I have seen some other reports on this website that indicate that when people ordered a CD for a small shipping and handling charge, they were unwittingly signed up for these memberships. I have not, nor have I ever, bought any of these CDs. This means that this company is now preying on completely unsuspecting people.
On Saturday, January 26th at approximately 8:30pm Central time, I began receiving emails from Rebate Millionaire, SurplusAlert, Free Gift Mart and BlogToolKit confirming my trial memberships. I was not even at home at the time that these emails claimed I signed up for the memberships.
The next day (Sunday, January 27th) I began trying to contact each company to cancel the membership and figure out how I was signed up to begin with. I was able to reach SurplusAlert, Free Gift Mart and BlogToolKit via phone and the memberships were canceled. I demanded an email in writing from each and received them so I have documentation. When I asked how the membership was created, I was told more than once that someone (they said it was me) went to the website and actually registered. As I said, I wasn't even home at that time to be able to do so.
I have NOT been able to get through to RebateMillionaire. Their 800 number is only available M-F 9am - 9pm Eastern. I began calling in the morning of Monday, January 28th and was not able to get through. I finally did get through and was told I was number 42 in the caller queue and had an estimated wait time of 35 minutes. I decided to wait, and eventually the music and announcer cut out, and I assume I was cut off. This makes me very wary that I will ever get to talk to someone live.
I have already contacted my credit card issuer and let them know to be on the lookout for possible fraud.
I am still totally baffled on how they got not only my email address, but my physical address and credit card number.
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