Like many others, I found a $40 charge on one of my credit cards titled "SPY SURVIVAL BRIEFING". When I attempted to call the company by telephone, I received instructions to go to website "www.lsb.org/spy". Trying that gave me a 404 error indicating that website does NOT exist. I am preparing to call my credit card company and dispute the charge. Beware, because this is a scam!!!
I did not order this and do not want it. You are a dishonest company and individual. I order the flashlight and get ripped off for doing so. I will take action against you to recover all my moneys. The looks of it I'm not the only person you have scammed. james l bashore
Spy Survival offered a free item with s&h cost. Forced to enter credit card info, then upsale attempt, and another.
On the first upsale, volumes of verbiage meant to wear you out. I was spinning down through it and they placed a check box that is apparently intended to be triggered before you even see it.
No way to back out. But, earlier their sales copy said don't worry you can review everything before it is sent. I went on to read the second upsell and was debating about it.
Just didn't trust them anymore. So I stopped right there and did not fill out anything more, nor get any chance to review the order. I did not push anything that would have completed the order.
Next day, I see 2 bank charges one for 4.95 the other for 39.95 per month. No phone number to call them. No address of any sort. CON MEN! I googled and ended up with Lazzie Faire. Called them, waited on hold a long time, got a number for Spy Survival, still no other means of contact, called the number got a voicemail asking to leave a message. Did so, still awaiting a response.
This stinks of deliberate fraud. Offer a good item, force disclosure of your credit card, force other expensive and repeat "services" on you, eliminate almost every possibility for you to cancel or communicate.
Can't even fill out all the info here because Spy Survival made sure no such information was provided. CON MEN! Don't order anything at all or you will get ripped off.
I answered an internet offer for a free high powered flashlight when you pay only a shipping charge of $4.95. I have since been charged on the card I used $40.00/month for 4 months. When I called to inquire what I was being charged for I was told it was for the email I received called "Spy and Survival Briefing". I did not sign up or agree to my card being charged a monthly fee of $40.00 for an email! I told them I wanted my money back and was told that there was no refund for this service. When I threatened to call the Attorney General of my State I was told I would recieve a call from a supervisor within 48 hours that I could "discuss" this with.
I recieve a free survival/defense style flash light simply by paying $4.95 for the cost to ship it to me. When my monthly credit card statement was available, it had the $4.95 charge 'plus' two more unauthorized charges of $19.95 and $40.00. All three charges were same biller as they all had the same phone # which is (844) 242-3216 I emailed my request to cancel my subscription and they are still taking $40 each This to me is criminal deception, fraud and monitary theft from me and my credit card provider.
I have been receiving these mailings for quite some time in the mail. I had no idea what they were, I thought maybe my son had subscribed to this Spy + Survial Briefing thing in my name. He is into all that kind of stuff. Prepping, survial, guns, knives, etc. After several months of these mailings I asked my son about it and he said no he knew nothing about it. So I showed them to my husband and he said yeah I've been being charged $40 a month for that s**t, of course he never told me about being charged for anything up until the day i showed him the mailings. To the point no one in my home seems to know anything about this company nor did we subscribed to something that was going to charge us 40$ a Month we just don't have it like that. Why my husband waited so long to tell me I have no clue I can only assume he to thought it was someone son had subscribed to. So bottom line is they've been stealing. $40 a month for the past 5 months. I'm furious and can't get no one to answer the phones can't find where I got a confirmation email on the subscribtion nothing.. I will get to the bottom of this.
I purchased a flashlight which was free just pay shipping. I keep getting a 99.98 charge on my credit card every month. I have tried several times to contact them for cancellation but unable to. I have disputed the charge but the credit card co keeps [putting it back on my credit card. There is no way that I can contact them to stop the charges.
