UNAUTHORIZED DEBIT OF MY CHECKING ACCTS
Complaint
Justin
Country: United States
I have had 2 debits from my checking account that were not authroized, one for $89.30 and $3.95 from a company known as Colon Cure, out of Utah. On my statement, the phone # used is 801-208-7485. THIS IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2711,east Craig Road
North Las Vegas NV.89115
I had no luck hearing from them or got my money .
Early April 2008 I come across what was titled: Colon Cure...Free Trial. One would think a 60 capsule container is a good deal to try free....BUT..
I read all of the information including the fine print especially where it stated that if I did not intend to follow up with additional orders I was required to call and advise accordingly within 14 days. The free offer was only supposed to cost me a shipping charge of around four dollars. I needed to know how well Colon Cure is going to be effective and I wanted to wait until I finish the entire quantity of the capsules. My bank statement showed $89.31 instead of the shipping charge. I called this morning and tried to make some inquiries as I spoke to an employee named Cindy. I had already given her my full name so I asked for her full name to which she told me that she only had just the one name! I asked her Colon Cure's address but she immediately went on her defence and while she hesitated I assured her that I already had the address and I simply wanted to verify it. She then agreed but corrected the North Las Vegas, Nevada zip code I had ie 89115 and she gave me 89030.
I then asked her for a supervisor's name so that I could write directly to the company. She asked me to wait until she gets it. I waited for over half hour and then a male spoke to me announcing that he was the supervisor. I gave him my full name and he also just gave me his first name only, that being Jason. I asked if there was a problem in divulging his surname along with his first name and he told me that he would be fired if he gave his full name. I asked him why is he not proud to have his surname associated with the name of Colon Cure, after all it is probably his livelihood. He told me that he is ecstatic about his livelihood and did not want to lose his job. I said I can understand that after all you're probably not working for peanuts even though you make this business sound very shady.
I asked him for my money to be credited back to my credit card and he told me that I do not have any right for it. I then told him that the free offer
was really not free at all. He ignored me to the point by affirming that I will not get my money refunded saying that I was like most people who did not read the fine print. I told him that it was obvious then that their fine print was intended to mislead just like the fine print on the front of the container above the brand name Colon Cure. I am wearing a pair of fairly powerful sight glasses and I still cannot read what is printed thereon. What this Jason is not aware of, as I did not want to reveal it during our discussion is that I did call after 15 days and spoke to another nameless young lady letting her know that I will not be reordering for a while and will be in touch at a later date. I thought at the time that I need to continue taking colon cure for a little while longer to make sure it is really effective. A few days after this phone call I received my bank statement and it showed Colon Cure charged me $89.31 instead of the shipping charge. One other thing: the Colon Cure container stipulates on the front of the label: " Dietary Supplement - 60 Capsules " But only 28 inside!!
I have no idea if there is anything that can be done for me and others who are also caught up in this dishonest business arrangement who seems to be cleverly set up to frame people and steal their hard earned cash. I am an aged pensioner and I surely would not have involved myself with this particular business brand name: Colon Cure had I known they use such shady manipulating type of methods. It is a great pity we do not have a governmental law office to take strict care in making sure such shady money making organized setups do not exist. It beats me why such crooked people are allowed to operate any type of business at all.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to get this off my chest. At 75 years of age I am still learning how not to trust even those who appear to be in business to help others less fortunate.
My heartfelt wish: I would like to see whether there exists a conscientious law firm who is prepared to take the challenge and run a class action against such organizations with manipulative methods. I am sure there are a lot like me who are prepared to back up and provide the evidence needed for such a court action. I very much doubt the Consumers Affairs Dept. is strong enough to tackle this problem for why then have they not ever done anything? If we just sit back and wait for our governmental powers that be to do something, a lot of us won't be around if and whenever that (may) happen.
Many thanks. Please keep me informed of any interesting updates that may occur to challenge this problem.
Sincerely,
Joe Farrugia
joefarrugia33@aol.com
http://www.ftc.gov/
This is the company info as it appeared on my credit card statement:
801-208-7485
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Did you ever get your money back? I was also scammed.
