Complaint Review: Global Tea Direct

So I saw an Ad on Facebook offering 5 free t-shirts. I clicked on it and it took me to a MySocialAdvantage website that said I had to sign up for these two offers and I would receive my t-shirts. I signed up for "Freecreditreport.com" and this "GlobalTeaDirect" offer. The GTD offer said that I would be charged $2.00 for some tea samples and then $38.95 the next month for additional tea. I was ok with this with the intention of canceling the account after I placed the order for my tea samples so I would not be charged the $38.95 next month. I placed the order and then tried to go to the website to contact the company. The website looks like a real website but it is not functional. I tried clicking on the contact us button and nothing happened. This was on Friday July 17, 2009.

Today, Monday July 20, 2009, I noticed that my bank account had less money than I thought it should. Sure enough, Global Tea Direct charged me a mysterious $40.00 even. I tried calling the number on the so called website, and the lady who answered said "Seattle Coffee Direct". I hung up the phone realizing that something was not right. I then did a web search and found that just a few days ago, other people had been ripped off by this company also. Here is a link to the ripoff reports I found.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/468/RipOff0468855.htm#439677

I do not know if the "MySocialAdvantage" website has anything to do with this scam, but I would like to make sure everyone uses caution with them also.

We need to put an end to this. I am willing to take action with the others who have been ripped off.

Jakeb3482
pgh, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.