Jun 18 2009
Retaliation Hot Business Market Scam
If you’ve been duped by Hot Business Market, here’s some information we were able to uncover:
Hot Business Market is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of the people that were suckered into the scam contacted the the fraud department of the Las Vegas Police Department and was informed that she should contact the Federal Trade Commission and notify them of the fraud.
However, we will need individuals to point out that there was no indication of any charge other than the $1.97 because when I called my bank to refute the charge, they sent me to the fraud department. The lady I spoke with informed me that the bank had a few complaints about this company and that they would work with me on getting it resolved. While on the phone with me, she went to a website that she claimed was the Hot Business Market sign-up page and she told me that when she clicked in the credit card field, a window popped up that stated that entering the credit card information authorizes the company to charge the $81.32 if the trial is not cancelled within 7 days. I don’t remember seeing any window when I entered my information.
It appears as though Hot Business Market has modified their website to include this feature as a protection against fraud charges.
The problem is, how do we prove that the warning was not their when we signed up?
