Saturday, September 19, 2015

Online dating eDarling extort money from their users – Express-News

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19.09 | 16:12

The League of Safe Internet (STI) appealed to the Federal Service and the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to examine the activities of online dating site eDarling for compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, reports TASS . As the representative of STI, after a one-time payment for services of this site, it connects avtoplatezh eDarling and in the absence of money in the account the user draws for debt collection debt collection service.

The portal has eDarling online dating services on a fee basis. According to the League of Safe Internet, after a user performs one time payment for services site, it automatically connect the payment. A year later, with a credit card by means of re-debited. Moreover, if the account is not be necessary sum or by blocking the transfer of money, the debt is transferred to collectors. Further developments are on the standard scenario: in turn, begins to call the user – “debtor” begin to constantly call and looking for him in social networks, threatening to sue.

It tells the head of the STI Denis Davydov, – “In the league We received complaints on this site. They concerned members that once registered on the site, but no longer use. Accordingly, the service was not provided to them. The resource is considered himself entitled to deduct without further funds from the bank card users. Website hired collectors, who knocked out the debts to former users of this resource. You need to check these actions for fraud and extortion ».

In particular, one of the former user of the site get to your e-mail box a message notifying that its debt is 3210 rubles, of which 2280 rubles – payment for services of the site and 930 rubles – the costs of collecting the debt. In the same letter it states that, since this amount was not repaid on time, the debt increased due to increased costs. The writer urges urgent to pay the debt and threatens to increase the amount and the court

In turn, zampredsed Duma Committee on Information Policy Andrey Tumanov said – “In my opinion, there are signs of fraud. The man does not enjoy the site, and it was billed, but then sold the debt collectors … If people do not protect the financial sector, tomorrow they will rob you in all directions. Any user agreement good when you do not break the law. And when you draw a game, to extort from you the money, this is necessary to understand ».

Deputy Tumanov, in his letter asked Rospotrebnadzor check” whether breaks eDarling the rights of consumers, as far as compliance with the law of the Russian Federation user agreement service entered into with customers, as well as the legitimacy of the data collection agency “.

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