New Scam: Wixawin
We all deal with advertising on the sites we visit. It’s annoying, but just part of the price we pay to have free access to the vast array of information on the internet.
However, some of these promotions are nothing but scams.
Case in point: Wixawin, the ‘Free iPhone’ scam.
You’re sure to have seen their ads around - these guys are the ones behind the iPhone and MacBook Air ‘giveaways’. It’s an enticing little scam! After all, who doesn’t want a free iPhone?
But if you’re unlucky enough to complete their ’survey’, you’ll find yourself instantly hit with a $2.50 message. If you don’t unsubscribe immediately, you’re hit with these messages twice a week, costing you $20 each month.
The real problem is that although the terms & conditions are on the site, it’s not easy to unsubscribe once you’re in the service, and they are obviously non-compliant in their messages as it took this poor guy over an hour with his carrier to get things sorted out. It should be easy and obvious how to unsubscribe and contact the company’s customer care line.
Incidentally ‘Wixa’ is German for ‘Wanker’. Which gives you some idea of the esteem they hold their customers.
We’re investigating who’s behind Wixawin, who truly are a global corporation (you can see complaints about these guys everywhere, from Spain to Canada) and will bring you more info as it comes to hand.
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I also got robbered $40 by this company.
My girlfriend was robbed about $50 from this company. I saw her go to their website to try and win a playstation 3. When I told her she will get text spammed if she continued, she told me to mind my own business and that she is a lawyer and had read the terms and conditions and was fully aware of what she was doing.
6 months later, and after 3 hours on the phone abusing their help desk, she managed to unsubscribe.
I had to force myself not to say “I told you so”
I entered a contest at Tim Horton’s and was billed over $100 on my mobile phone bill. Not to mention the annoying text messages every day, little did I know they were costing me $2 each.
I didn’t even enter any competition??? Yet I have a mobile phone bill for over £40!! I have never accepted any agreement or participated in the competition itself?! How can this be legal? Anyone got any advice please?
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I have also just found that I have been robbed of hundreds of rands. Why can these people not be stopped and how come do our service providers allows this to happen. I will be sending this to the police in South Africa and also to every radio station I can.
My son was scammed to the tune of $90 Cdn by these crooks. He thought it was a one time thing he was entering. Yeah, right. Make that 4 times a week @ $2 a pop.
Read the fine print and good luck trying to unsubscribe.
I live in Spain, and I saw this ad. But I think it’s for stupid guys enter your telephone in a strange online ad
i dont get it, how is it a scam if they have the terms on their website?
Right, how come our service providers allow this to happen? Are they part of the scam too? They hide their terms & conditions at the bottom of their ad so that a normal 1024X768 monitor will not display their terms.
Freakin bastard scammers. Took my young daughter for $30 plus tax
Learn to read. Plain in simple.
Anybody that signs up for these services are the responsible parties. You can claim “scam” all you want but you chose to sign up for the service out of your own greed and ignored any attempt to be warned that you would be charged. And then you expact sympathy, lol.
I just got a msg from them with a ‘pin’ regarding some IQ test result. I have NEVER heard of Wixawin nor did I ever go near their website or participate in any sort of quiz. So does this mean somebody who has my number used it and subscribed to this website? I sent them an email to complain. I also text ‘STOP’ to ensure I do not receive any more messages.
I don’t even know how I subscribed but I got taken for $60 even though I didn’t answer any questions. Telus is unable to block this scam but will give you the # to unsubscribe to the company which is
1 866 670 0126. I have recently gone to Bell as Telus is letting this happen.