I am a pensioner living in Canada. I ordered the anti-wrinkle cream for five dollars and a bottle of vitamins purported to help reduce aging skin, from an ad on the internet on June 29th. I received an order form in my inbox by email. On July 2nd, my Visa was charged $6.46, and another $21.63 for the pills. I received a tube of cream and bottle of pills shortly afterwards, and thought that was the end of it.
I did not notice anything wrong until I was looking over my Visa statement, and saw that the Alore company had charged me $100.57 on July 15, and $100.14 on August 19th without my permission, for no product. I phoned Visa to dispute these additional charges. They advised me to call the number given for Alore on the bank statement. I did this, and was put on hold with only a voice message for an hour and a half. While I was waiting for the phone to be answered, (I was offered the choice to leave a voicemail, but chose not to) I went online and discovered that I was one of at least 100 people who have been scammed by this fraudulent company. I will be pursuing this dispute with Visa, and I intend to have those charges reversed. I hope that sharing my experience will warn others off of this elaborate, seemingly legal scam that preys on vulnerable Seniors who are living on government pensions like myself.
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