Thedelldays Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Somehow I have been signed up to subscribe to get some nutrition pills from the USA. Thing is, I have not signed up for them and the leaflet inside said I have to email them to stop the subscription which is 70 dollars a month. This email will not get much faith from me. Is there a way of stopping this with my bank ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Monkey Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 They're probably pulling your leg. Your bank should know of any direct debits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Got Internet banking? If so, just check all you standing orders and direct debits. If there is one there that you don't want then delete it and alert your bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Somehow I have been signed up to subscribe to get some nutrition pills from the USA. Thing is, I have not signed up for them and the leaflet inside said I have to email them to stop the subscription which is 70 dollars a month. This email will not get much faith from me. Is there a way of stopping this with my bank ? That'll teach you for giving your credit card details to gay porn sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Somehow I have been signed up to subscribe to get some nutrition pills from the USA. Thing is, I have not signed up for them and the leaflet inside said I have to email them to stop the subscription which is 70 dollars a month. This email will not get much faith from me. Is there a way of stopping this with my bank ? Is the company name acaiburn, pristinehlth, mydiet, dazzlewhite etc. etc.? There is a HUGE scam going on whereby you apply for a free trial offer (of something) and, unbeknown to you, you have signed up for never-ending supplies of whatever it is you thought was free. Not only that, if you have 'tried', say, the toothpaste, you have also sgined up for diet pills, diet plans etc. etc. even though you're not aware that you did this. They will then proceed to take c £50 a month FOR EACH PRODUCT they decide to send you whether you want it or not. I suggest you Google the names in red above to see the true, horrible nature of this scam. I got caught out via the toothpaste one but my bank tells me there's nothing I can do as I 'signed up' (even though I didn't). However, my bank is going to look further into the matter. Just stopping your bank card will make no difference as it's the account rather than the card number that triggers the payment. I've notified Consumer Direct about it and I believe there's going to be a Class Action in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 One assumes that you gave this company your acc number and sort code then BTF? If not then your bank will be honoured to stop payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 19 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Mydiet. That is the one. Just phoned my bank and they have had a few calls regarding this. There was no direct debit set up but they did take 60quid. My bank have cancelled my card, which they say should stop them taking more money. I will phone up in a week or two to ensure no direct debit appears ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Mydiet. That is the one. Just phoned my bank and they have had a few calls regarding this. There was no direct debit set up but they did take 60quid. My bank have cancelled my card, which they say should stop them taking more money. I will phone up in a week or two to ensure no direct debit appears ffs In the meantime you'll have to survive on your gold reserves unless you've sent them off in the post too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 How did they get your details in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 19 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 October, 2009 How did they get your details in the first place? I have no idea. Apart from this weekend I have hardly been online. Only been posting on here via my iPhone as am at hms collingwood is fareham. I do buy a lot of stuff online to save me time when I am fleeting between bases etc. Will have to try and be more careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Hmmm worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essruu Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Bad luck, chubby. You should have just tried to get more exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 One assumes that you gave this company your acc number and sort code then BTF? If not then your bank will be honoured to stop payment. No I simply gave them my debit card number online. This gives them access to my bank account does it not? I'm furious with myself for being caught up in all this. I always thought I was quite savvy about contracts etc. They've broken loads of consumer laws (eg they're supposed to send paper copy of Ts & Cs for online transactions apparently) The bank says I'm in contract with them. However, I've sent loads of evidence to the bank so hopefully they will sort it for me. Trouble is, as soon as one 'company' is barred from accessing the account, another company steps in. It seems grossly unfair to me but, hey, conmen don't care about fairness, do they. Apparently thousands of people in the US, Canada and here have been caught out by this so they must have raked in a f***ing fortune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Bad luck, chubby. You should have just tried to get more exercise. teehee. I think it's karma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 teehee. I think it's karma. Lots of cream and butter in a karma, should have gone for a Bhuna. Less weight gain that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 No I simply gave them my debit card number online. This gives them access to my bank account does it not? I'm furious with myself for being caught up in all this. I always thought I was quite savvy about contracts etc. They've broken loads of consumer laws (eg they're supposed to send paper copy of Ts & Cs for online transactions apparently) The bank says I'm in contract with them. However, I've sent loads of evidence to the bank so hopefully they will sort it for me. Trouble is, as soon as one 'company' is barred from accessing the account, another company steps in. It seems grossly unfair to me but, hey, conmen don't care about fairness, do they. Apparently thousands of people in the US, Canada and here have been caught out by this so they must have raked in a f***ing fortune Tell your bank it's none of their business who you choose to contract with and that you are unequivocally instructing them not to make payments to these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Threaten to shut your account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.comsaint Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Just accept the diet pills - dye them - and flog them on as acid, etc... Quid's in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 Threaten to shut your account Or, drain the account and actually shut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenevaSaint Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 One assumes that you gave this company your acc number and sort code then BTF? If not then your bank will be honoured to stop payment. 