The web traffic to my blog FrogenYozurt.Com is currently increasing with a growth rate of roughly 50% per month. The success is based mainly on my reporting about the current Internet scam, may it be the Kelly Richards scheme, FastNetLearning.Com, or the Weight Loss (Acai Berry Diet) scam. The main purpose of running my personal blog was to promote my writing which, again, turned out to be very successful.

However, reporting continually about the current Internet scams suddenly comes with a major downside: Due to the increased attention of my blog more and more people find my website and try to cancel the scam services I report about. Yes, they contact me to cancel their service!

As bizarre as this behavior might be at first look, it also indicates how helpless these people are when it comes to matters of the Internet. They don’t have any records of their transactions (i.e. credit card charge) or the website they used to sign up. Neither did they read/print the terms of conditions. This may be a scam but these guys do provide cancelation information. I have no knowledge about whether or not that information is valid, but right now it doesn’t matter because these people, who contact me, have no clue whatsoever. Unfortunately, that makes them also the perfect victim.

The first case I reported was regarding the so-called “Acai Berry Diet.” I was contacted by Joseph Bennett who addressed me in a manner like he believed I was the supplier of the diet pills – See my post at Acai Berry DietExposed. I responded to Joseph by contacting him per e-mail, explaining that he had barked at the wrong tree.

The same day I received another request through the contact form on FrogenYozurt.Com. This time it was a lady apparently working for a real estate and property management business. She is also – you won’t believe it – a Notary Public. Her message was (excerpt): “I was instructed that I can cancel within 30 days for a full refund. I agreed to $2.95 but was also charged $2.95 plus $79.99 this is something I did not agree too. I want to cancel and want t a refund.” Note: The typos are not mine; this is what she wrote.

I responded by telling her, too, that I am only reporting about the scams and that I am the wrong person to contact. Then she asked: “do you know how to contact these people?“, without any reference of what and where she had ordered. I told her I was unable to help her. Then she responded again and recommended I should find out why I did receive her request and not the people who sold the service to her… Sorry, but in this case all help is lost!

To make things worse I received another response to my post FastNetLearning.com – Make At Least An Average Of $369 Per Day, the one where I wrote in BIG letters Welcome To Another Scam … Let me write this again … I received a response to a post on this blog: “I need to get my refund of $79.99 that you took out of my account per Matt Fry. He said I had to notify at this email address. I cannot avoid this as I am on Social Security. Please advise. Thank you. Need it refunded as soon as possible.”

At that time several thoughts came up like opening the window and scream or banging my head at the wall, probably causing my wife to call the paramedics. A bottle of Jameson came to mind, too, but, honestly, I am fine now.

While it is easy to ridicule these very vulnerable people, it also makes me incredibly angry for more reasons I can express here. After this last incident I decided not to help by writing directly to their e-mail address. First, it seems that all help is lost, and, secondly, I am getting more and more paranoid about revealing my e-mail address to everybody who fell for a scam. Sorry, guys!

Here is a last advice: If you fell for the Kelly Richards scheme, FastNetLearning.Com, the Weight Loss (Acai Berry Diet), or any other scam, contact your credit card provider or bank immediately and report a scam!

More Cancelation Requests:

June 10, 2010 per Contact Form by Wayne Bell

“I did NOT authorize any transactions from my credit card. If you do not cancel and credit my account I will report you to the authorities and take leagal action against you” – No information regarding order, account, address, or anything else.

June 14, 2010 per Contact Form by Susan Snyder

“I did not request this …..I want a REFUND NOW !!!!!! This is a SCAM !!!!!!”

June 15, 2010 per Contact Form by Preston O’Brown

“Please cancel my account and respond to my cancellation email.”

June 15, 2010 per Contact Form by Diana Archer

“on 6-7-10 Iauthorized a $2.95 to be contacted . I was contacted thru my daughters phone ,and I told him I got it to see if either my granddaughter or daughter were interested and they are not interested. I went on my online banking to find that they had charged me another 79.99 on the 14th. which leads me to believe that this is just another Scam. I want all my money returned to me P.D.Q. Diana Archer”

Initially, I wasn’t sure if this was, in fact, a cancelation request. People who fall for the scam don’t seem to have the best communication skills. But then I received further requests within minutes from the same person:

“I want a return of my money, 79.99 Immeadatley.”

“I want a return of my money, 79.99 Immeadatley.How do I go about doing so. Thank You Please reply Diana ARCHER”

June 16, 2010 by Judith L. Geisler responding to my post “FastNetLearning.com – Make At Least An Average Of $369 Per Day“

“I need help here. I signed up for your trial offer of $2.95 on 6/2, with your info that after a period of time, like 30 days?, to make some money, I would THEN be charged $79.99 for membership. Yesterday, 6/14, I got my bank statement for my “special fund” account that I keep for small projects that I want to try before buying, and to my SHOCK there was a charge for $79.99 billed on 6/8, just six days after I signed up. Since I keep a VERY MINIMUM amount in this account your charge caused my account to be hit with a $34.00 overdraft charge. This is very bad business practice on your part. So here’s what’s going to happen. You have lost me as a customer. Cancel my account with your program, and then credit my charge card account with the $2.95, the $79.99, AND the $34.00 overdraft fee. I will have my bank’s fraud protection division contacting you if this is not resolved IMMEDIATELY. I do not have a web site or an account number from you since I have not heard from you since I signed up for your offer. I was only able to gather YOUR web site from the bank statement vendor charge. I expect RAPID results.”

June 17, 2010 by Andrea Gernheuser per Contact Form

“I did not authorize a deduction of $79.99 from my checking acct. Please email me back to take care of this matter.”

You get the picture. Cancelation requests are coming in on a daily basis.