Processed : 8/30 MON 00:06
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 59.99
transaction date = 08-08-99
input = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
opinions = I was told in the add that it was “free” and my credit card number was only needed to verify that I was over 18.
measure = nothing yet. Waiting for you to tell me what I can do.
Processed : 8/29 SUN 23:51
merchant = SPLIT BACK,I*SXBI.COM
amount = $20.00
transaction date = June 30, 1999
input = yes
SITE NAME = I don’t remember which address I was in.
measure = This is the only time I have tried to cancel my membership. If it can be done with this information I am in total favor of cancelling this membership. If futher information about this membership is needed I can only be contacted by mail (not E-mail). I do not have access to my incoming E-mail. The address is, **** If I can’t cancel, please let me know what the appropriate steps would be.
Processed : 8/29 SUN 23:21
merchant = BIRD N BEE,I*YBIRD.COM
amount= 60.00
transaction date = 08/02/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = playgirl
opinions = This kind of things is going to delay the expansion on internet purchasing on the future
measure = Called Credit Card Company, they issued an investigation but will take a month or more, they said…
Processed : 8/29 SUN 09:40
merchant =Back Break I*YBBI.COM
amount = 60.00
transaction date = 07/20/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = cheri
opinions = None. This is the first that I have heard about them.
measure = Distputed transaction with Credit Card Company
Processed : 8/29 SUN 06:40
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59.99
transaction date = 08/11
input = no
measure = Called my cc company and asked who charged my cc.
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 01:43:11 -0500
I have been scammed by what I thought was an age verification only. I entered credit card number for that purpose at dirtylove.com. I have been billed for $59.99 on 08/23. I also used my card for other unknown sites, a total of four with the same idea of age verification. I was charged $55.00 from a #80079812; $57.50 also from the same number. Both of these on 08/23; billed $59.40 on 08/20 from a address called “Knock.”; billed $60.00 on 08/26 from “Kick Town”
I have cancelled my credit card and have dispputed the chares, but that won’t get my money back. What an embarassment for me and such an unfair scheme. It shoulld be illegal. Wanted you to know in case address name helps.. I tried to send info. from your site, but it wouldn’t work. Rick
Processed : 8/28 SAT 03:15
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 119.96 USD
transaction date = 22/06/99, & 21/07/99
merchant = BACK BREAK, YBBI.COM
amount = 120.00 USD
transaction date = 13/07/99, & 14/08/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = HAVE NO IDEA AT THIS LATE STAGE WHERE EXACTLY I VISITED!
opinions = I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GIVING MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER WAS ONLY FOR AGE VERIFICATION, AND THAT I WOULD NOT BE BILLED. AS A RESULT I WILL NEVER MAKE A SINGLE TRANSACTION VIA THE INTERNET EVER AGAIN, LEAST OF ALL TO ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.A. HOME BANKING WILL BE LIMITED TO DIAL-IN BANKING, DUE TO RECENT HACKING CASES HERE IN BELGIUM.
measure = I HAVE CONTACTED MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY, BUT AS IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY THE HELPFUL PERSON GAVE ME A SPECIAL HOTLINE TO CALL FOR “INTERNET CASES” THIS COMING MONDAY. SHE EVEN KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BEFORE I SAID IT! APPARENTLY THEY WILL STOP PAYMENT, AND EVEN REFUND THE TOTAL AMOUNT, BUT I SHALL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I SPEAK TO THEM MONDAY. IT CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT THEY KNOW THE FULL STORY, AND ARE PROACTIVE. AS I SAID, WE’LL SEE MONDAY WHAT CAN BE DONE.
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 11:34:56 +0200
In addition to your questionnaire that I recently filled out, I would like to make you aware of a further development. I have just called the customer service line for Obsession, and was told that billing to me had been stopped quite some time ago, and that the websites involved or mentioned on my VISA bill have nothing to do with Obsession. This is contrary to what I have read on your website, that SENORA,INC *XSEN.COM and BACK BREAK,I*YBBI.COM are indeed affiliated with Obsession. In essence I received no satisfaction from the phonecall. Please advise, with regard to this message and the questionnaire earlier filled out.
