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General / Re: foreclosuresearch.ca review scam site

« on: November 11, 2010, 08:58:25 PM »

I totally agree. foreclosuresearch.ca is a total scam. I signed up for their $7 trial membership. I contacted the listing agents for one of the properties listed on the website who told me the website is no good and the listing is not up to date. She said she gets phone calls from people about properties that were sold as long as a year ago. I went ahead to cancel my membership. Their website says there are two ways to cancel. One is by filling out a cancellation form and the other is by calling 1-888-829-5832 (that is only phone number you can find on the entire website). I filled out and submitted the cancellation form online and think that it is done and I probably get a confirmation e-mail in my inbox. (They did say that their response usually end up in junk or spam folder - I should have know right there that it is not a legit website.) Anyway, I find their response e-mail in the junk folder one day later, and the e-mail gives you a link to "initiate" the cancellation process. So they make you fill out all the information in a form to cancel and then they respond with an e-mail which gives you a link to "initiate" the cancellation process? ARe you kidding me? So I know something is not right about this website. It is not the right way to do business. Nevertheless, I followed the link to a webpage and filled out all the information again and clicked "next". Surprise! The next page says something about the upgrade is completed and still shows that I would be paying $47 monthly going forward. There is no option anywhere that says "cancel". So now I know for sure there is something bad going on here. I then decided to call the 1-888-829-5832 number. Guess what, it is always voicemail. I have tried to call no less than a dozen of times and every time I got voicemail. I have left 5-6 messages and still have not heard back from them yet. They have already charged my paypal account $47. Now I have to figure out how to get that money back plus need to close my Paypal account so I don't get charged anymore. foreclosuresearch.ca is a total scam. Don't ever sign up for the trial membership because there is no way to cancel. When I signed up, I tried using credit cards and it did not work. Only Paypal worked. Now I think I probably need to cancel the two credit cards whose numbers I tried to enter on that website. It is just a total headache. I saw the website advertised at this link torontoforeclosurelist.com/blog/foreclosed-homes-toronto-3/  and later I discovered it is a totally fake newspage. It uses CBC and CTV logos but anywhere you click on the page, you will be re-routed to foreclosuresearch.ca  And the dates for the comments are all updated everyday so they appear recent. Stay away from this website!!! And if you are in consumer protection or law enforcement or anything related, look into this! There is a fraud/criminal case here!!!