Stemologica/Beutemer

Total money lost $375

Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

An ad on xxxxxxxx offers a free trial of Stemologica face creams for only the cost of postage and handling ($5.95). You have to give a credit card # for the 5.95 charge. Then they charge you the full amount of approximately $375 Canadian for the free-trial. And they keep shipping the creams to you every month and keep charging your credit card. When you contact them, they will refund only the subsequent shipments if they are returned to them within 14 days. They will not refund the original "free-trial" amount saying that if you didn’t want to pay for them, you needed to return them within 14 days, however, you don’t even know you’ve been fraudulently charged until you get your credit card statement a month later.