Kind regards,
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 22:33:03 -0500
On 08-27-99 at 8:55pm,(Minnesota time)the company *Ybird.com answered their 1-800-789-8115 number and connected me to a representative who identified herself as “Jane”. I requested to have the $60.00 charge removed from my bill. Unfortunately, I did fall for the ‘give us your card number, you will not be billed’ line while online. I was given a cancelation number:268-429. I also requested no further charges. On the next business day, I will attempt to discuss this matter with my credit card company. Thanks for looking into this and being here.
JAM9
Processed : 8/27 FRI 10:29
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $ 59.99
transaction date = 99.07.26
input = yes
SITE NAME = candygirlsmag
opinions = Just for a free tour
Processed : 8/27 FRI 03:40
merchant = INTERNETCLUB
amount = 59.50
transaction date = 10/8/99
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 59.99
transaction date = 14/8/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = obsession
SITE NAME = peep
opinions = On the Web, appeared a window which proposed a free visit to me on a site for adult. I entered there and it asked for to me my number of credit card in order to prove my age. It was written into large that my credit card would not be to output. To me it’s a bad lesson!
measure = I do not speak quite English, I use a translator. Have somebody who can help me?
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:00:34 -0500
I have received a phone call from one of the victims. If you have additional information and/or more details I would appreciate it. You have done an excellent job identifying Lexitrans and I intend to pursue this matter further. It does appear to be a valid address in our city but I have not yet confirmed its presence. If you feel the need to confirm my information, feel free. Call 896-6000, ask for Police Communications and ask to confirm badge 665 is Det. Jacobson.
mejacobs@opkansas.org
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:17:40 +0200
Dear Tracker Dog Yossie, Thank you very much for the advise found on the S.T.I. Web site about Obsession and their bad practices. I have taken your advise and e-mailed them. They have now replied and are asking for my full credit card number to cancel the 60USD charge. Could you please advise whether this is safe?
I herewith attach the e-mail received from them as suggested by you.
Regards,
Processed : 8/25 WED 15:45
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59.99
transaction date = 6/17/99
input = no
opinions = I am appalled that this company can get access to and charge my credit card
measure = I have notified my credit card co. and am initiating a dispute against the charge
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 05:37:57 -0400
never gave credit card info to these people.. this particular credit card is used only on the web… the fact that this card and not the gazillion others we have was used ,points to the fact that these guyz got the number from a ‘legitimate site rather then generated a good number…this card has only been used on about ten sites….and for one vacation purchase….would be intersting to find out if any of these sites is anyone’s list also…
Processed : 8/25 WED 13:20
amount = $59.99
transaction date = 7-2-99
merchant2 = cunt check
input = yes SITE
NAME = cun-tv SITE NAME = highsociety
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 23:50:56 +0200
Vi chiedo spiegazioni in merito a degli addebiti ricevuti con valuta 21/6/99 e 18/07/99. Grazie.
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:25:17 -0500 (CDT)
I am trying to find out if a minor child has been using my webtv and credit card to get adult entertainment. It would be using email address of bjbatonrouge@webtv.com. using exen.com, cunt check or roaring 16 (what ever that is) any help you could give me would be appreciated. Would be between the dates of june 2, l999 and now. I, also, need to know how many hits were made on these web sites and date.
thank you
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 22:11:40 +1000
We have also been hit by this great company. Thanks to your web page we have been able to make a little progress on getting the charges cancelled from our credit card.
The telephone number we rang in USA was 775 328 0207 and the fellow I spoke to was Alfred (Supervisor) in Customer Service.
After getting the run around with stories about the computer not being on-line and then after having given the credit card number being told that they didn’t have our card number listed as being billed they asked me to phone the credit card company and see if any other number was also used on the account (even though I told them there wasn’t).
The only way we seemed to be able to get them moving on looking into this was once I mentioned that the way I got there phone number was from your article (he was totally lost for words).
Alfred also told me that he didn’t know what LEFT FIELDER*XFLI.COM was and was not sure why this was what comes up on the credit card statement, but the phone number 8008116977 was the number I had dailled so I must have the correct place.
Finally Alfred took my name details and said some-one would contact me in 3 – 5 days.
I will be phoning them back tomorrow just to make sure thay haven’t forgotten about me.
Thanks for your help I will keep you posted as to the results.
