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Information about a site called Swipe Auctions? - Wolfiechops - 03-11-2014 03:24 PM
Can anybody please help? Is anybody familiar with a site based in the US called SWIPE AUCTIONS? I joined what I thought was a safe site (they had an advertisement) on Facebook, and I completed one of their registration forms. At the end of the registration process, a page comes up claiming I have just paid out $159. Even though I have not bought anything. If anybody is familiar with this site then perhaps you can tell me why I have paid out $159? The money appears to be some kind of registration fee, and that has got to be a CON surely? For one thing they claim to be a superior site to E BAY, and as a member of E BAY I know that you don't pay to register with them. I can't even get connected to Swipe Auctions online and their isn't even a phone contact number to cancel. Can somebody help me here as I feel as though I have just been mugged!! What can I do if it is a confidence trick? Can I stop them from plundering my bank account? If somebody can help I would be grateful. I am based in United Kingdom. Also I have very little cash to spare, and $159 is a Kings Ransom to me. Thank You.
- smurf - 03-11-2014 03:25 PM
Swipe Auctions (previously Swipebids) is a scam and they are now targetting the UK using facebook ads and ads on other websites. You can find out more informations about this scam and get advice from other victims at these websites:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2713089
http://strangelyperfect.tv/7955/facebook-msnbc-jesse-willms-swipe-auctions-and-doctored-photos/
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/22/beware-the-31-47-ipad/
http://www.resourcesforlife.com/docs/item3561
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4138888/The-face-that-launched-a-global-ad-scam
Also get your bank to do a chargeback to get your scammed money back: http://whatconsumer.co.uk/visa-debit-chargeback/
- Mark H - 03-11-2014 03:36 PM
For refunds on membership fees, please download the Refund Request Form (http://www.swipeauctions.com/guarantee.php) and mail the original, hand printed form along with email receipt to:
SwipeAuctions.com
Refund Center
3124 S. Parker Road
#A2-K271
Aurora,Co 80014
- Donna T - 03-11-2014 03:40 PM
RUN...they have a site where you can send in a request for a refund...but they are a rip off...they just got me for not only the 159..but for 495 dollars.