rip off's online

[Jesse Weaver]

I answered a request to update my drivers and a free cleanup offer. I guess I got new drivers after paying $27.00.
I was shifted to another person for the free cleanup. What I got was a request to o.k. a $300.00 dollar charge. They would keep my computer clean.
This is the second or third time this has happened. Is this a known rip off? Must I avoid all notices of problems buy sellers of programs? Why can't I have my computer cleaned myself? If this is a rip off we need to warn the public.
Any comments?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

This is called spam or a scam. Do you answer everyone who tells you that a Nigerian prince needs to get $10M out of the country and will give you a 5% cut if you give them your bank account number? Or someone who shows up at your front door selling vacuum cleaners or knifes?

Where did you find out about them?

 

[Jesse Weaver]

This is called spam or a scam. Do you answer everyone who tells you that a Nigerian prince needs to get $10M out of the country and will give you a 5% cut if you give them your bank account number? Or someone who shows up at your front door selling vacuum cleaners or knifes?

Where did you find out about them?

 

[Jesse Weaver]

Hear about them on news.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

News, or ads run on a news channel?

Ads are not illegal, and charging for a product not worth buying isn't either. Nothing special about it being related to your computer; ads will tell you you need to get all kinds of crap.

Ignoring ads and informercials is generally a good idea; if they have to pay someone to tell you it's a good product, it probably isn't.