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:44:09 -0400
hey there,
I have been trying to figure out who has been charging me 58.00 for the last three months and unfortunately i found out too late. i called my credit card co on the second charge and told them i knew i hadnt given my card# out to any comp site and they are in the process of disputing the charges. today i get my new statement with a new charge from the same people(basestealer*ybsi.com) and the last two charges being credited back from the same co. i called my credit card co again and told them i was charged a third time and they siad that i would have to send in a dispute form and wait as before. i asked them if there was anyway to stop the company from charging my acct if i gave them permission to stop the charge and they said they couldnt do that. the “purchase” would have to be cancelled by me from the source. i explained to them i was having problems locating the co or reaching them by phone but i would try again. i called the 800# and finally reached someone who couldnt tell me what email address was used to access the company to which i supposedly agreed to be a member of. they also couldnt tell me what user name they had for my file. they did tell me what date and time the information was entered. this happened to be after 1 in the morning on a tuesday night and i go to work at 645 in the morning so i wouldve been asleep. unfortunately they asked for my credit card # to look this information up.because i told him my card was being charged wrongly. i didnt think about not giving it out again thinking that they already had it somehow. he told me that it was a adult site. i could barely understand him because he sounded french or italian. i made out the word cheri and found this site. he did tell me that it would be cancelled, the charges would be credited back and that everything would be fine. should i expect more from different co names?
thank you for finding this out!
christy
Processed : 8/24 TUE 23:33
merchant = SPLIT BACK,I*SXBI.COM
amount = $60.00
transaction date = 22/5/99,22/6/99,22/7/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = DONT REMEMBER
measure = CANCELLED THE NIGHT AFTER TRIED TO FIND SITE ASK CREDIT CARD CO. TO STOP BILLING, INVESTIGATE
Processed : 8/24 TUE 13:58
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
input = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
measure = i understood this was only for a trial period and was cancelled
Processed : 8/24 TUE 13:53
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59.99
transaction date = 27/06/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = highsociety
opinions = my credit card was charged on the 27/6/99 and the 27/7/99 by SENORA INC*XSEN.COM for the total amount of $119.98. i did not give permission for my credit card to be charged nor did i subscribe to this web site. i used my credit card number for age verification only.
measure = i have contacted my credit card company to try and claim a refund. to this purpose i will sign a affidavit stating that i did not give this web site the authority to charge my credit card.
Processed : 8/24 TUE 07:17
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
input = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
opinions = was told that card would not be billed
measure = cancled with credit card co
Processed : 8/24 TUE 04:17
Merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 59.99
transaction date = 7-16-99
input = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
opinions = Haven’t heard of the cases.
measure = Just talked to creditors,and tried contacting SENORA,INC. XSEN.COM but was left on hold for hours.NO REPLY.
Processed : 8/24 TUE 01:00
merchant = SPLIT BACK,I*SXBI.COM
amount = 60.00
transaction date= 6/21/99
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 59.99
transaction date = 6/19/99
merchant = base stealer@ybsi.com
amount = 58.50
transaction date = 6/2/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = cheri
SITE NAME = cun-tv
SITE NAME = highsociety
SITE NAME = obsession
SITE NAME = ygal
SITE NAME2 = web transaction svcs i.com
opinions = They should be prosecuted for fraud and required to pay back the credit card company or the credit card holder, whichever is more expedient. Thank you.
measure = Now that I’m aware I will call the CC Co. tonite and try to call some of these phone on the credit card billing.
Processed : 8/23 MON 16:13
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 59.99
transaction date = 7/27/99
input = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
opinions = It was advertised as “FREE” they only wanted my visa # to verify my age. When I received my visa bill on 8/23/99 there was a charge of $59.99 from Senora Inc, xsen.com We also noticed in this site that they state that there is a $2.00 a day charge for this site, it seems to be charged whether it used or not, seeing how I only entered the site once and only because it stated it was “FREE”
measure = Went back to site xsen.com and filled out cancellation form and sent e-mail and letter to credit card company.
Processed : 8/23 MON 15:48
merchant = INTERNETCLUB
amount_4 = 55.00
transaction date = 07/18/99
merchant2 = base stealer
amount = 07/18/99
transaction date = 58.50
input = yes
SITE NAME = can’t remember which one
opinions = I think it is highly deceptive and illegal All persons running this should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
measure = I will contact my credit card company to have billing stopped from both of these sites, and request a new account.
Processed : 8/23 MON 15:45
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 59.99
transaction date = 12/07
merchant2 = ceprodweb 3106649798
amount2 = 29.95
transaction date2= 21/06
input = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
opinions = -Cun-tv site stated that it dose not charge the card. -The store ( ceprodweb 3106649798) is not knwn to me.- -There is another web transaction service with amount of 19.95 which is not known to me.
measure = I have sent email to cun-tv to cancel membership although it should have been free.
