Scammed by WLI Reservation Rewards

schroedinger — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:04:21 -0800

I'm out $120 due to the WLI*ReservationRewards scam. I called their customer service line, and the representative claimed they had no record of my name or credit card number--despite the fact they just charged me $10 on November 6th. Threats to report them to the Attorney General of my state did nothing. I called my credit card company but they can only dispute charges less than 120 days old. Now what? My credit card company has sent the disputed charges through a process that will take 3-4 weeks--at which time my account will undoubtedly be charged another $10 on December 6th and I will only get back part of my money.

I would like to get all of my money back, and have heard accounts of people doing so, but that is when the WLI people acknowledged the accounts and charges existed. As it is, I can't even cancel my "account" with them. What am I supposed to do?

(Yes, I realize I should have caught this sooner. My fault for not keeping a balanced account, I assumed these were legitimate charges tied to online purchases and it did not occur to me until recently to actually investigate their origin.)

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Scammed by WLI Reservation Rewards