Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Watch your ATT bills - found fraud charge by BIZZLINKS.COM

So tonight I looked at my latest AT&T bill. It was higher than normal. I found this nice little doozy:


Billed on Behalf of BIZZLINKS.COM, LLC

Questions? Call: 1 800 433-4518
Itemized Charges and Credits
Item
No. Date Description
Charges for xxx xxx xxxx
3-01 10-06 BIZZLINKS.COM,LLC-WEBHOSTING MTH FEE 39.95
Provider not affiliated with AT&T
For questions call 1-800-433-4518
or visit www.ildteleservices.com


So I call, and their offices are closed. ATT Billing? Closed. Tomorrow I will try both again.

I never signed up for this service, never heard of them, and don't want them. A quick search on Google shows this company isn't new to the fraud game. This is not right.

Update 11/11/09: I called "ILD Teleservices" (who also use 1-800-637-4009) and was told it will take up to 2 billing cycles for the refund. I received a "confirmation number" for the refund. I then called ATT, who told me they (unlike all other carriers) don't have the option to block 3rd party billing on my phone because "they are a utility company regulated by the FCC". So google these guys and see all the other complaints about them. Watch out.

1 comments:

Matt Brown said...

same exact thing happened to me.

I was being charged 49.95 each month, piggybacked on my AT&T bill

when I called them to find out what the charges were for, they say it's for a monthly tech support service charge that was ordered by an old employee - they must have harvested her first name because I would never, EVER sign up for technical support that I'm charged for every month whether I use it or NOT! after checking, they came back on the line and said they will refund me for $599 which is the total they have been charging me for over a year! this must be fraudulent practices because they agreed so quickly to such a huge refund - obviously hoping I would not go to the authorities.