Have received bill for £19.99 from a billing company in respect of a program sexxxx.com which I did not subcribe to.
Billing company are threatening me. Went on line to locate program and several others have received similar bills. One described it as a trojan. How can I avoid billing co. and get rid of this threat. I obviously don't want bailiffs calling badgering me. I am tempted to settle the bill to avoid trouble but I detest that way out. The billing co. Micro Bill Systems is hiding
behind some sort of front. I did not order this program nor would I ever consider doing so. How did they get parfticulars of my email address. In desperation!
2007-03-19 03:02:51 · 4 answers · asked by James B 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
This "company" has sent out mass e-mails in a scam to embarrass individuals into paying the money. They also know people will fear "legal action" or a lowered credit score from non-payment, and that's why the scam works. Although I don't live in the UK (I'm in the US), scams are all the same. I got an e-mail from someone on e-Bay who said they paid me for my merchandise, never received it, and were going to report me and sue me if I didn't return his $40.00. As you can see, it was not a lot of money for me OR for you, but if enough people pay up, they can make a good amount of tax-free money. It just so happens that I've only bought 3 things off e-Bay...ever. I was going to e-mail the fool that I've never sold anything on e-Bay and that he was mistaken, but I was taken to a site where e-Bay said that the guy was a scammer who'd sent out thousands of e-mails, that he was being dealt with and NOT to respond to his e-mails. My advice is ignore the e-mail. Those things are sent out by the thousands (guessing at e-mail addresses)and when they get a response, they know they've found an actual account and they will continue to hound you. Good luck!
2007-03-19 03:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read about this in the Guardian Technology earlier this month.
It's unknown whether it is illegal but generally people believe it is immoral and is installed without your consent. It has been christened 'ransomware', effectively they are holding your computer to ransom by stopping you from using it (in this case for up to 10 mins) until you pay the charge
You can buy software to disable it, or some have got rid of it with help from technical forums.
Read the article linked, it may give you some idea how to get rid of it. There are many people who have said they have never signed up for the package, and it seems that the company are using blackmail tactics to get people to pay.
I wonder how many have paid just to get rid of the embarrassing pop up, even though they have not been anywhere near the site?
2007-03-19 03:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by Corneilius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go to the police they are black mailing you.I would not pay them & im pretty certain they will not want to go to court has it will expose the scam.Good Luck
2007-03-22 04:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MBS is a real nasty spyware
http://spywarekiller.hyperboards.com/index.php?action=view_topic&topic_id=49
See the solutions here
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao_2.lsNiPTalx76XlJW0U927hR.?qid=20070320103457AASHJU3
2007-03-20 07:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