Probable scam 😢

Pipcas

Following being told I'd won a competition I registered with them 'to confirm" myself, I discovered I had in fact registered to forourtrip.com and energeticspirits.com, both were free trial but with renewable monthly payments. Has anyone any experience of either of these 2?   How can I put a block on them on my bank account?   

powerful_Rogue

Pipcas said:

Following being told I'd won a competition I registered with them 'to confirm" myself, I discovered I had in fact registered to forourtrip.com and energeticspirits.com, both were free trial but with renewable monthly payments. Has anyone any experience of either of these 2?   How can I put a block on them on my bank account?   

Have you contacted your card provider and spoken to them about a chargeback? Also to cancel any forwad going payments?

Pipcas

powerful_Rogue said:

Pipcas said:

Following being told I'd won a competition I registered with them 'to confirm" myself, I discovered I had in fact registered to forourtrip.com and energeticspirits.com, both were free trial but with renewable monthly payments. Has anyone any experience of either of these 2?   How can I put a block on them on my bank account?   

Have you contacted your card provider and spoken to them about a chargeback? Also to cancel any forwad going payments?

Should I contact my bank and cancel "forward going" payments?  

ArbitraryRandom

If you think a recurring payment has been set up on your account without your authorisation then yes, and ideally before any payments can be taken... 

If you think they may fight it (not actually a scam but shady practices) then you could also do with getting screenshots of where you signed up to show they didn't mention the subscription service/free trial or need to cancel. 

Pollycat

Pipcas said:

Following being told I'd won a competition I registered with them 'to confirm" myself, I discovered I had in fact registered to forourtrip.com and energeticspirits.com, both were free trial but with renewable monthly payments. Has anyone any experience of either of these 2?   How can I put a block on them on my bank account?   

Did you provide your bank details as part of the 'confirm yourself' process?

Both websites have details about cancelling membership.

Vectis

Just out of interest, did you actually enter a competition or have you followed a link for a competition which you didn't enter?

If you did enter it, how did you do that without registering your details?

Or, if you didn't enter the competition, why did you think you'd won it?

Alderbank

Pipcas said:

Following being told I'd won a competition I registered with them 'to confirm" myself, I discovered I had in fact registered to forourtrip.com and energeticspirits.com, both were free trial but with renewable monthly payments. Has anyone any experience of either of these 2?   How can I put a block on them on my bank account?   

No.

Neither of those websites offer a free trial.

Energetic Spirits is a UK company providing fitness guides, videos and ebooks. After completing their membership application and inputting credit card details including CVV you pay £1 for a trial. After three days without cancelling that rolls over to a monthly membership. Everything is quite clear and looks legit.

Forourtrip does not seem connected in any way.

It seems to be a small company drop-shipping beach sundries (such as swim shorts, flip-flops). It is a Cypriot company operating from Limassol.
It operates a known business model where everything has two prices. Customers can buy either at 'full' price or at a discounted price. Buying an item at discount price enrols the buyer into their membership club. That is very clear.

The OP must have chosen goods to buy, selected the discount price with membership then selected the level of membership. There is no free membership or free trial - the cheapest is the Starter Mini Membership which costs $6.95 and rolls over to a monthly membership. The checkbox to subscribe, which you must tick to continue, says 'I agree to 3 days of full access with an immediate opt-in to the membership conditions at the then-current rate 6.95€ every 14 days.

The simplest thing for the OP to do is just to cancel immediately. Neither site seems to offer great value but they make it clear what you get and are not scams as far as I can see.