Thank you,
Robert Fillpot
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Their post:
CAREFULLY READ AND AGREE TO PURCHASE TERMS BELOW BEFORE ORDERING:
I understand that by ordering Colon Cleanse M.D., I am agreeing to receive Colon Cleanse M.D. for a free 14-day trial period (days of availability for actual usage could be less depending on shipping time) beginning on date of order. $3.95 (non-refundable) for S&P. I understand that unless I cancel by calling 1-877-350-8480 within this 14-day period, beginning on the 14th day my credit card will automatically be charged $89.31 (Free Shipping) for a 31 day supply of Colon Cleanse M.D. to be shipped at that time to my door.
Thereafter, until and unless I cancel, my credit card will automatically be charged an additional $89.31 every 31 days for a new supply of Colon Cleanse M.D.. I understand that I may cancel any future shipments Monday through Friday by calling 1-877-350-8480. Our hours of operation are from 8am to 5pm MST.
We do not accept returns on any products that have been shipped.
Colon Cleanse M.D.
4650 SW 51st Street
Suite 711
Davie, FL 33314
Colon Cleanse M.D. and all its related web sites (“Colon Cleanse M.D.”) Privacy Policy
PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME AND CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES AS IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF CHANGES. ColonCure DOES NOT PROVIDE NOTICES OF CHANGES IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN BY POSTING THE CHANGES AT THIS WEB SITE.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO Colon Cleanse M.D. OR USE ANY OF THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON ANY OF THE WEB SITES REFERRED TO IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
The information collection, use, and dissemination practices of Colon Cleanse M.D.
This policy applies to Colon Cleanse M.D.'s collection, use, storage and disclosure of information by Colon Cleanse M.D. on its (a) websites, including all its divisions, subsidiaries and related companies (collectively, the "Websites"), (b) on various third party websites, and (c) to Colon Cleanse M.D.'s other information collection, including the purchase of customer lists from third parties. Colon Cleanse M.D. is not responsible for the information collection or privacy practices of third web sites or applications.
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information.
Colon Cleanse M.D. collects information from individuals by various methods, including, but not limited to, when an individual voluntarily completes an Colon Cleanse M.D. survey, order form, or a registration page either online or offline, or by means of online or offline surveys, order forms, or registration pages operated by third parties (collectively, a "Survey"). (As used herein, "online" means using the Internet, including the Websites, and related technologies, and "offline" means by methods other than online, including in person, in the postal mail, using telephones and cell phones, and other similar means.) In the Surveys, Colon Cleanse M.D. or a third party (a "Third Party") may ask an individual to provide various information to Colon Cleanse M.D., which may include his or her name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and marital status, occupation, social security number, employment information, personal and online interests, and such other information as may be requested from time to time (together, "Survey Information"). Colon Cleanse M.D. may also collect information concerning an individual from another source and uses that information in combination with information provided from this web site. Completing the Surveys is completely voluntary, and individuals are under no obligation to provide Survey Information to Colon Cleanse M.D. or Third Party, but an individual may receive incentives from Colon Cleanse M.D. or a Third Party in exchange for providing Survey Information to Colon Cleanse M.D..
1.2 Third Party List Information.
Colon Cleanse M.D. collects information from individuals when an individual provides information to a third party and Colon Cleanse M.D. subsequently purchases, licenses, or otherwise acquires the information from the third party (the "Seller"). Such purchased information may include, but is not limited to, an individual's name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, credit card information, education and marital status, occupation, industry of employment, personal and online interests, and such other information as the individual may have provided to the Seller (together, "Third Party List Information"). When acquiring Third Party List Information, Colon Cleanse M.D. seeks assurances from the Seller that the Seller has a right to transfer the Third Party List Information to Colon Cleanse M.D. and that the Seller has a right to provide offers from advertisers to the individuals whose personal information is included on the Seller's list.
1.3 Other Information.
Other occasions when Colon Cleanse M.D. obtains information from individuals include (1) when an individual is making a claim for a prize or seeking to redeem an incentive offered by Colon Cleanse M.D. or by a third party, (2) when an individual requests assistance through Colon Cleanse M.D.'s customer service department, and (3) when an individual voluntarily subscribes to a Colon Cleanse M.D. service or newsletter (together, "Other Information").
1.4 Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info Collected Using Technology.
Colon Cleanse M.D. currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to associate certain Internet-related information about an individual with information about the individual in our database. Additionally, Colon Cleanse M.D. may use other new and evolving sources of information in the future (together, "Technology Information").
(a) Cookies.
A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard drive of the individual's computer that allows Colon Cleanse M.D. to identify the individual with his or her corresponding data that resides in Colon Cleanse M.D. 's database. You may read more about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com. Individuals who use the Websites need to accept cookies in order to use all of the features and functionality of the Websites.