I purchased the Flashlight which does work great for 4.95 and a survival tool but was never told about the charge of 40 dollars i believe this to be fraud no notice or anything.... i will be changing all my bank info so he cant take anything out but i want my money back
It took me a few months to figure out what this was all about. I hadn't had the energy or health to check my credit card statements every month so missed the charges. I too ordered the "free" flashlight for paying "only" the shipping and handling. I received the flashlight, which actually is a decent one, but had no idea I would be billed $40.00 a month for a subscription I didn't sign up for and didn't want. I finally was able to check over my statement this month and saw the charge. I had no idea what it was for, so I did what most of the other people on this posting did. I called the number on the card statement and it was no help at all. I checked the internet and finally got a phone number (1-877-453-1177) that turned out to be the parent company. I talked to a woman there and she informed me that there was no refund policy for the newsletter. I was out the $40.00 per month for 6 months ($240.00). Like I could afford that!!! The only thing she could do for me was to cancel the account and say that I would not be billed again. Since I had already thought the account was cancelled three weeks ago and it wasn't. I do hope she isn't lying to me. If I get another charge next month I will be calling my card company and issuing a fraud alert on them! Someone who can afford it should take them to court for doing this.
On Thursday, September 14, 2017 8:58 PM I received an email ad with a video presentation describinga "FREE" Seal Torch 2000 flashlight. The only cost was to be the shipping of $9.95 + $39.00 for the Ultimate Seal Tourch Survival Pack ($48.95).
I thought this looked like a deal even if the shipping probably paid for the flashlight but the up sell process began at this point proceeding from a three pack at $27.00 + $39.00 ($67.00) to a 5 Flashlight Family Survival Pack at $45.00 + $39.00 ($84.00) Ultimate Survival Pack. I decided to go for the $84.00 package.
I received a call from my bank this morning (Friday 9/15/2017, 8:30 am) that a charge for $84.00 was submitted and then withdrawn. I asked it any charge was accepted and they said no. I instructed Fraud Protection at PNC Bank to disreguard the charge if none had been posted since the deal feels shaky at best.
Later this morning at 9:15 am I got another call from PNC Fraud Protection stateing there were now three charges from the same vendor for $84.00 posted. They advised me to contact the vendor, Spy Survival Briefing, at (844) 242-3216 and request a credit. The phone number, when called, only produced their webb site address instructed me to go to the webb site and no help. I will contact my credit card provider and attempt to kill this transaction.
I bought a flashlight on line for 4.95 and now they have signed me up for for spy+survival briefing and taking 40.00 two times the first time I called them and ask for them to stop taking money out they said ok and would stop taking money out but they took 40.00 yesterday
I recieved an email with an ad for a free survival flashlight, and all I had to do was pay $4.99 shipping and handling charges. I decided to get it. They not only charged me for the shipping, but also a $40 subscription fee. I emailed their customer sevice many times asking that the subscription be cancelled immediatly. However, I was still charged the following month.
Same thing as above, my father in law (92) ordered the "free flashlight" then was charged $40.00. When I called they told me that they were a legitimate company and that "everything is laid out on the internet". I did get a refund and cancelled the monthly charge. By the way, my father in law NEVER got any newsletter. BIG RIPOFF!!!!
I ordered a flashlight for $4.95. I ordered a rechargeable battery with charger for $19.95. I declined any other material or literature. I have been charged for $40.00 three (3) times and have had my credit card company credit my account back for two (2) of them. I am going back to my credit card company one more time to get this charge removed. It was charged to a councelled account also.
I responded to an internet offer of a flashlight for $4.95, in June,2017 . Payment was to be per credit card. Subsequently I have received two monthly publications, being charged $40.00 monthly! Listed phone # of 844 242-3216, only steers you to their website, lsb.org/spy. What recourse do I have?
I ordered a flash light advertised for free just pay S&H $4.00 but they took out $40.00 for a paper I never order or received and would like my money back !
Saw an advertisement about a flashlight I felt would be beneficial for me. I ordered the product (looked) legit, only to find out it's not what it seems. This could be a serious matter, especially now when individuals work @ night & the area isn't well lit I have to depend on something that's a failure. I'm not a "happy camper" I want others to now be aware. Trust me if I thought this was a fraud, I would have gone to someone else to receive this product .
I answered an internet offer for a "free" flashlight from jason hanson's spy & survival briefing for $4.95 s/h on 6-11-17.
On 6/18 a $40 charge was posted to my c/c account which was not authorized by me and without my permission. I' wonder if this will be a monthly charge.
I wish to have outscam .com to look into this matter.
I noticed that this also happened to someone named "sal" who reported the same thing.
