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"Customer credit card details at risk over weight loss pills"

By admin | October 27th, 2009 | Credit Cards

Weight loss in the UK and other countries is a multi billion pound industry, and our obsession with being able to lose weight easily is given away by our willingness to believe claims that are made about various products that hit the market, and even more so by our willingness to pay money to try them.

However, customers that have signed up to one such product to receive a trial have found themselves at the centre of what has been described as a credit card scam.

The scam is in connection to a product called Acai berries, which have been features strongly in the media with claims that they can really help those looking to lose weight.

With these claims still ringing in their ears many consumers have signed up to receive a free trial of the berries, but have had to enter their credit card details in order to receive the free trial, with money being taken off the card to cover packaging and postage.

However, these consumers have then experienced a shock as they have found that they are then locked into a monthly payment on the card, and the payment is very difficult to get out of.

In fact, the only way to break the monthly payments for consumers is to cancel the credit card altogether. Many consumers have now complained about this.

Industry officials said that many complaints had been received from customers who had signed up to the free trial, given their credit card details, and found themselves suddenly and unexpectedly locked into a monthly standing order.

The officials also said: “The benefits of the acai berry can be had by consuming practically every other type of fruit and it does not have any slimming effects whatsoever.”

Tags: acai berry scam, credit card fraud, weight loss credit card fraud

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