Be2 Dating site warning

asparagus1968 wrote: »

Now they are threatening legal action! which they say might affect my credit score.

Am really stressed.

Total Loblocks They're BullPooping you!

http://antibe2scam.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/watch-out-be2-scam.html

Absolutely ignore them now, but keep any records of previous correspondence. Instruct your bank/Credit card company not to give them money under any circumstances. Tell your bank that any such debit from your account will be fraudulenmt and unauthorised. This set of scammers have been known to put through arbitray debits against cards even after many months, so watch your statements. If you tell your bank that debits are fraudulent, it will be treated far more firmly than just unauthorised.

Then ignore them to hell and back.

The threats of legal action are pure bluster. Ain't gonna happen. Maybe the odd threatening letter pretending to be official. Ignore.

They CANNOT affect your credit rating until all of the following have happened...
They've taken you to court.
They've presented a credible case
You've had a chance to challenge their case
They've won the case
You lose the case
You get subjected to a county court judgement
You don't pay as instructed by that judgement

If you have acted in good faith I can promise you that NONE of the above will ever happen. They won't happen in that order :rotfl:
Each hurdle that the scammers would have to jump is way too tall for their stumpy legs
Even if by some technicality they can prove that you didn't follow cancellation process, that doesn't mean any of the above would happen.

JJ

Happy to help.

I did have one concern: That maybe your bank or credit card company would keep allowing them to take payment, as it used to be that only the company could stop such payments, and obviously these scum won't cancel. However, I now read that in spite of some conflicting advice, YOU can order your bank to stop paying.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/feb/24/continuous-payments-authority-know-your-rights

It seems you've done that by account closure. It's possibly worth a quick call to that bank's customer service line to check that they understand that any such debit attempt will be fraudulent.
You need for payments to fail, and I figure they must be failing or else BE2 wouldn't be pestering you for unpaid amounts.

I've read a few threads where BE will start a 'pretend' debt collection process consisting of letters from dodgy solicitors and debt collectors. (Maybe Luxemburg or Ireland based).
No doubt such letters would be very scary. If you get such letters copy them here, but DO NOT WORRY. This is just like the car parking scam (Search forum for Roxburghe) They huff and puff in a last ditch attempt to get you to pay a ransom, then when push comes to shove they just move on to their next easy victim.
DO NOT reply to any such official looking letters in any way. DO NOT WORRY about them either.

Regardless of anything they tell you, their only redress is to sue you in the small claims court in the UK. They won't do that because they know they would lose and that would cost them money.

It's all one big 'try on'
Read the accepted answer on this page... You don't need a solicitor as one respondent says.

http://www.justanswer.com/uk-law/5mid2-joined-internet-dating-website-called-be2-dating-paid.html

It's the business model of this scummy outfit. Try to get £150 of ongoing payment, often succeed in getting and keeping that money without a fight. If member blocks payment, then bluster about debt collection so maybe a few more members roll over and cough up, then send a shady 'solicitors letter' to squeeze out a few last chances at getting payment. Then just skulk back under their rock to wait for their next victim.

It's NOT in their business model to actually take cases to the small claims court, where they know they'll get a rollicking from the magistrate and will have no chance of covering their costs..

JJ