Charged $69.90 without authorization

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Vivian
Country: United States
I purchased the Google Home Business Kit for $1.95 from Pacific Webworks.com, Profitstudiolearning.com.  Supposedly this is a legimate company that sells these kits.  They turned around & charged me $69.90 without previous authorization.  The terms only said a charge of $1.95 one time setup fee.  This is a scam & Google is also a party to this for allowing this company to sell with their name.

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    tj
    "Supposedly this is a legimate company that sells these kits."
    "They turned around & charged me $69.90 without previous authorization. "

    There is your answer to how "legitimate" they are.  This is exactly how this sort of scam operates:  make a "teaser" offer for a "free-trial" or just "shipping and handling", to get account information, then pile on the charges until the "mark" (you) catches on.

    "This is a scam & Google is also a party to this for allowing this company to sell with their name."

    Google has nothing to do with them.  They just "borrow" their name to make them look legitimate.  Common fraud tactic.  Just like the "Wal-Mart shopping spree" scams.

    Although you might as well send a complaint to Google's legal department, there is no legal obligation on Google to stop all unauthorized use of their name.  Fly-by-night scammers use legitimate companies' names all the time.  If they are engaged in one form of fraud or deception, you should not be surprised they are engaged in others.

    Dispute the charges as fraud with your bank and closes the account to prevent additional fraud.

    If you can't verify who a company is, you can't assume they are legitimate just because they have a web presence and can take your money.  Just because you authorize a payment doesn't mean they won't take more.
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    mabel
    I want to canceled my account with www.profitstudiolearning.com.
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    tj
    If they don't respond to or honor your request to cancel, or you cannot even contact them, treat their charges like any other unauthorized or fraudulent charge.

    Contact your bank immediately to dispute all unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and close the account to prevent future fraudulent charges.  Follow up by sending your dispute IN WRITING to the dispute address on your bank statement, and make sure they get your written dispute in less than 60 days from the statement date showing the fraudulent charge to preserve your FCBA dispute rights.

    It is important to cancel the card number they charged, and not just block charges from that company, or you may find additional charges under this or other names, later.  Also, be sure to watch you statements for your replacement card closely, since unauthorized charges to your old card can roll over to your new card for a few months even when they don't have your new card number.
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    Louis
    I think this is a scam as well.  At first I was really excited about making this kind of $$$ working from home.... the cost of $1.95 was a little suspect, but I started to sign up any way.  I got as far as putting in my cc information and I stop to read the terms of agreement. As you should, and I found that I was agreeing to have my credit card charged $79 monthly after 7 days, if I failed to cancel this trial for the $1.95.  Yep there it was buried in this long legal contract of terms. They don't tell you on the main website. So be very careful when you see this kind of offer that sounds too good to be true.. and worse of all I still don't know what I would be getting for the $1.95 or the $79 the would have charged to my credit card... that list on the website is weak and misleading.  Times are hard and they are taking advantage of us.  Wake up people, there are some very dishonest people out there thinking of ways to separate you from your money 24X7.
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    JOANNA
    I GOT SCAMMED TOO.  I JUST CALLED TO FIND OUT THE BALANCE ON MY BANK ACCOUNT AND, GUESS WHAT...  GOOGLE PROFITS LEARNING SHARGED $79.90 ON MY ACCOUNT AND OVERDREW MY ACCOUNT.  IT WAS ALSO SUPPOSE TO BE $1.95 CHARGE FOR A "KIT".  I WILL CALL MY BANK TOMORROW AND REPORT THIS AS FRAUDELENT CHARGES.  I WILL ALSO WRITE THIS COMPANY IF I CAN GET AN ADDRESS.  THIS JUST MAKES ME FURIOUS.
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    what the fluck
    i never got anything i ordered 5 months ago
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    Furious
    I too was scammed.  I even had a third party call me to discuss what I was suppose to be receiving.  When he mentioned the 69.90, I informed him that it was only suppose to be 1.95.  I told him I wanted to cancel if it was 69.90.  He said I didn't have to do the 69.90 offer, I could just get the kit for 1.95.  I said I would like the 1.95 kit but not the other offer, and we ended our conversation.  A couple weeks later, I was charged 69.90 anyway.  When I called the company, they said this was "just a third party selling our product" and that they had "no authorization to cancel anything."  They refused to give me a refund and stated that all the information was in the terms and conditions.  I have NEVER had problems with internet purchases before and am very saddened that this is what our some companies have resorted to.  If anyone has any ideas of how we can fight these people and destroy this scam business, please post.
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    DAVE
    I was also scammed by this company and have never received anything I was supposed to receive for the original $1.95 and was just hit with a $79.90 debit on my bank account. I will be calling them this morning to dispute these charges and then I will contact my bank to dispute them with them and close my account.
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    angel
    I want to cancell my account with www.profitstudiolearning.com.I never thought before that this is a scam.All i want is to earn more,instead i loose some of my hard earn money.This makes me furious already.
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    william
    does anyone actually know how to cancel this?
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    joseph montecalvo
    i decided to cancell my subscription can't afford it or i will call attorney general office   joe montecalvo it;s awful how you deceive people who work hard for there money
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    joe montecalvo
    you people should be in jail for what your doing i never was so serious in my life idon't have 70.00 your taking my rent money i am on disability i have no legs
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    Tommy Williams
    i would like to cancel my www.profitstudiolearning.com at this time i cannot afford it
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    Ernie
    I was scammed by this company and no received nothing and I was hit wiht $69.90 debit on my bank account.

