Complaint Review: EROS GUIDE EROSADS.COM

I placed an ad on eros.com; entered all the info required, ID was OPTIONAL, was able to checkout and pay. Nowhere did it mention I needed to provide Gov ID, only after payment (via bitcoin for privacy) they will email you with that demand and provide a link (//blog.erosads.com/id-requirements-and-acceptable-forms-of-id/) not found on their public site as no links to it can be found beside very unclear what kind of ID mudt be provided in the FAQ's , they know it is ILLEGAL, that is why they do this in a sneaky way only after you have paid and feel obligated to provide the Gov ID otherwise you loose your money!

Next day I receive an email by a 'senor' customer service person named Julia and an other email from andrea asking me to provide a goverment ID and an Authentication Photo. I have replied that I can do a Authentication Photo but in no way will I give out my Gov ID!! I have received a reply that it was only for the purpose of Identification and make sure I am over 18!

First of, I am a well established (10 years now) CMT, I am a memeber of other verification webistes such as P411, I have a pro expensive website with hundreds of pics AND I am obviously over 40yrs old, hence question why would they insist on getting Gov ID as in my case it is not credible. I can understand if someone is obviously bate and switch and has no reputation, website or verified on other well reputed verification sites but in my case it doesn't appy.

I have contacted a legal advocate which told me this:

'Not in Canada they cannot ask/demand Gov ID. According to the RCMP’s Cyber Division NOBODY can ask for this type of ID including; Corporations, YouTube, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Employers (except for filling out your Income Tax forms), Email providers (gmail, hotmail, yahoo etc.) and also includes the Government themselves via Internet.

ONLY the Government and Immigration can ask to see this type of ID and it MUST be in person. The Police & RCMP can obviously ask to see your driver's license but NOT your Passport, Credit cards, Birth certificate etc. They can ASK but you do not have to show these ID’s.

Under the Canadian Cyber Crime Act this is know as “phishing” and is 100% illegal so if you get a good lawyer, took screenshots of the original screen when you were blocked from Facebook and asked to provide these types of ID’s and also saved the email that Facebook sent you (if you did provide this) AGAIN then you will win a lawsuit in court.'

I have emailed Eros back with these finding after I have called and reported to the proper autorities at :

antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/reportincident-signalerincident/index-eng.htm

I was confirmed that Eros.com are acting illegally toward Canadian customers and it is agaist the law to demand Gov. ID ans refuse services if not provided! AND that this inapprorpiate fishing of gov. ID is a crime in Canada AND that fraud has occure the moment they misreprested themself and allowed me to pay for an ad then entrapped me into giving a gov. ID otherwise would loose my payment.

I have sent them 2 emails, last one was to officially demand a refund of my payment and they never replied, yet they are quick to reply when it's time to sell you ads, on my first day they called every hour for a total of 6 emails within an hour!! Now that I have told them I am on to them and know they are illegally demanding Gov ID and taking paypemnt in adavance which is fraud and intrapment!

I urge any Canadian to open a case, you can do so anonymously, it is imparative that these people get exposed and shut down for their illegal activities! They prey on vulnerable women and so many give out their gov ID or loose the payment for not complying with this illegal demand! This needs to stop!!!