I have noticed an amount of money withdrawn from my debit card which I never authorized.
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tj
This is a common scam, and the Senate Commerce Committee actually held hearings on these fraudulent "discount membership" scams about a year ago, and the New York Attorney General went after several last spring.
There are a number of companies engaged in "selling" these worthless "discount memberships", splitting the take with other merchants or telemarketers. Consumer fraud losses due to this "industry" are in the hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Was the fraudulent offer through a telemarketing call?
Or was it through a call you made to order something from some merchant, possibly purchase of a product advertised on TV in an infomercial, or an on-line purchase, possibly through a pop-up? If so, what merchant, product, phone numbers, website (URL)?
Dispute fraudulent charges through your bank, and close the account or block the card number due to fraud, to prevent additional fraudulent charges. Your bank can reverse the charges if you dispute promptly. Follow up with a written dispute or fraud affidavit to preserve your FRB Reg. E or FCBA dispute rights.
Be sure to have your bank block the card number or close the account, since such scams often attempt to cram charges under different names, or sometimes "cancel", then start charging again months later, trying to slip more charges through.
Numerous complaints against these scams report that attempts to cancel or get refunds through calling such scams usually result in deceptive attempts to string consumers along and delay fraud disputes past the 60 day dispute window allowed by FCBA or FRB Reg. E. Some investigations have found that over 90% of their "customer service" calls are dealing with "cancellations", trying to resell angry "customers", or delay refunds.
You should also report this to FTC and your state Attorney General. You might also call the offices of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who conducted the hearings, just to let them know these scams are still in operation.
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Don Booth
I recently I discovered the same SEM* Budget Saver scam happened to me. By the time I noticed it I was out over $175 in monthly credit card charges. I got mothibng for it. I tracted it back to SEM Budget Saver discount for $500 in Walmart saving. Even though I cancel the application on-line. Someone will have to be punished for this and I will NEVER shop at Walmarts again.
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Marji Dodge
I can tract my scam also back to Walmart. Your right I will never shop at Walmart again.
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There are a number of companies engaged in "selling" these worthless "discount memberships", splitting the take with other merchants or telemarketers. Consumer fraud losses due to this "industry" are in the hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Was the fraudulent offer through a telemarketing call?
Or was it through a call you made to order something from some merchant,
possibly purchase of a product advertised on TV in an infomercial,
or an on-line purchase, possibly through a pop-up?
If so, what merchant, product, phone numbers, website (URL)?
Dispute fraudulent charges through your bank, and close the account or block the card number due to fraud, to prevent additional fraudulent charges. Your bank can reverse the charges if you dispute promptly. Follow up with a written dispute or fraud affidavit to preserve your FRB Reg. E or FCBA dispute rights.
Be sure to have your bank block the card number or close the account, since such scams often attempt to cram charges under different names, or sometimes "cancel", then start charging again months later, trying to slip more charges through.
Numerous complaints against these scams report that attempts to cancel or get refunds through calling such scams usually result in deceptive attempts to string consumers along and delay fraud disputes past the 60 day dispute window allowed by FCBA or FRB Reg. E. Some investigations have found that over 90% of their "customer service" calls are dealing with "cancellations", trying to resell angry "customers", or delay refunds.
You should also report this to FTC and your state Attorney General. You might also call the offices of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who conducted the hearings, just to let them know these scams are still in operation.