Processed : 8/23 MON 15:33
merchant = Other one
merchant2 = Left Fielder*XFLI.com
amount = 59.40
transaction date = 05-22-1999/06-19-1999/07-19-1999
opinions = Need to be put out of business.
measure = Called and cancelled card
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:07:45 +0200
Hi, The reason I came across your site is due to the fact that two of the sites on your list have deducted payments from my credit card on five (5) ocasions. What can be done to stop this the Credit card Company refuse to cancel my credit card and re-issue a new number. I have been inconvenienced in more ways than one can imagine. On each ocasion, I have had to get an affidavit to prove that I have not made these purchases since May 99 an todate they have only credited 2 of the items. And have informed me I have to keep checking with them if they have credited my account with the charges.etc. Please help…..
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:26:24 -0400
CC WEB110.COM CARE OF TRACKER DOG YOSIE AND/OR YAKEI
Dear Mr. Faughnan, Please find hereunder two e-mails, one to a firm called Lexitrans, Inc in Overland Park, Kansas, and one from it. As you will see, they have been – or are? – trying to fraud me out of some dollars through my VISA card (I gave them the number, since they have used it once already anyway), a subject treated on one of your websites. I have been able to track the frauds down and address them thanks to both your and Web110.com’s websites on credit card scams. Therefore: many thanks already (via cc also many thanks to Tracker Dog Yosie and Yakei). I was surprised by the news from Lexitrans, since Web110’s experience seems to be that they never answer e-mail. Moreover, I would have expected them to sort of counter the serious allegations I made against them. Nothing of the sort like “who do you think you are, we are an honest business, and keep your dirty mind to yourself”, but merely a confirmation of cancelation, which I read as an aknowledgement of the fraud. Please let me know whether or not you are interested in any further news on the Lexitrans credit card frauds. If so, I’ll keep you posted.
Regards,
Georg C. van Daal Wouters Advocaten / Arthur Andersen Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 16:53:31 GMT
I stumbled onto your page about the Obsession cases…. I had a problem last year with unknown charges on a credit card. I signed up for many free trials, but always cancelled…however, my Internet charges kept mounting. At first it jumped to a couple hundred, and I thought maybe it was my mistake for not cancelling….then it jumped to about $1000 per month. I cancelled the credit card and paid the charges, because there were no contact numbers for some of the companies, and the names on the bill rarely match up with site names. Altogether, I’m guessing it cost me around $4000 total.
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 06:04:22 -0400 (EDT)
I received an automated response to my initial message, both below. I phoned the 800 number and referred to this automated response. “Nathan” said he could not stop any billing without my telling him my card number and zip code, that he had no record of by name. He said he did not have access to this e-mail letter. I refused to give him the number again, and he would not accept any other information over the phone. He said I should then call my bank and it would give him the number. He would not discuss the matter further.
>Obsession offers a free 48 hour tour. You must call the Customer Service office
>within the 48 hours to cancel or a charge of $59.50 will begin and continue to
>bill monthly until you call and cancel. You will need to provide us with the
>following information:
>
> 1. Complete Credit Card number – 13 or 16 digits
> 2. Amount of Charge – As shown on credit card statement
> 3. Date of Charge – Transaction date on credit card statement
> >To verify your given Username and Password you must call the Customer Service
>office.
>
>Confirmations and all questions can be answered by calling the Customer Service
>office @ 1-800-898-9199 or for our International callers please call us in the
>U.S.A. @ (775)328-0207 or (775)328-0269. Thank you.
Processed : 8/21 SAT 19:14
merchant = Left Field
amount = 59.40
transaction date = August 6, 1999
input = yes
SITE NAME = lusthighway
Posted : Sat, 21 Aug 1999 22:38
Web110, I live in Australia.
Recently I received a billing on my credit card for Webmagazine. A friend of mine also had the same billing name and after a little research we discovered your site and to our dismay, we found out we had been scammed. My friend had been billed 32 times before and this was my first. We printed your help pages out and contacted our bank with the information memorized and found that they were very unhelpful. They refused to stop my credit card because i had only been billed once. They said it may be a ‘mistake’.