    william, close your card bank account today.
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    NOT ALONE
    I too have been SCAMMED by $1.95 GOOGLE KIT...NEVER got to the "WEB SITE" for the information...was charged $81.32 from "MONEY MARKET CLUB" ?????
    Called number listed was told it was for the info I had "downloaded" from web site...Never went to site...never downloaded anything. was told NON REFUNDABLE....***RED FLAG*** SCAM ...checked account a few weeks later...$34.85  debited from account by SOCIALTOOLKIT.COM -DECLINED- Did not put $$$ in account to see what would happen....emailed them...was told it was for CD that I ordered...NEVER ORDERED ANY CD...and asked HOW DID YOU GET MY CC#...NO RESPONSE.... CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT NOW CLOSED...report them to FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION...send them all info on this SCAM and YES it is a SCAM...GOOGLE WILL NOT STOP THIS...they are the ones making the "MONEY"....REPORT THIS TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Angie
    Total scam.There is no such thing I have tried to cancel my subscription and my call keeps getting "dropped". When I finally did get through it sounds as if they are on a cell phone. The woman I spoke to took my number, name, and address, then asked for my e-mial account. She stated that my account would be closed and I would receive a cancellation e-mail in the next 24 hours. I guess I'll have to close this credit card account too in order to stop the charges, if they do not go through with their word. I have also found that they use several different address which are not legimate. I hope whoever is doing this gets punished to the fullest extent!!
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    Me Too!
    I can identify with any number of the previous comments.  Since we don't seem to have received the "packet or CD" promised for the $1.95, isn't there some legal recourse that we can take?
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    Monte
    I too was scammed with the $1.95 google buisness kit "BY PACIFIC WEBWORKS"  they sent no email or CD to work with, so we  canceled the account,we then recieved are credit card bill,"PACIFIC WEBWORKS" went an charged us $79.90 on a produce we never received an without previous authorization,after two days of calling they answered the phone,they said that you need a web page an password,they gave one went to the page,the page said temporarity disabled"NO RESULTS-NO PRODUCE"three weeks later still no results this is a money scam "BY PICIFIC WEBWORKS"there location  180S.300West,Suit400SaltLakeCity,UT.801-578-9020"THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED AN CHARGED FOR FREUD&THIEFT"an law suits,This is not rigth or fair to the people if i was to do this to others i would be in jail&charged with freud&thieft.I hope something is about this because there taking money that i don't have. thank you for reading this&listing.
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    pudden
    these people are crazy when you call to cancel they get so dumb they won't even give a address so you can get there st. address if anyone has the las vegas address for profitstudiolearning please post it thanks.
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    jim
    you are 100% wright this is a scam talked to a rep turns after long conversation she called me about my new web site was www.profit studio learning.com i already had done my search scam/// asked her where she was calling from she was so stupid she told me she was she was calling from the philpines do not ever give out your persnal info unless says windows live regards jim from windsor ontario canada
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