I tried calling the phone # on the c/c notice, but it just says to go to a web site to update billling info.
This company psv spy survival took out 40.00 from my checking acount for something I did not order,I called their phone number which promted me to a bogus e-mail I am a senior citizen on a fixed income.www.lsb.org/spy.
I ordered the brightest flashlight and that asked if I wanted the monthly subscription of survival tactics I checked the box that said no I do not want the offer. I later got my bank statement and they had took out 40 dollars for that service and I do not want it.
I ordered a flash light for 4.95 from this company and now every month they take 40.00 off my card without my permition when you call the number they provide it tell you to go to a website that dosent exsist so ther is no way to get ahojd of them please help me put a stop to this gwendelyn barker thank you
The come-on for this scam was for "free" flashlights - only pay shipping. That was ok, but there was also the sign-up for a newsletter which would be $40 if you don't cancel in 10 days. No problem so far. Where it started coming apart was that there was a delay in getting the flashlights. So, instead of getting them within 2 weeks as originally stated it was closer to 2 months.
When I got my credit card bill i saw the $40 charge so I called to cancel. I was told the charge was non-refundable, so ok, I guess, but cancel everything going forward. Yesterday I got my credit card statement and saw that I was charged again, so I emailed to tell them I was double charged. No response. Today I called to tell them I was double charged and found out this worthless newsletter is $40 per month and non-refundable.
$40 per year would be a serious stretch, but $40 per month is a total out-and-out scam. I would really like to get my money back, but I hope this keeps someone else from falling into that trap.
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They sent me a free flashlight and then thet billed me $40 a month and they keep billing me . How can I sue them
Like many others, I found a $40 charge on one of my credit cards titled "SPY SURVIVAL BRIEFING". When I attempted to call the company by telephone, I received instructions to go to website "www.lsb.org/spy". Trying that gave me a 404 error indicating that website does NOT exist. I am preparing to call my credit card company and dispute the charge. Beware, because this is a scam!!!
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I did not order this and do not want it. You are a dishonest company and individual. I order the flashlight and get ripped off for doing so. I will take action against you to recover all my moneys. The looks of it I'm not the only person you have scammed. james l bashore
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I ofdered a knife thinking I can cancel the monthly anytime; am looking into this
Spy Survival offered a free item with s&h cost. Forced to enter credit card info, then upsale attempt, and another.
On the first upsale, volumes of verbiage meant to wear you out. I was spinning down through it and they placed a check box that is apparently intended to be triggered before you even see it.
No way to back out. But, earlier their sales copy said don't worry you can review everything before it is sent. I went on to read the second upsell and was debating about it.
Just didn't trust them anymore. So I stopped right there and did not fill out anything more, nor get any chance to review the order. I did not push anything that would have completed the order.
Next day, I see 2 bank charges one for 4.95 the other for 39.95 per month. No phone number to call them. No address of any sort. CON MEN! I googled and ended up with Lazzie Faire. Called them, waited on hold a long time, got a number for Spy Survival, still no other means of contact, called the number got a voicemail asking to leave a message. Did so, still awaiting a response.
This stinks of deliberate fraud. Offer a good item, force disclosure of your credit card, force other expensive and repeat "services" on you, eliminate almost every possibility for you to cancel or communicate.
Can't even fill out all the info here because Spy Survival made sure no such information was provided. CON MEN! Don't order anything at all or you will get ripped off.
I was charged for products that were not al they was surspose to be and find out it's fake contact infomation and all
I answered an internet offer for a free high powered flashlight when you pay only a shipping charge of $4.95. I have since been charged on the card I used $40.00/month for 4 months. When I called to inquire what I was being charged for I was told it was for the email I received called "Spy and Survival Briefing". I did not sign up or agree to my card being charged a monthly fee of $40.00 for an email! I told them I wanted my money back and was told that there was no refund for this service. When I threatened to call the Attorney General of my State I was told I would recieve a call from a supervisor within 48 hours that I could "discuss" this with.
I recieve a free survival/defense style flash light simply by paying $4.95 for the cost to ship it to me. When my monthly credit card statement was available, it had the $4.95 charge 'plus' two more unauthorized charges of $19.95 and $40.00. All three charges were same biller as they all had the same phone # which is (844) 242-3216 I emailed my request to cancel my subscription and they are still taking $40 each This to me is criminal deception, fraud and monitary theft from me and my credit card provider.
