Talk with Leads In 2018 I used Talk with Leads on my websire for $10.00 / month. After a few months they increased the price to $100 / month with my consent. I immediately canceled. In 2022 (4 years later) Talk with Leads is saying I owe $168.
There is no way to contact this company, and the support is Zero. Do not use this company. The frustration alone is not worth it. THIS IS A SCAM I've requested Several Call Backs on their Website...no callbacks..
Telling me I need to pay an outstanding balance from 4 years ago that I do not owe. The Company is a RIPOFF https://www.talkwithlead.com/
This is a world-class LEGAL scam. I cancelled my account within the proper amount of time, they never cancelled it and said I never did it, which is an absolute lie. Then they proceeded to charge me month after month, while still harrassing me saying that "this month's payment was declined" every month, harrassing phone calls and emails.
I had to block their number on my phone, they literally call me every single day... I know this because even though their number is blocked, they can still leave me a voicemail which still shows up in my voicemail... and they do it EVERY SINGLE DAY, saying my payment has been declined, payment declined, payment declined... even though my card gets charged EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
I also had to mark them as spam so I would not get their BARRAGE of emails saying "payment declined, payment declined, payment declined". Yet THERE IS THE CHARGE ON MY STATEMENT... EVERY SINGLE MONTH. I have disputed the transactions with Paypaland LOST the disputes, because this [censored] "talkwithlead" had convinced them that I never cancelled my account, WHICH I DID.
NOW to cancel my account, I have to log in and add ANOTHER credit card number in order to cancel it!!! They really have me by the BALLS here, and there is NOTHING i can do about it!!! Today I looked at my statement and I have FOUR charges from them!!! All that happened simultaneously today.
One of them was for DOUBLE the amount! So really its technically five charges... so I've now been charged NINE times for a monthly service that I signed up with for FIVE months ago. This is a REAL royal crock of garbage... DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS SERVICE AND GIVE THEM YOUR CARD NUMBER, WHATEVER YOU DO!!!
It's been a month now and the following have occured:
I spoke with Talk With Lead (you specifically and also your customer service representative at 1-800-792-4060) concerning the $58 charge to my debit card nearing the end of a trial that you verified you would extend.
You then emailed me, stating that the extension for the trial had been granted, but this was 2 days after the charge was already successful, defeating the purpose of the trial.
Also note that I had already requested the cancellation code for my account a full 2 days before the ending of the first trial period anyway and your service team had not provided a code for weeks (even though customer service said the only way to cancel my account was through getting that code. I cancelled when I was supposed to but TalkWithLead's slow response (more like lack of response) for the cancellation code made the trial expire without cancellation.
I made multiple requests to cancel after that, already annoyed that your company charged the $58 when you should not have. I chalked it up to mismanagement and bad timing.
After speaking with TalkWithLead 12 times via email and the phone, I find that a month later, there was still no cancellation code or a refund to my account and now...
a new charge for June 8th in the amount of $58 appeared again. Then after more communication with you to cancel my account, and a full 3 days, you put in an attempt to keep my 'business', while ignoring my requests for refunds.
Now that you finally provided the cancellation code (June 11th, a MONTH initial problem and cancellation request and multiple discussions), when I try to cancel (and after you made multiple charge attempts to my debit card after the SUCCESSFUL charge just last Friday)...my account is locked until I update the card information
Locked account screen
I added a different card to attempt to get past this screen, but then I received a message that it will take 24 hours to verify the card payment method. It should never take that long, not even in 'rare' cases.
So I'm at a loss here...
To the Better Business Bureau, is this kind of behavior legal?
Whether legal or not, I've submitted a notification to the Federal Trade Commission and the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network for everyone's records, as seen below:
I should have listened all the other neggative reviews of this company but I went ahead anyway to use their services. First off this company illegally sends about 90 emails and sms messages a week even after you have opted out. They do not provide a method within their software to close or cancel an account in an attempt to continue billing your account even after you follow their request to call or email to request to cancel services.
They take advantage of their international location to the fullest, by intentionally harrassing and stealing money from individual business owners. I would stay far away from these cowards and thives, because there are far better services located within the US that offer superior software services than Talk With Lead.
TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
This company continued to charge my credit cards for $56.49/month after I had cancelled their service AND they said the service was $49.99 but continued to charge me $56.49 without any explanation what the extra $7 charge was for and would never respond to my emails.. until I cancelled my service.
I cancelled their service in December of 2018 and after they charged me again they said I couldnt cancel by email but would have to log into my account and then request an "authorization code" to cancel the account.
