Premeire Premium Communications I was billed by a Bogus Company called Premeire Premium Communications, who say i used their service, but i was really scmmed via dialer spyware Fort Worth Texas
On Friday, 11-19-04, I was using my parents' computer for email and a little bit of web surfing. I noticed there were a lot of popup ads and the computer was going really slow. So I figured it was just spy ware and I downloaded anti-spyware programs to get rid of it.
Afterwards I got off of the internet, but after AOL was closed and everything, I noticed the Icon in the corner showing that I was still online! I realized that it was dialer and I immediately unplugged the phone line from the wall. Then I ran the spy ware removal programs and I haven't had any problems with it since. That is, until my parents got a bill from Premier Premium Communications for a 6 minute, $30.00 phone call to the U.K.!!
My parents were outraged and of course blamed me for the bill because I was the only one online. I tried to explain the whole spy ware situation, but they still made me responsible for figuring out the bill. The next day I went over the "Billing Rights info" on the back of the bill. It threatened that if we didn't pay by December 20th, that we would be turned in to a collections agency, and that we would be reported to the credit bureau(s) as delinquent.
So I called the phone number, but I received a message saying all the circuits were full at the time. So I tried for a little while longer, but still the same message. So I tried again the next day but still, the same thing. I waited for my parents to get home to see what I should do.
They said that I should get a hold of AOL and tell them about the whole thing. And now, today we received a bill from another company called USBI for the same amount of time, on the same day, but it was for $12.30 and it said it was to England.
My Mom told me to figure it out right away and be done with it. So I went online and tried the website, but for some reason, the address given on the bill didn't work. I realized then that this company is bogus and that we were scammed.
Then I did a search for the company on the internet and I found that others have been scammed in the same exact way. So now I just have to figure out how to make sure this bill isn't collected and that our actual phone service (SBC) knows about what is going on.
Dan
Ben Lomond, California
U.S.A.