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Review: Avoid the Academic Singles scam!
I totally concur with the previous comments of those who have been scammed by Academic Singles, the unidentified owners thereof being based in Luxembourg. A condition of terminating their service is that your notice be at least 10 days prior to the end of the month, for which you have paid. Otherwise, they will charge another month, on your credit card. However, on seeking to do this, I found that no email address existed, via which this could be done. So, I have now resorted to threatening to expose them via an ABC interview, the following week.
Review: Avoid the Academic Singles scam!
Academic Singles are also clearly guilty of Misleading and Deceptive Conduct, under the provisions of the Australian COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SCHEDULE 2, in that the Terms & Conditions of participation are not disclosed, until you commence to sign up and, if you can otherwise find them, about 4 closely printed pages, please let me know
In addition, on 14/08/16, when I signed up, they criminally defrauded me, in the sum of A$109.80, i.e., $164.70 for 3 months subscription, being the excess over and above 1 months subscription, which is what I signed up for on that date.
Review: Avoid the Academic Singles scam!
"But wait, there's more"! You cannot cancel your subscription by email. There is no such icon heading, in the entire website.
The "Home" page says you can only cancel your subscription, to avoid being scammed by being charged another month's fee, is by sending a fax, to a given fax no., or writing a letter!
So, I attempted to send a fax through my local Postmaster and, sure enough, the number given by "Academic Singles" would not accept the fax!!! So, I then paid A$15.60, to send the same cancellation, by Express Post, also demanding a refund of 1 month's subscription.
However, the address provided in the "Home" site is different from that which appears, at the foot of their emails.
Thus another scam, i.e., no response or "Return to Sender" will result from my Express Mail.
The only certain way to stop their charging another month, indefinitely, is to cancel the card via which you paid your initial subscription, which I have done.
Review: Avoid the Academic Singles scam!
The "grand slam" of all of their scams, is that you cannot CANCEL cancel your membership! The process advised by this criminal organisation, simply takes you round in circles.
Be warned!
Review: Avoid the Academic Singles scam!
The "grand slam" of all of their scams, is that you cannot CANCEL your membership! The process advised by this criminal organisation, simply takes you round in circles.
Be warned!