academy is located. Tell them your story. 70% of people that do this have a good chance of getting there problem resolved. But it will officially be filed with the BBB. This is important! Also, I am seriously considering getting a Lawyer. These people are making millions off of me and you. Let’s do something about it. If we all get together we could sue the crap out of these people and possibly change the laws when it comes to terms and agreements and the important information being more exposed. Let me know if you are interested. My email address is tammyraulerson@ymail.com
I didn’t sign up but via some malware in my browser a website pops up offering this stupid service. I keep uninstalling and re-installing the browser, but it keeps coming up.
There’s got to be an easier way to report this kind of thing to the government, because the people in charge of this scam obviously deserve lengthy prison sentences as a bare minimum.
I too fell for this scam. I signed up for the .99 instant access and then was unknowingly charged 139.95. I discovered the charge on my bank statement and immediately called the number… at the time I had no idea who had taken the money out. The rep. told me I had signed up for a lifetime membership of 139.95 and that they would also be charging me 39.35 for three months. I told her that I did not authorize this and she said by paying the .99 that I agreed to it unless i canceled within 5 days. I told her that I was not even one day outside the limit and demanded a refund. When she refused I asked for someone of higher authority she told me that she was the supervior at the time and when i asked when someone when someone would be coming in she said she did not know because they just come into work when they want…BAHAHAHAH yea right!…I told her i would be calling every hour to see if anyone had decided to come in and hung up. An hour later I called back and talked with a man this time. He said I see you called earlier… I said yes, explained the situation, and demanded my money back… He said he could only refund 70 I told him no 139.95 was taken out and that is the refund that I expect back. After a few minutes of arguing he finally connected with his manager or whomever it was and recieved authorization to refund my FULL amount. I asked for the cancellation confirmation number, called my bank to inform them, changed my debit card, and am waiting NO MORE than seven days for the money to be put back into my account. If you have been scammed as I was, please do not give be aggressive and demand a refund, keep calling back they will eventually give up.
I was scammed too. I just called to cancel and got a cancellation code per the advise here but will it really make a difference? I cancelled my debt card at the bank so they are aware of what’s going on. I have NEVER done anything like this before but it look legit. The girl I talked to was very rude and I threatened to give the number I called to the police and she quickly gave me a cancellation# at first she was going so fast that I got the last couple of numbers down but when I asked her to repeat them she gave a totally different number. When I confronted her about it she said that what she had first given me was my account number. When I asked her to repeat the last number again she gave the the exact number so I’m hoping this will really work. Thanks for the advise.
I too was scammed. I did read the terms and still I went for it. Stupid! I did it on a Friday evening so by monday I was already 3 days into it. They said they would call me on Monday at 8am but never did and I kind of forgot about it. Sure enough 139.95 appeared on my bill. I did call and cancel but I was 1 day late. I told the girl on the phone that they should all be ashamed of themselves. People that are desparate enough to go for get rich quick scams need that 139.95 to live! I said I hope sleep well at night and hung up the phone. Lesson Learned…If it sounds too good to be true…IT ABSOLUTLEY IS!
My bank tells me there is nothing they can do except make a note the I requested my account to be closed and if they charge more then they can dispute it. Since it is out of the country I think we are screwed. Does not the Attorney General have a job? What the hell do we pay his salary for? Could say the same about the President though. US citizens ha, what rights?
I was scammed by this company also and they won’t give me thier address so I cannot even contact the better business bureau about them. I went to the police to file fraud charges but there is not much they can do without an address to check on the company. I learned a valuable lesson and I now trust no one as far as work from home jobs are concerned!
Add me to the list of people who have been duped by these idiots! I was browsing on Facebook one evening and in the middle of all of the post I was reading from different people, was a “post” from a woman who was seemingly really happy about all the money she had just earned by being hooked up with these people. I clicked the link in her post to get more info, and it led me to their site and also to a lot of hassles. After paying the $2.97 or whatever it was, all I was seeing was page after page of upgrades, etc–each which would cost me more and more money. I almost never got off the computer, because the site wouldn’t let me leave it. That has been over two weeks ago. Last night, my wife asked what $139.95 had been charged to our debit card for!! We had been short of money in our bank account and when she looked at all the postings, she found the $139.95 charge. The rest of my story is just like everybody else’s: Calling the company’s phone number and getting the run-around from someone who barely spoke English–but, I might add, who was still totally well-versed in the ability to talk circles around whatever I said to them. They insisted that I had okayed the $139 charge, that there was no refund, etc. I was mad bad this time and demanded their street address–which the woman was “not authorized to give out.” Convenient! I told them that they would be hearing from my lawyer and I hung up. This morning, I noticed we had gotten an email during the night from them that said my account had officially been closed, as I had instructed. I called them back and asked what was happening to the $139 I didn’t authorize and the best the man named Max Lopez could do was to give back $40. I told him NO! He said he would connect me with the head manager. At that point, I heard a dial tone. He cut me off. Good luck, everybody!
This is a rip off!!! I have been charged 139.95 on my debit card . Godd luck trying to get get a refund. they continue to repeat the same thing over and over and refuse to give me any money back for a service I did not ask for I also did not sighn up for this so I have no idea how they got my information wich they swear I gave them. I DID NOT!!!!!
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