1, Report:
#1039674
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2013
HighBeam Research Definitely a ripoff Internet
I went to their website to do some research, knowing that I would have to cancel within a certain period of time or be charged for a whole year's membership. I did the research, then immediately canceled the account, which is what I normally do with these kinds of free trials. ...
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Categories: Credit Card Fraud
2, Report:
#930973
Posted Date:
Aug 22 2012
HighBeam Research HighBeam Research is a ripoff scam charging hundreds of dollars from you credit card. Report them to the credit bureau HighBeam Research is a scam. Their contant is not worth reading. putnam valley, New York
HighBeam Research is a scam.
I tried their Free Trial and in a short period of time my card was charges $227. They don't want to refund my money. I am reporting them to the Better Business Bureau. The law should be going after this scam artists.
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Categories: Tutoring
3, Report:
#431787
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2012
Highbeam Research - refund obtained with help of state consumer protection board Chicago Illinois
Like others who have reported this company, I was taken by surprise that they charge a full year-approximately $200--if you don't cancel your membership within a very short period of time. I was able to receive a 100% refund by contacting the State Consumer Protection Board of my s...
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Categories: Internet
4, Report:
#751018
Posted Date:
Jul 09 2011
Highbeam Research Stay Away- Deceptive, fraudulant practices-SCAM. Avoid Free Trial Wayne, Internet
Avoid this company at all costs. They setup a free trial for my son while a student at college trying to collect research information. Without his or my knowledge, they began charging my AmEx account to the tune of $369 for subscription fees. My son tried the servi...
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Categories: Internet
5, Report:
#730681
Posted Date:
May 20 2011
Highbeam Research Complete FRAUD Internet
I signed up for a 7 day FREE trial and now have been billed for $314.95. I used the service for 10 whole minutes.
Upon calling the company, they state that because I signed up for the FREE trial that this automatically signs me up for one year of service. Why are they getting away...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
6, Report:
#626928
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2011
Highbeam Reasearch, highbeam.com WEB SCAM Do not fall for this SCAM Chicago, Illinois
Highbeam Research is a site which allows you to search through news archives. What a scam.They are a total Scam. If you cancel your Credit Card. No matter what they tell you. You account will be charged again and again. I called a year ago and canceled and changed my credit card num...
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Categories: Consumer Services
7, Report:
#700439
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2011
Highbeam Research Unscrupulous Auto-renewal practice Internet
My credit card was charged for another year of HighBeam Research access that I don't want and am not being allowed a refund because I agreed to the terms and conditions when I subscribed a year ago.
I feel it is unreasonable to exp...
Entity
Categories: Grant Writing & Research
8, Report:
#310112
Posted Date:
Dec 15 2010
Highbeam Research ,highbeam.com, Watch out for highbeam.com, these crooks will gladly bend you over too! Chicago Illinois
Highbeam Research is a site which allows you to search through news archives and pull up articles written years ago on a certain person, place or thing. Nothing terribly innovative, I believe there are dozens of sites offering this service...
This site is your run-of-the-mill aut...
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Categories: Media
9, Report:
#666090
Posted Date:
Dec 14 2010
HighBeam Research Highbeam Research is Indeed a Ripoff Chicago, Illinois
My experience is identical to others. I needed to quickly do research for work. I signed up for the free trial to access the article, a yearly review that our local paper does on compensation. They do it nearly every year and I wanted to research back several years. Despite the fact...
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Categories: Media
10, Report:
#664399
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2010
HIgh Beam Research not available they charged my credit card automatically without informing me on my email. i did not receive confirmation for a permanent account. i never knew i had the account till i got charged. Internet
just today i saw in my credit card statement from a compnay in USA. I had know idea what the compnay is about neither could i recall ever using it. after googling the name and the customer service number i finally found the website.
From the website i got the customer service numbe...
Entity
Categories: Library
11, Report:
#641349
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2010
Highbeam Research CREEPY. PREDATORY. UNACCOUNTABLE Chicago, Illinois
A spiderweb of nasty tricks. Although the website looks legit - uses icons from respectable, high profile newspapers and magazines, Highbeam is a racket and designed to entrap the random person who is just in a hurry to get access to an archived newspaper article. I orde...