Anyway, now ( a month later ) I have received another billing in the name of Internet Club. Going back into your site, I again realised that the bastards had billed me again. My bank has said that this time they will contact the company involved and tell them to stop billing me.
Then, if i am billed a third time, they will take action. Now every time they bill me, i am inconvenienced because i have to go to the bank and fill out a bloody form. I have been refunded for the first one though ( Webmagazine ) but at this stage ( as i said earlier ) they are still refusing to stop my card until it happens again.
When this is all over, i still have to apply for another credit card and am further inconvenienced by having to transfer all of my current subscriptions that debit my card now to my new card when/if i get it. No doubt a few of the honest companies that use my card will be quite annoyed when they try to take money out and realise that it is closed.
I thought i would let you know what these assholes are doing to innocent people using the net and I hope you can use this email in your defense when you finally eat these morons alive!
Thankyou very much for your information and i hope that you eventually catch these idiots.
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 20:33:56 -0500
I am not sure I did this right but I just happened to find your site tonight when I was looking up what the heck Senora INC was….If there is anything else I can do to help myself or any of you please email me back. I was billed 59.99 by this company on 8/5 without my permission. I have cancelled my cards and they have filed a unjust billing claim. I am being credited back the money until something more comes of this. Thank you for your information on the internet,
Posted : Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:40
merchant = GRISETTE.COM
amount= 49.99
transaction date = 3-25 4-25
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 49.99
transaction date = 5-25 6-25, 7-26
merchant2 = leftfield xfli.com
amount = 59.40
transaction date= 7-14, 8-11
input form = no
opinions = Scary. I didn’t notice the billing until this month. I thought it was shopping by my wife based on the names.
measure = Call bank but they want it cancelled through the company. Must attempt to get them to cancell before I can pursue other means through Master Card.
Posted : Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:34
merchant = INTERNETCLUB
amount = $ 45
transaction date = 07-06, 22-06, 04-07, 19-07
input form = yes
SITE NAME2 = I don’t know which site
opinions = The site said that my cared would not be billed
measure = I contacted my creditcard company (bank).
Posted : Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:11
merchant = back break
amount_15 = 60.00
transaction date = 7-27-99
input = yes
SITE NAME = candygirlsmag
opinions = just tried the free offer
measure = call credit company
Posted : Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:04
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59.99
transaction date = 07/18/99 & previous statement
opinions = this is reallly illeagal and shall be punished to the full extent of the law. Death
Posted : Fri, 20 Aug 1999 01:22
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $49.99
transaction date = 7/12/1999, 8/10/1999
input form = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
opinions = I believe I have been a victim of fraud. I have been charged for something that I have not recieved services for nor have I returned to this site within six months of when the billing started to occur or had been noticed.
measure = I just barely found the link between the withdrawals of money and this case. I will insist that I want a charge back, change my credit card and block out anything pertaining to the internet.
Posted : Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:56
.Hi Tracker Dog,
I live in Mackay , a city in the state of Queensland, AUSTRTALIA.
How it started, I received my Visa card statement & noticed a couple of unusual transactions; description as follows :-
08 July 9 VISA-WPI*WEBPOWER INTERNET 46.01
800-243-9726 US FRGN AMT-2995 # MY CARD NUMBER
18 July 9 VISA � LEFT FIELDER*XFLI.COM 91.88
800-811-6977 US FRGN AMT-5940 # MY CARD NUMBER
16Aug. VISA-LEFT FIELDER 93.25
Went surfing around the Net & eventually found your investigation File 02 OBSESSION CASES , made for very interesting reading. Note though phone number for Left Fielder in your report differs from the one on my statement. The 800-811-6977 No. on my statement corresponds with ARACHNE *XARAN.COM in your report.
I have certainly been ripped off, as I have never at any time used my card on the INTERNET.
Have since taken steps to prevent this from happening again, hopefully.
Hope this info is of some use to you.
