MAXIWEBINTRO Fraud…
Yet another fraud warning:
A charge appeared on my Citibank card on April 8 for $9.95 from MAXIWEBINTRO with a listed phone number of 253-660-0328. A quick web search revealed that the charge is a scam, a result of charges of randomly selected credit card numbers. Fortunately, after a few minutes of questioning, Citibank automatically found in my favor and permanently reversed the charge.
The $9.95 charge is a bit scary. Most people don’t go through their credit card statements carefully and probably wouldn’t notice the under-ten-dollar charge. That, and many credit card companies require a notarized statement of fraud which often costs a minimum of $10. Many might just ignore the smaller charge in favor of saving a nickel. Me, I’d spend the higher amount on principle.
I find it strange that the charge appeared on the same day that I purchased my vacation tickets from the Walt Disney Travel Company. Perhaps a wayward employee of a subcontracted company is responsible. I don’t like coincidences.
Hey all, Just got dinged by MAXIWEBINTRO (phone 270-778-3268) myself for $9.95 also got hit same day on another card by Innovative Software Tech (610-579-9414) Both charges were reversed but also had to change acct numbers to prevent rebill.
Hi, I just got hit by MAXIWEBINTRO (phone 270-778-3268 in NJ) for $9.95. I called the CC company and the rep ask me to first contact the MAXIWEBINTRO to have the charge reverse. If they refuse then I’ll have to call the CC Co. back and sign some forms before the charged can be reversed. This will also mean that my current CC will be cancelled and a new one reissued. Before this happened, I have made purchase from ZipZoomFly.com and Buy.com.
Got nailed by maxiwebintro on 8/8/2005 for $9.95 on my Chase/Bankone Visa business debit card. Had to close the card.
Also got hit today by macrocyberlinc for 9.95.. what a joke.. Don’t plan on anything happening to these people they wont ever get caught.. tried to call the 207-778-3268, get msg that says press 3 for fax, or 1 for msg… spent 2 1/2 hours dealing with credit union, then they send me to the police station to file fraud charges, waited there for 45 min just to talk to an office. Yea right like the police even care about a 9.95 charge.. But hey steal a candy bar and your going to jail…. Scams like this aren’t going away, they will only get worse… Prepare by watching your accounts daily, and only having one credit card.. I suggest canceling all but one.
I got nailed on 8/15. I check my Citi card account every day. Made a phone call and they put that $9.95 in dispute. I hope they get these people and put them in jail where they belong.
got hit will the 9.95 charge today for innovative software technologies. the phone # is 610-5799414. at the prompt to leave a message press the star key a few times and it will ask you for your password. it is 1234. you can listen to all the people who also have complained about the charge
I got hit 8/20 for the 9.95 and after 4 phone calls to Wachovia, they insisted that I call the 610-579-9414 shown on the charge. Wachovia wouldn’t even start the paperwork to dispute the charge ntil I called that number to “try and resolve the dispute”. It took Google less than 15 seconds to pull up this blog with all these complaints-I’m gonna have to change banks, they are stuck in the 19th century. Then they acted surprised when I told them about the blog and how many complaints for the same thing were posted. Said they’d have a supervisor call me back-if they don’t, I’ll definitely be changing banks!
yeah, i just got hit by this çráp today, my bank froze my debit card and now i have to fill out a lot of paperwork and pay to get a new debit card when its fraud, bullcrap. No one ever picks up the phone at any of the numbers, I swear sometimes you need to castrate people to prove a point. I hope whoever is running this ring gets a horrible disease and burns in hëll!!!!
I just got a charge from MaxiWebIntro on 8-19 also with a NJ address. Luckly my bank is going to investigate this and credited me my money back. This site was the first google hit in about 5 seconds. The people doing this need a place right next to Jimmy Hoffa.
Aug 14, i too just got a hit on the ‘MACROCYBERLINK’ $9.95 charge. the bank was informed and the card canceled and the charge removed. my bank is going to investigate also.