Topic: watch out for unauthorized charges
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Unauthorized charges. Unauthorized charges can take many forms, from sneaky negative option marketing to outright cramming. In the latter, an unscrupulous company simply places a small charge on your credit card or phone bill and hopes most people won't notice.
But unauthorized charges can also occur when a supposedly legitimate business offers you a "free trial" of something. It usually occurs when you've just made a credit card transaction with another merchant. What consumers don't know is the business offering the "free" trial has a relationship with the company you've just given your credit card to. Next thing you know, you're being charged $9.95 a month for something you've never heard of.
In 2008 this scourge remained widespread and, judging from the complaints to ConsumerAffairs.com, makes consumers angrier than almost any other injustice.