We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

just been done in a scam

1. to trial some health product which you get a sample and can cancel or progress with after 10 days - but the number to cancel is dud which means that you have no choice but to continue with the product and they take a huge sum out your account

2. on a company called heathbuy.com where you cant cancel the order and it subscribes you to further things which is impossible to cancel and huge sums are taken out once a month

the payments went onto my credit card into the pending payments section and also updated the main balance

after logging back in to pay off last months bills, noticed by main balance and pending payments had re-set to before - so did a little research into the companies and noticed the info i put above was on alot of forums

when speaking to a general customer service advisor, he says the payments are still on his screen as unauthorised but i told him strangely deleted from my online screen an hour or so after they went on which i have never experienced before, payments always stay in my pending screen for a day or so then update on my bill details, and never have i seen my main balance have a payment disappear - which makes me think and hope MBNA have blocked the payments in there fruad system

does this mean MBNA have already detected this scam in the past and blocked the payments??

He said to call 9am when the disputes department re-open and hopefully they can deal with it

i'm hoping the payments have been blocked by MBNA and those 2 scam companies dont ship me anything and its forgotten about

anyone know why the payments have disappeared and if im right that MBNA probably already have this registered as a scam on there system?

Comments

  • Why is it a Scam?

    Ok, it was a trial, just like that darned film trial, but the number you rang to cancel is dud. Did you send a letter, no, they would not have used that either.

    TBH, nothing is free, but in the first insatnce, record the fact, alledged, that the number is in deed duff, report this to you card comapny and ask them to deal with it under section 75.
  • preable
    preable Posts: 2,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Just like the lovefilm trial
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 353.6K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455.1K Spending & Discounts
  • 246.7K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 603.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.1K Life & Family
  • 260.7K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.