Paul
Anaheim,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sat, July 23, 2005
This sounds like modem dialer con to me. Somehow, the crooks get your phone number off your computer and then they start billing you for this. You will need to call up your phone company and dispute this charge. Naturally, they will just sit there and argue with you over it. This is what's known as third-party billing. The surfsafe thing is allowed by law to bill your phone. Of course, they are supposed to wait until you actually agree to buy. But, nobody does that. I'll give you some places to report this fraudulent company. File the complaints and let these agencies know. HTTPS://RN.FTC.GOV/PLS/DOD/WSOLCQ$.STARTUP?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01 Ftc/bureau of consumer protection-complaint form HTTPS://WWW.ECONSUMER.GOV/PLS/ECONSUMER/WIMSNERY2$COM.MAIN?P_LANG_SEQ=1 Econsumer-complaint form HTTPS://WWW.IFCCFBI.GOV Fbi internet fraud complaint center Here's the best thing you could possibly do. Disconnect the d**n phone. Turn it off. Cancel the service. Tell the phone company that you are just sick and tired of the d**n scams and the crooked telemarketers. That's what I do. The last time I actually had a phone was back when you still had to rent the equipment. That was in the stone age. My life is so peaceful. There's nobody calling and bothering me. Absolutely no telemarketing calls in the middle of dinner. No phone bills to worry about. No scams calling. No surveys. If people want to talk to me, they come over. The choice is yours. This same thing will happen again. Count on it. So, you can either keep fighting with the phone, or just rip the d**n thing out of the wall and be done with the nonsense. That's the only way to win at this game.