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Categories: News Media
12, Report:
#310483
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2010
Highbeam Research - Highbeam.com $200 Auto-Renewal Scam More than Search It's a Ripoff Go to accessmylibrary.com for free instead Chicago Illinois
Highbeam Research is a site which allows you to search through news archives and pull up articles written years ago on a certain person, place or thing. Nothing terribly innovative, I believe there are dozens of sites offering this service...
Highbeam.com is your run-of-the-mill...
Entity
Categories: Media Outlets
13, Report:
#580197
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2010
Highbeam Research - Highbeam.com Highbeam Research - auto renewal theft Chicago, Illinois *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account that someone wrongfully takes it from you!
I signed up for a free trial in order to access an article I found on google. Ten months later I find out that my credit card had been charged at $30 a month for ten months by this company. It is one thing to forget to cancel a free trial and as a result be charged a one...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
15, Report:
#556525
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2010
Highbeam Research Billed $200 for a full year membership after trial period expires Internet
I signed up for a trial subscription to Highbeam Research. After letting the trial period lapse, I was charged $200 for a full year subscription without notice.Nowhere on the terms and conditions does it say specifically that you will be charged for a full year if you fail to ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
16, Report:
#523286
Posted Date:
Nov 13 2009
HighBeam Research Highbeam Research DO NOT USE THEM, DO NOT SIGN UP, DO NOT GIVE ANY FINANCIAL INFO TO HIGHBEAM! Chicago, Illinois
As others have said, this company is terrible. They WILL NOT let you cancel. They simply won't. Here's my nightmare: I cancelled BEFORE the 7-day trial period ended. Unfortunately, I didn't notice the $29.95 charged to me on my statement.As soon as I did, I went to cancel AGAIN. I f...
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Categories: Con Artists
17, Report:
#515110
Posted Date:
Oct 26 2009
Highbeam Research - Highbeam.com BAIT & SWITCH TACTICS! Chicago, Illinois
I needed to obtain an article and signed up for Highbeam's 7-day free trial. When I signed up, I chose the monthly option of $29.99 per month. Ironically, when I went to cancel my account within the free trial, I had trouble doing so. I was finally able to cancel t...
Entity
Categories: Media
18, Report:
#492023
Posted Date:
Sep 09 2009
HiBeam Research hibeam.com, HighBeam Research, Internet Scammers charge $US300 after free trial period. Internet
Yes. They got me too.
What a scam! $300US !!! on my credit card for a yearly subscription with no warning after I had looked at it once, found it useless and forgotten about it.
In Australia our conumer affairs closes these sort of Scams down. Why doesn't the US law have any teeth...
Entity
Categories: Media
19, Report:
#476022
Posted Date:
Aug 03 2009
Highbeam Research Free trial not free. Chicago Illinois
I was interested in learning more about Highbeam research, so I signed up for the free trial. After a few days, I cancelled and received numerous emails requesting me to sign up again. At the end of the month, I noticed a 29.99 fee on my credit card statement. I contacted Highbeam a...
Entity
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
20, Report:
#470291
Posted Date:
Jul 16 2009
HighBeam lured me into a 'three day free trial' which involved me reading one archived news article and charged my credit card $200 even though I cancelled immediately Illinois Nationwide
HighBeam 'Research' must be well known to others as a disreputible company ,but was not to me at the time I was falsely promised to be able to used their 'services' for three days (of which I used and cancelled it after ten minutes). I was blown away to find they had charged me aft...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
21, Report:
#458477
Posted Date:
Jun 04 2009
High Beam Research, Highbeam Research Inc Free Trial is a Gimmick to Extract Exhorbitant fees from your bank account Miami Nationwide
I thought free trial meant just that.
When you sign up they make you give Credit card number and code and when i called on the phone stating that I never give that info they said that is how they do it for the trial.
I never used the site after the trial, but I began getting b...
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Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
22, Report:
#212814
Posted Date:
Sep 26 2006
HighBeam Research Billed me ONE year after I canceled membership; questionable billing practices Internet
I am having a great deal of frustration over this internet research website. One year ago, I was double-billed for an account that I had not signed up for, but settled on being refunded for one of the accounts with the condition the other account would not be renewed.
Without app...
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Categories: Internet Services