ideaflashed
January 8th, 2009, 01:30 AM
"A few days we reported on a new service which claimed to offer lifetime anonymous BitTorrent for a $50.00 one-off payment. As the service ‘launched’ we had our doubts, but understandably some people decided to give it a try since it was so cheap. It turns out that the offer was indeed too good to be true" Source- Torrent Freak. Below is the Hyperlink of the article.
http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-bittorrent-service-vpn4life-is-a-scam-090106/#IDComment13722085
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I contacted Anchorfree and they have put on record that "VPN4life" is a scam and legal proceedings have been initiated. Below is the transcript of the email correspondence of mine with Anchorfree where they have put on record about "VPN4Life" is a scam. I am also in the process of getting a confirmation from PAYPAL about their stance on refunds to be made to the subscribed users at "VPN4Life".
The transcript:
"Subject: Hotspot shield scam
From: "Eugene Malobrodsky" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, January 8, 2009 1:51 am
To: [email protected]
Priority: Normal
Mailer: Microsoft-Entourage/12.15.0.081119
Options: View Full Header | View Printable Version | View Message details | This is Spam
Ravishankar,
I would like to let you know that VPN4LIFE is a scam. They are reselling our
product without our knowledge. Our legal and PR are in the process of taking
care of this. Please release to the community the following statement.
"We want to make it very clear that AnchorFree and Hotspot Shield are in no
way affiliated with VPN4Life. We are saddened to learn that people have
fallen prey to the site's false offers, and urge anyone who has been mislead
to purchase our service through the site to file a complaint with PayPal for
a full refund. The real Hotspot Shield is 100% free and can be instantly
downloaded at:http://www.hotspotshield.com."
We would like to thank you for your dedication and helping us in hard
situations.
Regards,
AnchorFree Management
-----Original Message-----
From: Ravishankar Ganesan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:51 AM
To: Cecelia Marsh
Subject: Clarification.
Importance: High
Hi Cecelia
Subsequent to our tel conversation, Given below is the hyper link which
states that your product "HOTSPOT SHIELD" is being misused by scammers.
Kindly verify the article and let me know by way of e-mail about the
authenticity of the article.
http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-bittorrent-service-vpn4life-is-a-scam-
090106/
You can view my profile and contact details at my website
http://www.ideaflashed.com.
Your feedback would help me in getting across the truth to the community
and take further action against the scammers based on your feedback.
Any technical specifications substantiating your stance would be highly
appreciated.
regards
ravi"
http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-bittorrent-service-vpn4life-is-a-scam-090106/#IDComment13722085
"
I contacted Anchorfree and they have put on record that "VPN4life" is a scam and legal proceedings have been initiated. Below is the transcript of the email correspondence of mine with Anchorfree where they have put on record about "VPN4Life" is a scam. I am also in the process of getting a confirmation from PAYPAL about their stance on refunds to be made to the subscribed users at "VPN4Life".
The transcript:
"Subject: Hotspot shield scam
From: "Eugene Malobrodsky" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, January 8, 2009 1:51 am
To: [email protected]
Priority: Normal
Mailer: Microsoft-Entourage/12.15.0.081119
Options: View Full Header | View Printable Version | View Message details | This is Spam
Ravishankar,
I would like to let you know that VPN4LIFE is a scam. They are reselling our
product without our knowledge. Our legal and PR are in the process of taking
care of this. Please release to the community the following statement.
"We want to make it very clear that AnchorFree and Hotspot Shield are in no
way affiliated with VPN4Life. We are saddened to learn that people have
fallen prey to the site's false offers, and urge anyone who has been mislead
to purchase our service through the site to file a complaint with PayPal for
a full refund. The real Hotspot Shield is 100% free and can be instantly
downloaded at:http://www.hotspotshield.com."
We would like to thank you for your dedication and helping us in hard
situations.
Regards,
AnchorFree Management
-----Original Message-----
From: Ravishankar Ganesan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:51 AM
To: Cecelia Marsh
Subject: Clarification.
Importance: High
Hi Cecelia
Subsequent to our tel conversation, Given below is the hyper link which
states that your product "HOTSPOT SHIELD" is being misused by scammers.
Kindly verify the article and let me know by way of e-mail about the
authenticity of the article.
http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-bittorrent-service-vpn4life-is-a-scam-
090106/
You can view my profile and contact details at my website
http://www.ideaflashed.com.
Your feedback would help me in getting across the truth to the community
and take further action against the scammers based on your feedback.
Any technical specifications substantiating your stance would be highly
appreciated.
regards
ravi"