Comments on: Josh AKA Scott, Kevin, David, and Others — Investigation Summary

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:09:31 +0000

Hi good to find your site via other postings.

Jut got the Yahoo one today and very taken in by it as it was via Yahoo, not a blog as mentioned above. Below is the link to the popup for your information:
http://net-news-daily.com/3/?s=VC_Pop9n
Jan

By: admin

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:09:12 +0000

We would definitely suggest you contact your credit card company, if you haven’t already. Credit card companies vary in terms of their support. For example, American Express is usually very supportive to reversing charges and investigating the incident. One must-follow rule: Never use debit cards.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:44:56 +0000

Thanks for the heads up on these scammers….i just about got rooked in! Talk about preying on people when they are already down in a hard economic situation!! The fine print notes that after your 2 buck charge, you will start being dinged $80 – 100 bucks!

Hope you save a lot of others from possible grief!

By: Dave Ebert

Dave Ebert — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:02:33 +0000

I’m getting bombarded with this stuff from ads on craigslist- I’ve complained to craigslist to no avail. I have five items for sale on craigslist- I’ve gotten two or three iterations of the same scam with different posting names, obviously computer generated variations, from each listing. It’s really annoying. I see an e-mail and think it’s a buy offer and it’s “MAKE $5000 per second for only twenty hours per day work posting ads for google” small print “You may be automatically billed by third parties for goods and services with an “opt out” feature.) The website owner claims to be from my zip code, but the mailing address is either Las Vegas or Salt Lake City, c/o Bent Nose Tony.

By: Trina

Trina — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:06:21 +0000

Just saw the add on Facebook…..It was Mary making the money….I googled it and saw this.

By: freddie

freddie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:11:28 +0000

ummmm…..Today I signed up to google home biz kit for $1.97 stupid me im yet to get my info kit and etc: i gave my credit # and address info: I’d like 2 know what i can do now that i found that it may be a scam. Have a contact number 877-402-2666. google biz kit to cancel the 7 day trial. Also, id like to know do they have access to my account now ? please contact me!!!!!!!; I need to know if i need to close my account…….

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:20:14 +0000

If you actually read the terms in the “I agree to Terms” section of the Mary’s story version you will find that they quite plainly state that you agree to their charging your card a monthly “membership fee”, it was around $75. I don’t remember anything about being able to cancel – just that you agree they get to charge you every month. I’m guessing that’s why the credit card companies aren’t very helpful – you agreed to help them make money.

I’m glad you have identified this game as a scam – Snopes hasn’t even touched it yet. I also find it interesting that no where in the fine print of these sites will the campany name itself – only refers to itself as the “company”.

These guys are getting a little more tricky – I started on the Miami newspaper article, which was posted in the “news” section of the Medford Oregon online newspaper and refers to “as shown on CNN…” and other news shows. Really?!

Good luck to all! Tell all your friends and family!

By: admin

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:57:06 +0000

The article you link to is fantastic. Thank you

By: adwiz

adwiz — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:45:05 +0000

http://miamigazettenews.com/business/2009/main.php here is the next iteration…posing as a fake newspaper, different look but same idea from these scam artists.

By: adwiz

adwiz — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:58:50 +0000

indeed they are now blocked thankfully at work by our security provider. i think a company like valueclick should be held liable for neglecting this