I have been receiving these mailings for quite some time in the mail. I had no idea what they were, I thought maybe my son had subscribed to this Spy + Survial Briefing thing in my name. He is into all that kind of stuff. Prepping, survial, guns, knives, etc. After several months of these mailings I asked my son about it and he said no he knew nothing about it. So I showed them to my husband and he said yeah I've been being charged $40 a month for that s**t, of course he never told me about being charged for anything up until the day i showed him the mailings. To the point no one in my home seems to know anything about this company nor did we subscribed to something that was going to charge us 40$ a Month we just don't have it like that. Why my husband waited so long to tell me I have no clue I can only assume he to thought it was someone son had subscribed to. So bottom line is they've been stealing. $40 a month for the past 5 months. I'm furious and can't get no one to answer the phones can't find where I got a confirmation email on the subscribtion nothing.. I will get to the bottom of this.
I purchased a flashlight which was free just pay shipping. I keep getting a 99.98 charge on my credit card every month. I have tried several times to contact them for cancellation but unable to. I have disputed the charge but the credit card co keeps [putting it back on my credit card. There is no way that I can contact them to stop the charges.
I purchased the Flashlight which does work great for 4.95 and a survival tool but was never told about the charge of 40 dollars i believe this to be fraud no notice or anything.... i will be changing all my bank info so he cant take anything out but i want my money back
I was taken too.
It took me a few months to figure out what this was all about. I hadn't had the energy or health to check my credit card statements every month so missed the charges. I too ordered the "free" flashlight for paying "only" the shipping and handling. I received the flashlight, which actually is a decent one, but had no idea I would be billed $40.00 a month for a subscription I didn't sign up for and didn't want. I finally was able to check over my statement this month and saw the charge. I had no idea what it was for, so I did what most of the other people on this posting did. I called the number on the card statement and it was no help at all. I checked the internet and finally got a phone number (1-877-453-1177) that turned out to be the parent company. I talked to a woman there and she informed me that there was no refund policy for the newsletter. I was out the $40.00 per month for 6 months ($240.00). Like I could afford that!!! The only thing she could do for me was to cancel the account and say that I would not be billed again. Since I had already thought the account was cancelled three weeks ago and it wasn't. I do hope she isn't lying to me. If I get another charge next month I will be calling my card company and issuing a fraud alert on them! Someone who can afford it should take them to court for doing this.
On Thursday, September 14, 2017 8:58 PM I received an email ad with a video presentation describinga "FREE" Seal Torch 2000 flashlight. The only cost was to be the shipping of $9.95 + $39.00 for the Ultimate Seal Tourch Survival Pack ($48.95).
I thought this looked like a deal even if the shipping probably paid for the flashlight but the up sell process began at this point proceeding from a three pack at $27.00 + $39.00 ($67.00) to a 5 Flashlight Family Survival Pack at $45.00 + $39.00 ($84.00) Ultimate Survival Pack. I decided to go for the $84.00 package.
I received a call from my bank this morning (Friday 9/15/2017, 8:30 am) that a charge for $84.00 was submitted and then withdrawn. I asked it any charge was accepted and they said no. I instructed Fraud Protection at PNC Bank to disreguard the charge if none had been posted since the deal feels shaky at best.
Later this morning at 9:15 am I got another call from PNC Fraud Protection stateing there were now three charges from the same vendor for $84.00 posted. They advised me to contact the vendor, Spy Survival Briefing, at (844) 242-3216 and request a credit. The phone number, when called, only produced their webb site address instructed me to go to the webb site and no help. I will contact my credit card provider and attempt to kill this transaction.
I can't get this to stop taking $40.00 every month out of my bank. I am 83 and i can't loose this kind of money. I have a hard time every month.
I bought a flashlight on line for 4.95 and now they have signed me up for for spy+survival briefing and taking 40.00 two times the first time I called them and ask for them to stop taking money out they said ok and would stop taking money out but they took 40.00 yesterday
I recieved an email with an ad for a free survival flashlight, and all I had to do was pay $4.99 shipping and handling charges. I decided to get it. They not only charged me for the shipping, but also a $40 subscription fee. I emailed their customer sevice many times asking that the subscription be cancelled immediatly. However, I was still charged the following month.
