Alyon Technologies Fraudulent Billing of Unaccessed Web Sites through obsolete phone number Rip-off evil dirt bags Norcross Georgia
On 1/31/03 a bill was sent to my husband for "Premium Web Content - Adult". The bill was dated 1/31/03, usage of 3 minutes for $4.99 per minute, on 1/27/03. Payment due 2/12/03, or else go out to collections. That was pretty fast billing!
Looking at the time of the charges I wondered if my children accidentally went to an adult content web site, due to all the pop-ups and email spam they get. My youngest son has just gotten started on email. I thought I blocked all spam out, but maybe he looked at the junk filter. Who knows. My children tell me there were together at the time, playing a computer game. We connect via Cable. We do not dial up. The computer they were using has a pop-up blocker, so I know they didn't get there on that.
To research, I went to www.alyon.net and looked at the FAQs. They say you must "ACCEPT" their terms, and when you do, a dial up connection is downloaded to your computer, you are disconnected from the internet and the computer dials the new number. Well, there is no telephone attached to this computer. How could it dial out? There is also no charge for this long-distance call on my phone bill.
I will be disputing the charge as they suggest I do in the FAQs section. I will be filing a report the my state's Attorney General. I will do all I can to stop this fraud. I will also check for the "downloaded dialer" and make sure it is removed if it even exists.
Shelley
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
U.S.A.
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Gregory
Redding,California,
U.S.A.
Alyon Technologies Rip-off terrorizing citizens of the United States, and victimizing our children
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, February 11, 2003
February 11, 2003
WWORtv in Secaucus, New Jersey would love to hear from you since you are in the New York area.
Alyon Technologies is calling us all a bunch of s according to one News reporter.
Call Barbara NevinsTaylor WWORtv, Fox affiliate Investigative Reporter UPN9
201 330 2242. Tell her your story.
Existing telecommunications law likely considers this a form of hacking, not to mention state and federal laws against fraud and theft by deception.
The Mini-dialer is made in Lyon, France and sent in generic from to several locations.
Such dialers are one of the most prolific parasites in existence, with e-groups' own dialers accounting for a sizable percentage if not a majority.
EGROUP is well known for this. They manufacture generic dialers known under several names, such as the ones you specified. The parasite that installs some of them is known as ACX_Install. E-Groups makes many such dialers and probably made Mini-dialer.
Most spyware is, by definition, trojan
horse-type software regardless, but dialers such as Mini-player and e-Group's are specifically to hijack your system and connection. There is an absolute element of fraud involved as well. (C/o sponge)
Alyon Technologies has no conscience. According to my research, the NOCREDIT concept is supposed to be directed at Europeans since 90% of them do not have credit cards. What a bunch of B.S.
1. Send a Certified letter with return receipt to Alyon Technologies disputing the bill.
2. Complain to your Attorney General
3. Complain to the FTC http://www.ftc.gov
4. Complain to FCC http://www/fcc.gov
5. Complain to your local law enforcement because
this is fraud and theft by deception.
6. Complain to http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp
7. Remove Mini-dialer, iedisco.exe, and eGroup file from your computer.
8. Keep all your records.
9. Be sure to file a Rip- off Report, they do a better job than many Government and News agencies in getting the facts out to the public.