I sent multiple emails to get the "auth code" yet I never received one to cancel the account through their antiquated admin console.
At the same time they kept sending me threatening letters about reporting me to credit agencies after I refused to pay for the service I had cancelled. Here is an example of what they sent every week to harass me into paying:
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TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
The Credit Card Processing Bank is a members of Transunion and Equifax credit Bureau. All non-payments are reported to the Credit Bureau by the Credit Card Processing Bank and NOT by our company within 90 days. The Credit Card Processing Bank has your personal information on file and this is done automatically by their system. This dept. will affect your credit rating and possibly interfere with your efforts over the next seven years to finance your home, obtain a bank loan and your ability to secure a credit card. Your prompt attention to this matter is advised!
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
Maria, Talk With Lead Customer Care
P.S. Trade World Corporation will appear as the company name on your credit card statement.
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Two names were used by their support group: RON and MARIA
They shared the same email address so its either a generic group email box or they just have multiple phoney personalities.
I also just discovered they charged me $56.49 when they said the monthly charge would be $49.99 .. Here is an example of what they emailed me:
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Ron @ Trade World Mar 13, 2019, 9:16 AM to me Hi Mark, Your plan $49.99 per month.
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DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE AS THEY WILL KEEP CHARGING YOUR CREDIT CARD FOREVER AND THE ONLY WAY IT WILL STOP IS TO CANCEL YOUR CARD AND GET A NEW ONE.
TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
They are transacting these fraudulent transactions in many countries as you can see from this list below:
The Office
Address:The GrayBar Building at Grand Central, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10170
DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE AS THEY WILL KEEP CHARGING YOUR CREDIT CARD FOREVER AND THE ONLY WAY IT WILL STOP IS TO CANCEL YOUR CARD AND GET A NEW ONE.
TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
We never signed up for any services, ever, that are remote to what the business offers. We kept getting spammed from our own site contact forms for days, until I finally went on their site and asked them to stop. No Reply, they just started sending 3-5 a day now. This company is unethical in its contact practices and I would be careful about doing business with them. They show little respect for people.
Talk With Lead Reviews
Talk with Leads In 2018 I used Talk with Leads on my websire for $10.00 / month. After a few months they increased the price to $100 / month with my consent. I immediately canceled. In 2022 (4 years later) Talk with Leads is saying I owe $168.
There is no way to contact this company, and the support is Zero. Do not use this company. The frustration alone is not worth it. THIS IS A SCAM I've requested Several Call Backs on their Website...no callbacks..
Telling me I need to pay an outstanding balance from 4 years ago that I do not owe. The Company is a RIPOFF https://www.talkwithlead.com/
This is a world-class LEGAL scam. I cancelled my account within the proper amount of time, they never cancelled it and said I never did it, which is an absolute lie. Then they proceeded to charge me month after month, while still harrassing me saying that "this month's payment was declined" every month, harrassing phone calls and emails.
I had to block their number on my phone, they literally call me every single day... I know this because even though their number is blocked, they can still leave me a voicemail which still shows up in my voicemail... and they do it EVERY SINGLE DAY, saying my payment has been declined, payment declined, payment declined... even though my card gets charged EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
I also had to mark them as spam so I would not get their BARRAGE of emails saying "payment declined, payment declined, payment declined". Yet THERE IS THE CHARGE ON MY STATEMENT... EVERY SINGLE MONTH. I have disputed the transactions with Paypaland LOST the disputes, because this [censored] "talkwithlead" had convinced them that I never cancelled my account, WHICH I DID.
NOW to cancel my account, I have to log in and add ANOTHER credit card number in order to cancel it!!! They really have me by the BALLS here, and there is NOTHING i can do about it!!! Today I looked at my statement and I have FOUR charges from them!!! All that happened simultaneously today.
One of them was for DOUBLE the amount! So really its technically five charges... so I've now been charged NINE times for a monthly service that I signed up with for FIVE months ago. This is a REAL royal crock of garbage... DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS SERVICE AND GIVE THEM YOUR CARD NUMBER, WHATEVER YOU DO!!!
It's been a month now and the following have occured:
I spoke with Talk With Lead (you specifically and also your customer service representative at 1-800-792-4060) concerning the $58 charge to my debit card nearing the end of a trial that you verified you would extend.
You then emailed me, stating that the extension for the trial had been granted, but this was 2 days after the charge was already successful, defeating the purpose of the trial.
Also note that I had already requested the cancellation code for my account a full 2 days before the ending of the first trial period anyway and your service team had not provided a code for weeks (even though customer service said the only way to cancel my account was through getting that code. I cancelled when I was supposed to but TalkWithLead's slow response (more like lack of response) for the cancellation code made the trial expire without cancellation.
