trial Fraudulent Charges

Inferred descriptor from FTC enforcement action against Apex Capital Group for deceptive 'free trial' offers and unauthorized negative option billing.

Charged full price ($89.76) for product after only 9 days of a 14-day free trial, despite paying $4.95 for the trial sample.

Inferred descriptor from FTC enforcement action against David Barnett for deceptive 'free trial' offers and unauthorized negative option billing.

Associated with BioGeniste in deceptive free trial scams, charging full price ($89.76) prematurely after a low-cost trial sample.

Inferred descriptor from FTC enforcement action against Phillip Peikos for deceptive 'free trial' offers and unauthorized negative option billing.

Users are charged recurring monthly fees after canceling free trials, with a complete lack of communication regarding billing or account status.

Charges users full price for a product after a trial period, often prematurely, without proper authorization.

Users are lured by a low-cost IQ test or trial, then charged significantly higher amounts for unwanted subscriptions. Cancellation is difficult, and unauthorized charges are common.

Initial low-cost charge ($0.95) for a one-time service, followed by attempts to access the account for further unauthorized charges.

Applications that offer a short free trial then automatically enroll users into expensive recurring subscriptions, often with obscure billing descriptors.

Associated with FYE stores, where customers were allegedly signed up for 'free' magazine subscriptions that later resulted in recurring charges without clear consent.

The product name 'GARCINIA CAMBOGIA' is strongly associated with free trial scams leading to unauthorized recurring charges.

Users are being charged monthly for a '14 day Microsoft trial' for $16.89, which they did not authorize or cannot find on their Microsoft account.

A user found a charge for 'Microsoft Trial Benefi' on their credit card statement but did not remember signing up for any Microsoft products.

Charges appearing as "Google Storage" can be for a Google Storage plan that was believed to be cancelled or for Google Cloud services exceeding free trial limits, often difficult to resolve with Google.