(b) Web Beacons.
A web beacon is programming code that can be used to display an image on a web page (by using an <img src="x"> programming function -- see http://truste.org for more information), but can also be used to transfer an individual's unique user identification (often in the form of a cookie) to a database and associate the individual with previously acquired information about an individual in a database. This allows Colon Cleanse M.D. to track certain web sites an individual visits online. Web beacons are used to determine products or services an individual may be interested in, and to track online behavioral habits for marketing purposes. For example, Colon Cleanse M.D. might place, with the consent of a third party website, a web beacon on the third party's website where fishing products are sold. When Joe, an individual listed in Colon Cleanse M.D.'s database, visits the fishing website, Colon Cleanse M.D. receives notice by means of the web beacon that Joe visited the fishing site, and Colon Cleanse M.D. would then update Joe's profile with the information that Joe is interested in fishing. Colon Cleanse M.D. may thereafter present offers of fishing related products and services to Joe. In addition to using web beacons on web pages, Colon Cleanse M.D. also uses web beacons in email messages sent to individuals listed in Colon Cleanse M.D.'s database.
(c) New Technology.
The use of technology on the Internet, including cookies and web beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is Colon Cleanse M.D.'s use of new and evolving technology. As a result, Colon Cleanse M.D. strongly encourages individuals to revisit this policy for any updates regarding its use of technology.
1.5 Outside Information.
Colon Cleanse M.D. may receive information about individuals from third parties or from other sources of information outside of Colon Cleanse M.D. including information located in public databases ("Outside Information").
1.6 Individual Information.
As used herein, Individual Information means Survey Information, Third Party List Information, Other Information, Technology Information, and Outside Information, and any other information Colon Cleanse M.D. gathers or receives about individuals.
1.7 No Information Collected from Children.
Colon Cleanse M.D. will never knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 13. If Colon Cleanse M.D. obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately deleted from our database. Because it does not collect such information, Colon Cleanse M.D. has no such information to use or to disclose to third parties. Colon Cleanse M.D. has designed this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
1.8 Credit Card Information.
Colon Cleanse M.D. may in certain cases collect credit card numbers and related information, such as the expiration date of the card ("Credit Card Information") when an individual places an order from Colon Cleanse M.D.. When the Credit Card Information is submitted to Colon Cleanse M.D., such information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. Colon Cleanse M.D. will use the Credit Card Information for purposes of processing and completing the purchase transaction, and the Credit Card Information will be disclosed to third parties only as necessary to complete the purchase transaction.
2. Use of Individual Information.
2.1 Discretion to Use Information.
THE COMPANY MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
The following paragraphs in Section 2 describe how Colon Cleanse M.D. currently uses Individual Information, but Colon Cleanse M.D. may change or broaden its use at any time. As noted below, Colon Cleanse M.D. may update this policy from time to time. Colon Cleanse M.D. may use Individual Information to provide promotional offers to individuals by means of email advertising, telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, online banner advertising, and package stuffers, among other possible uses.
If you do not wish us to use personal information about you to promote or sell our products and services or to sell, transer or otherwise provide personal information about you to third parties, please inform us by contacting customer service at 1-877-350-8480 and we will certainly honor your request.
2.2 Email.
Colon Cleanse M.D. uses Individual Information to provide promotional offers by email to individuals. Colon Cleanse M.D. may maintain separate email lists for different purposes. If email recipients wish to end their email subscription from a particular list, they need to follow the instructions at the end of each email message to unsubscribe from the particular list.
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages.
In certain commercial email messages sent by Colon Cleanse M.D., an advertiser's name will appear in the "From:" line but hitting the "Reply" button will cause a reply email to be sent to Colon Cleanse M.D.. The "Subject:" line of Colon Cleanse M.D. email messages will usually contain a line provided from the advertiser to Colon Cleanse M.D..
2.2(b) Solicited Email.
Colon Cleanse M.D. only sends email to individuals who have agreed on the Websites to receive email from Colon Cleanse M.D. or to individuals who have agreed on third party websites to receive email from third parties such as Colon Cleanse M.D. Colon Cleanse M.D. does not send unsolicited email messages. As a result, statutes requiring certain formatting for unsolicited email are not applicable to Colon Cleanse M.D.'s email messages.
