Usenet. nl
Computer fraud
- 06-03-2010
- 25
I am victim of this comnpany's aggressive deceptive and fraudulant marketing. I was looking for an academic rerence page and clicked on a link to usenet. Nl which said I could have the reference if I paid one euro on Pay Pal - it looked safe quick and easy so I paid.
I received an email Pay Pal invoice receipt which confirmed my payment of the total of one euro. They then sent me and email with a licence key for a download. I tried this but my virus checker (Avira) warned me it was Malware so I didn't go ahead. I soon found my book reference elsewhere and forgot about it -. That was on the 9th May.
On the 24th May I received a message from Pay Pal that they had just sent Usenet. Nl another 90 Euros! I couldn't get anywhere opn the usenet. Nl site - there is no email address - it all looks benign but the customer care is meaningless - just some irrelevant questions and answers. And a San Marino phone number. I could see instantly things were wrong and phoned PayPal (another International call - this time to Dublin) They told me how to lodge a complaint. I did this and heard back from them three tiomes wanting more and more information. It seemed my case was watertight - I hadn't even tried their programme - as it was messaged as Malware. And nowhere had it been mentioned that a full cost of a years subscription would be charged to me 14 days later. Nowhere.
Today I received an email from Pay Pal: Transaction Date: 24 May
Company: Usenet. nl
Country: USA
Site: usenet.nl