"Complete savings"...scam??

Pollycat

I noticed on my eBay buying account the following:

Your order is complete.
£20.87 cash back!

Click here to claim the above reward, credited onto your card, when you next place an order!

Claim Your £20.87

By clicking above, you can join our third party partner programme for 18 pounds/month and claim your reward with

I wonder if people are clicking on the cashback link without realising that there is a monthly fee involved.

I don't click on anything without reading everything first.

nyermen

Without judging whether a contract was formed - but if it was, are you sure you've cancelled the contract and not just the payment method (eg. CPA).

SkyLark

I got caught by this when paying for airport parking.  with Gatwick Holiday Parking and noticed when they charge me £18, the monthly charge. I regard it as completely dishonest.  I did not expect to pay and did not give them my CC details.  They obviously got them from Gatwick Holiday Parking.  I regard both companies as culpable in this scam.  My bank is refunding me and told me many had been caught.

Pollycat

SkyLark said:

I got caught by this when paying for airport parking.  with Gatwick Holiday Parking and noticed when they charge me £18, the monthly charge. I regard it as completely dishonest.  I did not expect to pay and did not give them my CC details.  They obviously got them from Gatwick Holiday Parking.  I regard both companies as culpable in this scam.  My bank is refunding me and told me many had been caught.

Did you click on a cashback link like this?

Your order is complete.
£20.87 cash back!

Click here to claim the above reward, credited onto your card, when you next place an order!

Claim Your £20.87

By clicking above, you can join our third party partner programme for 18 pounds/month and claim your reward with

marcia_

Pollycat said:

I noticed on my eBay buying account the following:

Your order is complete.
£20.87 cash back!

Click here to claim the above reward, credited onto your card, when you next place an order!

Claim Your £20.87

By clicking above, you can join our third party partner programme for 18 pounds/month and claim your reward with

I wonder if people are clicking on the cashback link without realising that there is a monthly fee involved.

I don't click on anything without reading everything first.

 Same is shown on Asda checkout, I don't click it because I've seen warnings on here. 

Pollycat

marcia_ said:

Pollycat said:

I noticed on my eBay buying account the following:

Your order is complete.
£20.87 cash back!

Click here to claim the above reward, credited onto your card, when you next place an order!

Claim Your £20.87

By clicking above, you can join our third party partner programme for 18 pounds/month and claim your reward with

I wonder if people are clicking on the cashback link without realising that there is a monthly fee involved.

I don't click on anything without reading everything first.

 Same is shown on Asda checkout, I don't click it because I've seen warnings on here. 

I don't click it either.
But I think there are a lot of people who do, then shout 'scam'...

marcia_

Pollycat said:

marcia_ said:

Pollycat said:

I noticed on my eBay buying account the following:

Your order is complete.
£20.87 cash back!

Click here to claim the above reward, credited onto your card, when you next place an order!

Claim Your £20.87

By clicking above, you can join our third party partner programme for 18 pounds/month and claim your reward with

I wonder if people are clicking on the cashback link without realising that there is a monthly fee involved.

I don't click on anything without reading everything first.

 Same is shown on Asda checkout, I don't click it because I've seen warnings on here. 

I don't click it either.
But I think there are a lot of people who do, then shout 'scam'...

 It is obviously not a scam because the small print does say there is a fee. But it does seem scammy in the way it is promoted / advertised on trusted sellers websites 

Pollycat

marcia_ said:

Pollycat said:

marcia_ said:

Pollycat said:

I noticed on my eBay buying account the following:

Your order is complete.
£20.87 cash back!

Click here to claim the above reward, credited onto your card, when you next place an order!

Claim Your £20.87

By clicking above, you can join our third party partner programme for 18 pounds/month and claim your reward with

I wonder if people are clicking on the cashback link without realising that there is a monthly fee involved.

I don't click on anything without reading everything first.

 Same is shown on Asda checkout, I don't click it because I've seen warnings on here. 

I don't click it either.
But I think there are a lot of people who do, then shout 'scam'...

 It is obviously not a scam because the small print does say there is a fee. But it does seem scammy in the way it is promoted / advertised on trusted sellers websites 

Here we are again...
Must booked some train tickets and after paying, this message came up:

Your booking is complete.
£20.87 cash back!

Click here to claim the above reward, credited onto your card, when you next make a booking with East Midlands Railway!

Continue

By clicking above, you can join our third party partner programme for 18 pounds/month and claim your reward.

The information that you are agreeing to pay £18 per month is there.
You just need to read it.

CoyoteMike

Stubod said:

I recently went online to book some airport parking. Somehow, during the process I managed to "sign up" to Completesavings??? 

Not sure how this happened, as at no time was I advised of an ongoing monthly fee. Luckily I got a message from my bank telling me I had signed up for this. I managed to log in to my "account" and get is cancelled before any monthly fee was taken. 

Normally if you sign up for something you get a confirmation e-mail confirming this, but I received nothing.

I did a "google" and found some stories of people that had also, (unknown to them), "signed up" for this and had only found out when they checked their bank statements, so people had  been signed up for years and never knew!!

So just a warning to anybody esle. I think this is really sharp practice on their part, as at no time was it evident that I had signed up for any "monthly payments".... 

I recently discovered I had signed up to Complete Savings without my knowledge. I don't think it's a scam but they do seem to use some underhand tactics to sign up users. I'm not certain how I signed up, certainly through an on-line retailer as that's the only way I use the card they charged. I suspect it was Lakeland, but I can't be certain. I have written to them asking to cancel my membership and refund the £18 they charged. I probably signed up when I didn't read the fine print before clicking 'Yes, I read all of that'.

CoyoteMike

CoyoteMike said:

Stubod said:

I recently went online to book some airport parking. Somehow, during the process I managed to "sign up" to Completesavings??? 

Not sure how this happened, as at no time was I advised of an ongoing monthly fee. Luckily I got a message from my bank telling me I had signed up for this. I managed to log in to my "account" and get is cancelled before any monthly fee was taken. 

Normally if you sign up for something you get a confirmation e-mail confirming this, but I received nothing.

I did a "google" and found some stories of people that had also, (unknown to them), "signed up" for this and had only found out when they checked their bank statements, so people had  been signed up for years and never knew!!

So just a warning to anybody esle. I think this is really sharp practice on their part, as at no time was it evident that I had signed up for any "monthly payments".... 

I recently discovered I had signed up to Complete Savings without my knowledge. I don't think it's a scam but they do seem to use some underhand tactics to sign up users. I'm not certain how I signed up, certainly through an on-line retailer as that's the only way I use the card they charged. I suspect it was Lakeland, but I can't be certain. I have written to them asking to cancel my membership and refund the £18 they charged. I probably signed up when I didn't read the fine print before clicking 'Yes, I read all of that'.

I asked Lakeland and they say it wasn't them, they have nothing to do with Complete Savings. I'm running out of ideas.