2.3 Targeted Advertising.
Colon Cleanse M.D. uses Individual Information to target advertising to an individual. When an individual is using the Internet, Colon Cleanse M.D. uses Technology Information (see also Section 2.5 below) to associate an individual with that person's Individual Information, and Colon Cleanse M.D. attempts to show advertising for products and services in which the person has expressed an interest in the Surveys, indicated an interest by means of Technology Information, and otherwise. Colon Cleanse M.D. may, at its discretion, target advertising by using email, direct mail, telephones, cell phones, and other means of communication to provide promotional offers.
2.4 Direct Mail and Telemarketing.
Colon Cleanse M.D. uses Individual Information to advertise, directly or indirectly, to individuals using direct mail marketing or telemarketing using telephones and cell phones.
2.5 Use of Technology Information.
Colon Cleanse M.D. uses Technology Information (1) to match a person's Survey Information and Third Party List Information to other categories of Individual Information to make and improve profiles of individuals, (2) to track a person's online browsing habits on the Internet, (3) to determine which areas of Colon Cleanse M.D.'s web sites are most frequently visited. This information helps Colon Cleanse M.D. to better understand the online habits of individuals so that Colon Cleanse M.D. can target advertising and promotions to them.
2.6 Profiles of Individuals.
Colon Cleanse M.D. uses Individual Information to make a profile of an individual. A profile can be created by combining Survey Information and Third Party List Information with other sources of Individual Information such as information obtained from public databases.
2.7 Storage of Individual Information.
Colon Cleanse M.D. stores the Individual Information in a database on Colon Cleanse M.D. computers. Our computers have security measures (such as a firewall) in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under Colon Cleanse M.D.'s control. Not withstanding such measures, Colon Cleanse M.D. cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent Colon Cleanse M.D. computers from being illegally accessed, and the Individual Information on them stolen or altered.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1 Sale or Transfer to Third Parties.
Colon Cleanse M.D. MAY SELL OR TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY PURPOSE IN Colon Cleanse M.D.'s SOLE DISCRETION.
If you do not wish us to use personal information about you to promote or sell our products and services or to sell, transer or otherwise provide personal information about you to third parties, please inform us by contacting customer service at 1-877-350-8480 and we will certainly honor your request.
3.2 Order Fulfillment.
Colon Cleanse M.D. will transfer Individual Information to third parties when necessary to provide a product or service that a person orders from such third party while using Colon Cleanse M.D. web sites or when responding to offers provided by Colon Cleanse M.D.
3.3 Legal Process.
Colon Cleanse M.D. may disclose Individual Information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, and other legal processes.
3.4 Summary Data.
Colon Cleanse M.D. may sell or transfer non-individualized information, such as summary or aggregated anonymous information about all persons or sub-groups of persons.
3.5 Access.
Individuals have access to their Individual Information collected to provide an opportunity for an individual to correct, amend, or delete such information. Access can be obtained by contacting customer service at the number on the order page. Colon Cleanse M.D. may also grant advertising clients and email services providers’ access to an individual's email address to verify the origin of the Individual Information collected.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1 Advertiser cookies and web beacons.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies (together, "Advertisers") who place advertisements on the Websites and on the Internet generally may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other technology to collect information about individuals. Colon Cleanse M.D. does not control Advertisers' use of such technology and Colon Cleanse M.D. has no responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information about individuals.
4.2 Links.
The Websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext links to the web sites of third parties. Colon Cleanse M.D. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other web sites. Linked web sites may contain links to web sites maintained by third parties. Such links are provided for your convenience and reference only. Colon Cleanse M.D. does not operate or control in any respect any information, software, products or services available on such third party web sites. The inclusion of a link to a web site does not imply any endorsement of the services or the site, its contents, or its sponsoring organization.
4.3 Affiliated Companies.
Colon Cleanse M.D. may disclose, transfer, and sell Individual Information to entities affiliated with Colon Cleanse M.D. in Colon Cleanse M.D.'s discretion.
5. Unsubscribe Procedures.
If you wish to discontinue receiving email messages from 2711 East Craig Road Suite K please visit https://www.secureeasypay.com/unsubscribe/ or write to:
Colon Cleanse M.D.
2711 East Craig Road Suite K
North Las Vegas, NV 89030
We reserve the right to add Individual Information to multiple lists maintained by Colon Cleanse M.D.
For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to visit: www.ftc.gov
If you have questions about this policy, please feel free to contact us at the number on the order page.