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Same thing as above, my father in law (92) ordered the "free flashlight" then was charged $40.00. When I called they told me that they were a legitimate company and that "everything is laid out on the internet". I did get a refund and cancelled the monthly charge. By the way, my father in law NEVER got any newsletter. BIG RIPOFF!!!!
I have not been able to cancel this servics
Order flashlight for $4.95 shiping and handling they charge me $40.00 more.
I ordered a flashlight for $4.95. I ordered a rechargeable battery with charger for $19.95. I declined any other material or literature. I have been charged for $40.00 three (3) times and have had my credit card company credit my account back for two (2) of them. I am going back to my credit card company one more time to get this charge removed. It was charged to a councelled account also.
I responded to an internet offer of a flashlight for $4.95, in June,2017 . Payment was to be per credit card. Subsequently I have received two monthly publications, being charged $40.00 monthly! Listed phone # of 844 242-3216, only steers you to their website, lsb.org/spy. What recourse do I have?
Got an email saying free flashlight only pay s&h 4.95 they never said they was gonna take 40$ out every month
I ordered a flash light advertised for free just pay S&H $4.00 but they took out $40.00 for a paper I never order or received and would like my money back !
Saw an advertisement about a flashlight I felt would be beneficial for me. I ordered the product (looked) legit, only to find out it's not what it seems. This could be a serious matter, especially now when individuals work @ night & the area isn't well lit I have to depend on something that's a failure. I'm not a "happy camper" I want others to now be aware. Trust me if I thought this was a fraud, I would have gone to someone else to receive this product .
I answered an internet offer for a "free" flashlight from jason hanson's spy & survival briefing for $4.95 s/h on 6-11-17.
On 6/18 a $40 charge was posted to my c/c account which was not authorized by me and without my permission. I' wonder if this will be a monthly charge.
I wish to have outscam .com to look into this matter.
I noticed that this also happened to someone named "sal" who reported the same thing.
I tried calling the phone # on the c/c notice, but it just says to go to a web site to update billling info.
Unfortunately I fell for their "free flashlight" scam and now I am being billed for a monthly newsletter I dont want.
This company psv spy survival took out 40.00 from my checking acount for something I did not order,I called their phone number which promted me to a bogus e-mail I am a senior citizen on a fixed income.www.lsb.org/spy.
I ordered a free flashlight and paid the postage.
The flashlight doesn't work and the company has continued to take $40.00 out of my account each month.
Regions Bank gave me their phone number but when I called they just referred me to their website.
I ordered the brightest flashlight and that asked if I wanted the monthly subscription of survival tactics I checked the box that said no I do not want the offer. I later got my bank statement and they had took out 40 dollars for that service and I do not want it.
I purchased a flishlight on line and now I am being charged $40 multiple times on my credit card acount that I did not authorize.
Sent me email for free flashlight, pay shipping,4.50, received flashlight, 2 weeks later, took 40.00 dollars from credit card.
I ordered a flash light for 4.95 from this company and now every month they take 40.00 off my card without my permition when you call the number they provide it tell you to go to a website that dosent exsist so ther is no way to get ahojd of them please help me put a stop to this gwendelyn barker thank you
The come-on for this scam was for "free" flashlights - only pay shipping. That was ok, but there was also the sign-up for a newsletter which would be $40 if you don't cancel in 10 days. No problem so far. Where it started coming apart was that there was a delay in getting the flashlights. So, instead of getting them within 2 weeks as originally stated it was closer to 2 months.
When I got my credit card bill i saw the $40 charge so I called to cancel. I was told the charge was non-refundable, so ok, I guess, but cancel everything going forward. Yesterday I got my credit card statement and saw that I was charged again, so I emailed to tell them I was double charged. No response. Today I called to tell them I was double charged and found out this worthless newsletter is $40 per month and non-refundable.
$40 per year would be a serious stretch, but $40 per month is a total out-and-out scam. I would really like to get my money back, but I hope this keeps someone else from falling into that trap.