Capital Commerce

Scam Artists Hit Twitter

By Matthew Bandyk

Posted: July 7, 2009

We already have heard about how much many members of Congress love to tweet. Don't be surprised if within the next year, Congress starts talking about Twitter in a quite different way--holding hearings about what laws should be passed to protect the rights of vulnerable tweeters!

The Better Business Bureau reports about new scams that capitalize on Twitter:

The e-mail links to EasyTweetProfits.com, a company out of Surrey, England. EasyTweetProfits.com claims you can make $250-$873 a day working at home with Twitter. The Web site offers a seven-day free trial of their instructional CD-ROM for $1.95 to cover shipping. Buried in the lengthy terms and conditions are the details that the trial begins on the day the CD is ordered—not when it is received—and if the consumer doesn’t cancel within seven days of signing up, they’ll be charged $47 every month.

Congress has already held hearings about spam mail.

Wise comment, Muser

Fast and accurate warnings must be available. Because fraud is a crime, i propose making it mandatory for that kind of ad to include every detail of the transaction. After the second conviction of fraud, the company should lose its business license with no renewal under re-organization or a new name. White Collar crime like this is not punished enough.

auradawnveirs of CA @ Jul 08, 2009 21:56:56 PM

We don't need laws for tweeters

We need laws that simply allow periodic "subscription" charges on credit cards to be refuted and cancelled at any time by anyone---by calling the card company, not the "seller".

Muser of NM @ Jul 08, 2009 11:09:21 AM

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