16 digit card number and CVV code and the world is their oyster. Years ago I had a charge to a credit card I had closed and RBS honoured the payment. Took me months to get my credit rating corrected. I never sign up to anything that is a repeat payment via credit or debit card now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 16 digit card number and CVV code and the world is their oyster. Years ago I had a charge to a credit card I had closed and RBS honoured the payment. Took me months to get my credit rating corrected. I never sign up to anything that is a repeat payment via credit or debit card now. Quite agree GS. The problem is (and I'm sure TDD will agree) it's not apparent that you ARE signing up for repeat payments. You think you're just agreeing to a one-off payment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenevaSaint Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 Quite agree GS. The problem is (and I'm sure TDD will agree) it's not apparent that you ARE signing up for repeat payments. You think you're just agreeing to a one-off payment! Mmmmm, yes they're cheeky buggers. Another useful antifraud type activity is to get your debit card changed on a regular basis as the card number changes, thus invalidating any repeat payments people try to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 Mmmmm, yes they're cheeky buggers. Another useful antifraud type activity is to get your debit card changed on a regular basis as the card number changes, thus invalidating any repeat payments people try to take. See - that's what I thought. I phoned my bank to ask them to stop my debit card and issue a new one. They said that wouldn't stop the deductions from my current account as the debit card gave the crooks the 'in' to my current account. The bank also said that they couldn't intervene as I was 'in contract' with the crooks. :smt102 However, the Disputes department is looking into the whole matter. I guess if enough people complain, something might actually get done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Londoner Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 I had the same problem when I tried to cancel my payments to Setanta; the bank said that I was in contract with the company and had to contact them directly; bit tricky when by then they had ceased trading FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 As stated ..tell your bank to behave or you will close the account.....OR just close the account at the time of setting up a new account elsewhere. They usually come round quite quickly. Current big scam is Direct Investments and various other names.....Selling your property to existing investors who never materialise. Take your deposit to register and then many sums thereafter without your authority.....First Direct (The real bank)....... Not really interested initially until peeps started closing their accounts and going elsewhere and threatened/originated bad publicity. Then First Direct had the moody First Direct Investments closed down......In my opinion The Police/Trading Standards are not really interested and appear to be saying ..silly sod for getting involved in the first place.....Apparently lack of resources...Compassionate Buggers. Martin Lewis forum is worth looking at for stories and advice on these matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 Is the company name acaiburn, pristinehlth, mydiet, dazzlewhite etc. etc.? There is a HUGE scam going on whereby you apply for a free trial offer (of something) and, unbeknown to you, you have signed up for never-ending supplies of whatever it is you thought was free. Not only that, if you have 'tried', say, the toothpaste, you have also sgined up for diet pills, diet plans etc. etc. even though you're not aware that you did this. They will then proceed to take c £50 a month FOR EACH PRODUCT they decide to send you whether you want it or not. I suggest you Google the names in red above to see the true, horrible nature of this scam. I got caught out via the toothpaste one but my bank tells me there's nothing I can do as I 'signed up' (even though I didn't). However, my bank is going to look further into the matter. Just stopping your bank card will make no difference as it's the account rather than the card number that triggers the payment. I've notified Consumer Direct about it and I believe there's going to be a Class Action in the USA. I have a load of e-mails from this lot in my spam folder, I guess I shoud just delete straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 (edited) bloody hell, i signed up for the Dazzlewhite one (a supposed free trial and one off P+P payment), but as i don't have a Visa card , i used my mate's and gave her the cash!!..... i can't effing believe this!!..... :mad: EDIT:....if my mate's card in a Visa Credit Card (as opposed to Debit card), then will that still give them access to her account?? Edited 20 October, 2009 by saint boggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 just googled Dazzle White and found this.... :mad: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1781301&page=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 I have a load of e-mails from this lot in my spam folder, I guess I shoud just delete straight away. i clicked on the link from an advert placed on Facebook!!!.. you would THINK that it would've been a reputable company,advertising on such a globally well-known website.......... i would NOT have signed up to this if it had just arrived as spam in my emails, but because it was on such a well-known site, you just naturally assume that it's a bonafide company. i notice that the advert is no longer on Facebook now though.......yeh, funny that!!! :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 October, 2009 Share Posted 20 October, 2009 i clicked on the link from an advert placed on Facebook!!!.. you would THINK that it would've been a reputable company,advertising on such a globally well-known website.......... i would NOT have signed up to this if it had just arrived as spam in my emails, but because it was on such a well-known site, you just naturally assume that it's a bonafide company. i notice that the advert is no longer on Facebook now though.......yeh, funny that!!! :mad: No but it is still on yahoo! I emailed Yahoo customer services and asked them if they were happy to give advertising space to such a scam. Got an autoresponse saying if you have a problem with a merchant....... So I just replied and said if advertising was more important to them than their customers being ripped off, so be it. The advert's still there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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