The New FTC Blogging Guidelines Are Creating Controversy
The FTC's intention is to help the consumer, which I am all for, but I think that the guidelines need to be less sweeping.
Posted by gregw2 Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Categories: In The News, Scams
Tags: affiliate links, blogging guidelines, fake blog, Federal Trade Commission, flog, FTC guidelines, Google AdSense, Google Home Income, Google Money Tree, Pacific Webworks, SEO, USA bloggers, web hosting
Will The New FTC Blogging Guidelines Affect You?
But, a fine of $11,000 could be levied against a Blogger who did not comply, and was caught or turned in by a competitive blogging site.
Posted by Billw Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Categories: In The News, Scams
Tags: affiliates, Blogger, bloggers, fake blogs, fake review site, Federal Trade Commission, Flogs, FTC guidelines, Google Money Tree, Scams
Some “Things To Do” If You Have Been Scammed
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Report to the following agencies:
Internet Crimes Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx
The Federal Trade Commission
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
The Attorney Generals Office
in your state as well as the state the “company” is in. You can find the appropriate AG’s here:
http://www.naag.org/attorneys_general.php
You can also file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/getstarted.aspx
Filing with all of these is important.
It may take a few minutes of your time but any help is appreciated.
The more consumers that file, the faster that action will be taken to stop these thieves from stealing from other victims.
You need to make sure that they have no access to any of your credit lines, and can not bill you down the road, in the future. You may have been signed up for another program and do not know it yet.
My suggestion is to go back to the original site and click on the T&C or TOS (Terms of Service) and then copy them into a text file or print them out, and read them very carefully.
If they are trying to be semi-legit then they will list all of the other memberships that you have been signed up for.
You need to contact your bank of credit card company and demand a charge-back. This must be done as soon as possible. It should be before 60 days have passed.
In the USA, initiate a chargeback against the company by filing a fraud report with your credit card company or bank. To do this you will need the Federal Regulation E form. Your bank can provide you with this form.
Explain that you wish to file a dispute, and demand that they assist you in accordance with Federal Regulation E.
Tell them that this was unauthorized by you, and your account was not to be charged. Emphasize how you never authorized any charges. Direct them to the thousands of victims reports that are filed online.
This is easy to do. There are many sites that have reported these scams and have victim’s testimonials posted.
And just continue to demand the Federal Regulation E form. Your bank can, must and will reverse the charges to your account. But, you must be persistent and adamant.
Ask to speak to the supervisor or the manager, and if that does not work then go higher. Trust me, this does work. If they have a local office then go there in person.
If you have any documentation, such as, emails, or attempts at phone contacts, times of calls, that you made, write this stuff down or print it out and show it to them. Be prepared. Do all of this before go, or before you call them.
Lastly, you should cancel your debit or credit card, and demand that there be no rebill or further charges by your card issuer or banking institution, attributed to your old card.
For scams based outside the US:
For those of us from the UK:
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/report/
For those of us from the great Canada:
https://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/
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Posted by admin Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Categories: In The News, Scams
Tags: affiliate links, blogging guidelines, fake blog, Federal Trade Commission, flog, FTC guidelines, Google AdSense, Google Home Income, Google Money Tree, Pacific Webworks, SEO, USA bloggers, web hosting
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