Posted : Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:36
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $49.99
transaction date = 07/02/99
SITE NAME = obsession
opinions = I WANT TO STOP MY SUBSCRIPTION AS SOON AS I CAN.
measure = I HOPE I WILL NOT HAVE TO CALL MY CREDIT CARD CO. AND TELL THEM NOT TO PAY YOU ANYMORE. I THINK WE CAN CLEAR THIS UP IN THIS FASHION. THANK YOU
Processed : 8/19 THU 15:41
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = 59.99
transaction date = 8-13-99
input = yes
SITE NAME = cun-tv
opinions = I just want this stopped….NOW
measure = contacted credit crad co. for dispute of charge
Processed : 8/19 THU 14:50
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59.99
transaction date = 7/7 and 8/6
input = yes
SITE NAME = lusthighway
opinions = They ought to be prosecuted if possible
measure = None yet
Processed : 8/19 THU 14:14
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59.99
input = no
opinions = I was in New York a few months ago and think my card number may have been obtained by someone then. I have not given my card number knowingly to anyone. I think they need to find the people doing this and lock them all up.
measure = I have contacted my bank. I had two charges show up from two different companies. One from Senora Inc and the other from Kick Off or KIKOV, both had addresses in New York. Both charges were for $59.99. My bank has granted me provisional credit until their investigation is complete. They also closed the card that was charged and gave me a new one. They were very helpful.
Processed : 8/18 WED 16:33
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59,99 + 59,99
transaction date = 06.15.1999 and 07.14.1999
merchant2 = Back Break
amount2 = $60 + $60
transaction date2 = 06.17.1999 and 07.14.1999
input = no
SITE NAME = Other one
SITE NAME2 = I dont remember.
opinions = I am furious
measure = Still nothing
Processed : 8/18 WED 14:58
merchant = SENORA INC *XSEN.COM
amount = $59.99
transaction date = 16.07.99
input = yes
SITE NAME = twogirlsex
opinions = diabolical, they said we will not charge you, but obviously they have, i have received no service for it
measure = called company and they want it in writing, i have cancelled one account, and will write to them with a copy of your main page
Processed : 8/18 WED 09:02
merchant = INTERNETCLUB
amount = $45
transaction date = 23-7-99
input = yes
SITE NAME = obsession
measure = Will attempt to have credit card company cancel, else closure of credit card account
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:48:53 +0800
I’m a new internet user and while I was surfing, I found adult sites which says “Free Membership. Your card will not be billed!” I fell for this and entered my credit card number. A month later (July 1999), I was charged the following on my credit card: SPLITBACK,1*SXBI.COM – $60 WEBHELP@WEBMBR.COM – $29.95 Earlier, I had same charges from WNU.–. I read your investigation while researching on how this charges came to be. I plan to make a complaint to the credit card company following the procedures you have outlined. I hope I will get a charge back on my account. thank you and I hope you can do something about this fraud. Odon Galido Manila, Philippines
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:29:13 +0200
I have applied to become a member of two adult sites. I used my credit card to get age verification. They said the access was free and I would not be billed. In some cases there was access to other pay sites where I have asked for cancellation immediately. My Card has been debited by two companies. I don’t have an idea who they are. I have lost all user names and passwords. I cant even remember their websites.
All I have is the detail on my card statement: 28 Jul 8007981277 INTERNETCLU -353.68 04 Aug SENORA,INC -373.29
What should I do to stop this payment and cancel my membership?
I have seen some help on your website but I cant read it. I’m using Explorer 5.
Regards
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:26:03 PDT
If I have received fraudulent billing on my credit card, does this mean for a fact that someone in my household was visiting an adult site? Could this be anything to do with email received or does the person have to go into one of the sites? I am just trying to find out if my hubby has been secretly in these sites. Please help me out if you can! Thanks in advance!
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:23:48 -0700
Dear Sir/Ma’am,
I received my credit card statement and notice a charge that I did not make. Research lead me to your site. I never received a bill of any type. I know that I didn’t input my number because I did not have access to a computer on the billing date. Having read what you have on you site I am still confused on what to do next. How do I get the credit card company to invalidate my card and issue a new one? Won’t they still forward the charge to the new number? I also haven’t looked at previous bills to see if there are any more. I would appreciate any guidance you can give me in this matter. To me this is obviously fraud but how can it be stopped, for myself or others? Thank you for your time.
sincerely,
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:08:24 +0200
Hi there, find attached an e-mail from myself to Obsession after almost a year of trying to nail them down. Due to their name changing method I could not trace them, since I’m from South Africa. They have lead to me loosing thousands of Rands through their illegal billing of my credit card account.
I would like to thank you for a web site as yours on the Internet, which lead to me finding their telephone number and e-mail address. If my efforts work it will mean that your efforts could have saved me thousands of Rands.
Thanking you again for the service you supply to us victims of unfair billing on our credit cards.