I have always wondered how people wrote RIP OFFs.com about money being taken from their checking accounts without their permission. (I read this website on my lunch hour...) Well, TODAY I found out how it happens!
This company I'm tee'd off at only took $10.00 from my checking account without my permission, but I discovered how they did it and I'm mad! They are deceptive about it, and got my debit card info to my checking account from FANDANGO.com. I know they did, because that's MY checking account, my husband does not use it, and the last time tickets were bought through Fandango in April, I used my debit card to do it. Last weekend my husband checked movie times ONLY on Fandango, got a message that said "click here for $10 reward", replied to the email that was sent, and botta-boom, botta-bing, that was the "agreement to take money out of the checking account"!! Deceptive cheats! They use the LAST charge card #/debit card # to charge their $10.00 month for a "discount membership service"! I'm glad I caught it after just one rip-off!
There was the 800# next to their name on my on-line banking register. I called it, spoke with "Chris" who needed to verify my HUSBAND's email address, which I could verify. I do not use that email addy; he doesn't use my debit card, ergo another clue to how they ripped me off— and got "the discount membership" stopped immediately. Imagine if I'd not bothered to check it very often!
So, now I know how people get ripped off without their permission. I'm warning everyone I know that those "click here for $10 rewards" is a rip-off. I've also had that pop-up on Chadwicks.com and Classmates.com, but I ignored them. My husband now knows (poor guy!) to trust nothing on the internet. Since I was a victim of forgery/embezzlment by another slime that got $500K with my forged signature, I trust NO ONE!
Jan
Santa Paula, California
U.S.A.
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