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Complaint Review: Avangate BV - Internet
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Avangate BV
Internet, USA
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Avangate BV or Avangate Systweak MY COMPUTER HAD BEEN OPERATING VERY SLOW FOR SOME TIME AND I WAS GETTING POP UPS THAT WERE PROMOTING A SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT WOULD SPEED UP AND CLEAN UP YOUR COMPUTER. Internet
My computer was getting slow and taking a lot of time to boot up and seemed to be getting slower everyday. I had been getting popups that would speed up and clean up my system and I finally got to the point where I would look into it. When I did I got in contact with "technician" who informed me that he worked for Systweak and they had a software package that could be loaded to my computer that would "fix" my problem. He told me he could send it to me and I could install it or for $29.95 he would install it from his location. Since I know absolutel nothing when it comes to installing software I told him I would prfer him to do the installation. He said he would need my credit card information before he could start the installation. I had never given a stranger any of my credit card information but I guess I was so frustrated with my computer that I went ahead and gave him the info and he took control of my computer.
The next day I checked my credit card account online and found on 6/13 a purchase for $29.95 and on the same day a credit for $29.95. I continued to check my credit card account almost daily to make sure nothing unaccountable for was happening. On 6/27 I was shocked to see a charge of $149.00 posted on my account by a company named Avangate BV, Amsterdam. I immediately called my VISA credit card company informing them of this unauthorized charge. They put it in dispute.
Since I had never heard of this company or done any business with them I searched them out on the internet and discovered that they produce a software package described to do the same thing as the product had purchased from Systweak.
i received a message on my phone requesting me to call my VISA Card Services last week. When I called they wanted some more information from me and told me they had put my case in the hands of a disputespecialist and they will represent my interests. They also said I should prove I never received this software. I asked them how they can prove that they sent it to me.
After all this, I decided to do a search online by entering "avangate bv & systweak + scam" and I clicked on a Rip-off Report involving this company. I found a report that was posted of Ripoff Report on 08/04/2013.
I read this report and realized that that this person got scammed the same exact way I did including the same amount ($249.00) being charged to their credit card. The only thing I don't have is an order number.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Systweak Support Team
jaipur,Response from Systweak Support - Corporate office
#2UPDATE Employee
Thu, September 26, 2013
Dear Robert
We are truly sorry to hear about this inconvenience. I assure you that this is not a scam. We are Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and aim to improve our users/customers PC performance. And we glad that our products are used by over a million customers successfully to optimize their PCs.
I would like to further assure you that we do not charge our customers without their approval and consent. Your credit card must have been charged for your purchase only. We have a no questions asked 30 days money back guarantee policy – so you can rest assured that we will be more than happy to provide you with the refund.
Our toll free no., email address and contact information are easily available online. I regret that you did not find our contact details and couldn’t connect us for a solution. However you need not worry, we require further information to locate your purchase details and provide you with refund.
Kindly provide us order no. and email id with which you are registered with us here or you can contact us directly at [email protected] along with the details.
Once we receive your details, we will immediately solve this for you.
We look forward to assisting you.
Regards,
Systweak Software
