Scams -
Beware of the Berry - it can can make you poorer
Would it be
appropriate to warn your readers of a current Internet scam. Acai
Berries are the latest slimming fad and its feasible that they work.
However there is an American Company advertising Acia Optimum on
various linked sites with special offers. One is a free sample with
customer just paying postage. However if you take up any of their
offers once they have your credit card number they will take large
amounts from your account on basis that you agreed to their terms and
conditions and have signed to join their program/club. This is hidden
away in a one liner amongst a lengthy screed on terms and conditions so
is a 'legal' fraud and I am trying to stop others being fleeced as i
was to the tune of nearly £200. Had to close account as Banks can't
stop.....Thanks Tony -- Tony Lowery
Another
Scam - UK travelers should avoid accepting a ten pound
discount on their next trip on National Express buses, you could be
signing up for a monthly direct debit of around £8.00 per month that is
difficult to stop. The information about the monthly subscription is
buried in small print. It always pays to check out the
terms and conditions very carefully. The company
operating the scheme is 'shopper Discounts and Rewards'. Beware!
-- R Broadbent
More on shopper
Discounts and Rewards. Since my last posting I have
probed around a bit and been offered more of these deal from companies,
most of which I would consider reputable organisations -
Beware of buying over the internet from the following companies:-
The Trainline, Expedia, Movie Tickets, Easy Jet, Allposters,
Interflora, CT Shirts.
The way they got us was
through a 'Continue' button that appeared after the transaction was
complete. National Express must have passed on our credit card details
to the company operating the racket. To have done this without my
express permission should have been a seriously illegal act.
If you dig deep you can
discover that the US parent company Webloyalty has been hauled up in
front of a senate hearing but as yet nothing similar has happened in
the UK - Check up on the
Checking up on the shopper
Discounts and Rewards entry in Wikipedia - It starts with:- "shopper
Discounts & Rewards is a thieving UK company based in Kent,
England. Its parent company Webloyalty is based in the United States.
They take money out of your account without your authorisation. Beware."
On the daily Mirror website
there were comments by 90 victims who wrote in after they published an
article on the company. Enough Said - R Broadbent Lincoln
The Getty Images
Scam. We recently received a letter from Getty Images
demanding £1,600 for an image on one of our sites. We had used an image
that had come with a template we had purchased believing that it was
royalty-free. Despite being a small not very good picture we decided to
pay up but out of curiosity decided to check the internet first and
found that we were not alone and that lots of innocent people were
forking out large sums unnecessarily.
What to do: Obviously get the
offending picture removed as soon as possible and either find one on
Wikimedia Commons or purchase one from a reputable stock image
supplier. Do not under any circumstances reply to the email or call one
of the phone numbers or send any money. In the UK no one has been
successfully prosecuted. Getty is simply trying it on. -- Albert
Morrison AceIT
More Scams - The Non- resident Indian Scam -
British Telecom Scam
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