I made multiple requests to cancel after that, already annoyed that your company charged the $58 when you should not have. I chalked it up to mismanagement and bad timing.
After speaking with TalkWithLead 12 times via email and the phone, I find that a month later, there was still no cancellation code or a refund to my account and now...
a new charge for June 8th in the amount of $58 appeared again. Then after more communication with you to cancel my account, and a full 3 days, you put in an attempt to keep my 'business', while ignoring my requests for refunds.
Now that you finally provided the cancellation code (June 11th, a MONTH initial problem and cancellation request and multiple discussions), when I try to cancel (and after you made multiple charge attempts to my debit card after the SUCCESSFUL charge just last Friday)...my account is locked until I update the card information
Locked account screen
I added a different card to attempt to get past this screen, but then I received a message that it will take 24 hours to verify the card payment method. It should never take that long, not even in 'rare' cases.
So I'm at a loss here...
To the Better Business Bureau, is this kind of behavior legal?
Whether legal or not, I've submitted a notification to the Federal Trade Commission and the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network for everyone's records, as seen below:
Complaint to Federal Trade Commission
I should have listened all the other neggative reviews of this company but I went ahead anyway to use their services. First off this company illegally sends about 90 emails and sms messages a week even after you have opted out. They do not provide a method within their software to close or cancel an account in an attempt to continue billing your account even after you follow their request to call or email to request to cancel services.
They take advantage of their international location to the fullest, by intentionally harrassing and stealing money from individual business owners. I would stay far away from these cowards and thives, because there are far better services located within the US that offer superior software services than Talk With Lead.
TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
This company continued to charge my credit cards for $56.49/month after I had cancelled their service AND they said the service was $49.99 but continued to charge me $56.49 without any explanation what the extra $7 charge was for and would never respond to my emails.. until I cancelled my service.
I cancelled their service in December of 2018 and after they charged me again they said I couldnt cancel by email but would have to log into my account and then request an "authorization code" to cancel the account.
I sent multiple emails to get the "auth code" yet I never received one to cancel the account through their antiquated admin console.
At the same time they kept sending me threatening letters about reporting me to credit agencies after I refused to pay for the service I had cancelled. Here is an example of what they sent every week to harass me into paying:
###
TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
The Credit Card Processing Bank is a members of Transunion and Equifax credit Bureau. All non-payments are reported to the Credit Bureau by the Credit Card Processing Bank and NOT by our company within 90 days. The Credit Card Processing Bank has your personal information on file and this is done automatically by their system. This dept. will affect your credit rating and possibly interfere with your efforts over the next seven years to finance your home, obtain a bank loan and your ability to secure a credit card. Your prompt attention to this matter is advised!
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
Maria, Talk With Lead Customer Care
P.S. Trade World Corporation will appear as the company name on your credit card statement.
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Two names were used by their support group: RON and MARIA
They shared the same email address so its either a generic group email box or they just have multiple phoney personalities.
I also just discovered they charged me $56.49 when they said the monthly charge would be $49.99 .. Here is an example of what they emailed me:
###
Ron @ Trade World Mar 13, 2019, 9:16 AM to me Hi Mark, Your plan $49.99 per month.
###
DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE AS THEY WILL KEEP CHARGING YOUR CREDIT CARD FOREVER AND THE ONLY WAY IT WILL STOP IS TO CANCEL YOUR CARD AND GET A NEW ONE.
TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
They are transacting these fraudulent transactions in many countries as you can see from this list below:
The Office
Address:The GrayBar Building at Grand Central, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10170
Address: 20 Kingsbridge Garden Circle, Mississauga, Ontario L5R 3K7
United States & Canada: 1-800-792-4060
International: +1-905-502-9991
Australia: +61 (2) 91578785
United Kingdom: +44 (20) 39700165
Mexico: +52 (55) 85262822
Email: [email protected]
DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE AS THEY WILL KEEP CHARGING YOUR CREDIT CARD FOREVER AND THE ONLY WAY IT WILL STOP IS TO CANCEL YOUR CARD AND GET A NEW ONE.
TRADE WORLD | TRADE WORLD CORPORATION | TALK WITH LEAD
We never signed up for any services, ever, that are remote to what the business offers. We kept getting spammed from our own site contact forms for days, until I finally went on their site and asked them to stop. No Reply, they just started sending 3-5 a day now. This company is unethical in its contact practices and I would be careful about doing business with them. They show little respect for people.