Usenext is a SCAM ! ! !

Is there anyway i can complain about UseNext trying to harass me?
I went to their sites and I can't even compose my own topic.
As you see we cannot have our own subject. They must have fixed subject.
So just imagine I had to choose the topic which they have given. Man, I don't want to pay them anything. Since I stopped using UseNext two years ago I don't even know my Login. I thought this website was like Rapidshare, Megaupload where we pay money for fixed time and our account gets suspended if we don't pay. I knew that UseNext was a spam from the day I used it. So I stopped it. But to think they would play such a cheap trick. In Rapidshare and Megaupload if our account gets suspended that means I cannot use it anymore unless I buy a new account which is great. But UseNext sent me this mail one year ago 22 Feb 2008 to be exact: -
Hello ---------,

your UseNeXT-account has just been renewed for another term.

Please click on the following link to complete the payment:

https://www.usenext.de/UseNextDE/MemberAreaInt/index.cfm?sUUID=-------------------

Please make sure that your browser settings allow the use of cookies (Internet Explorer: "Tools -> Internet options -> Privacy"; please activate the option "allow all cookies").

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PLEASE NOTICE:
You must complete the payment in order to be able to use UseNeXT again. Should the payment remain pending for a total of 10 days, we have to suspend your account for security reasons until the payment has been completed.
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Do you have questions concerning the payment process or do you wish to change your payment method? Please feel free to contact our friendly competent support team at http://usenext.de/index.cfm?DL=sf.
We usually respond to your inquiry within 24 hours.

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Join the UseNeXT download world record attempt and win 1,000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vs2ly_grk
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Best wishes,

Your

UseNeXT team
I haven't even paid the money how can my account be renewed and the email clearly states that if i don't pay the money within ten days my account will be suspended.

If they wanted money then they should have emailed me each and every month that I have to pay this much amount but after 1 year.

I really want to file a charges against them. If there is please let me know.
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If you live in the USA, you can try contacting the BBB and state Attorney General. The most effective place to complain is going to be to German authorities, where UseneXt it located.

HypeRUpgradE said:
I went to their sites and I can't even compose my own topic. As you see we cannot have our own subject. They must have fixed subject. So just imagine I had to choose the topic which they have given.
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That's so people can't start any more topics on their forum named "Usenext is a SCAM !!!" :lol:

HypeRUpgradE said:
Man, I don't want to pay them anything. Since I stopped using UseNext two years ago I don't even know my Login. I thought this website was like Rapidshare, Megaupload where we pay money for fixed time and our account gets suspended if we don't pay.
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UseneXt is hardly a normal company. Sending employees to shill discussion forums, Tricking people into having to pay for a whole year, ... the list goes on and on.

HypeRUpgradE said:
I haven't even paid the money how can my account be renewed and the email clearly states that if i don't pay the money within ten days my account will be suspended.
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That's one of the oldest tricks used by shady businesses.

Have you ever got a letter telling you that you've won a prize -- in a contest you're sure you never entered? (but of course you must first send them money to claim your prize.)

It's the same thing as what UseneXt is doing -- trying to trick people into paying for something they otherwise would never have bothered with ... by lying to them and making them believe (incorrectly) that the product or service is already theirs, and then trying to coerce them into parting with their money.

It's just the latest scam by UseneXt. Don't fall for it!
 
hy all! (sorry for my bad english), i have usenext since feb. 2009
is not a fake ,is not a scam , at the begining i was suspicios about it, short for you to understand :
you download at your hy-speed internet conection (my internet conection is 6000 kbit/s):naughty:
i used torrents , and one day I got angry when downloading gta4
stopped at 99% :frusty: :angry: :cry:, the next week the same 99%
I did not know what to do :blink: to buy ,the original game? or 1/2 price of the game an account to usenext to download full cracked game,
I bought the package from usernet > downloaded the usenext software >installed >i writed my pasword and ready !!
, to buy all the new games i downloaded VS My investment in usenet , is a very big Economy of time and money this software
note!!! WITH STEAM FOR ORIGINAL GAMES YOU DOWNLOAD SLOWER :lol:
 
Thank alot zot but unfortunately I live in UK.

Since I haven't visited their website for long I don't know anything about what they are trying to plot about those prizes.

But I think I have had enough of UseNext.
What if they send me those annoying email?
I guess I'll take it easy for now.
Just wondering if I complain police about UseNext.
Would that be a good idea? Just asking for suggestions.
 
Hi,

Before I begin, you must know that we run the website www.usenetshack.com and this is neither a spam post nor trying to get attention. This is a severe situation involving many hundreds of subscribers and must be dealt with in a severe way. i.e. making everyone aware to just what a scam UseNeXT has become to be.

You can read more about the entire situation at our UseNeXT article.

Please check out the comments on our article above for first hand evidence of such cases and what people have done in response to the scam. Our article has only been around a few days and has already garnered quite a lot of interest from the community. If you yourself have any horror stories, or even positive experiences (rare) with UseNeXT then please either get in touch or simply leave a comment - we'd love to hear more.
 
Iorgo said:
hy all! (sorry for my bad english), i have usenext since feb. 2009
is not a fake ,is not a scam , at the begining i was suspicios about it, short for you to understand :
you download at your hy-speed internet conection (my internet conection is 6000 kbit/s)
i used torrents , and one day I got angry when downloading gta4
stopped at 99%, the next week the same 99%
I did not know what to do to buy ,the original game? or 1/2 price of the game an account to usenext to download full cracked game,
I bought the package from usernet > downloaded the usenext software >installed >i writed my pasword and ready !!
, to buy all the new games i downloaded VS My investment in usenet , is a very big Economy of time and money this software
note!!! WITH STEAM FOR ORIGINAL GAMES YOU DOWNLOAD SLOWER
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I said it before and I will say it again:

First time, brand new registered user is hilarious! Thanks for the laugh!
 
rewind that - the prize contest I mentioned was just an example of a common scam found everywhere. I did not mean to imply that Usenext is running one of these fake "sweepstakes" - just that Usenext employs similar phychological methods to try to trick people into buying something.

You're in luck - Usenext has a UK address:

Aviteo Ltd.
Gainsborough House
81 Oxford Street
London W1D 2EU
Great Britain

So you can file a complaint to wherever in Britain you would normally complain to about a ripoff business. Just tell them everything you've mentioned here. One place to go to is the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

http://www.oft.gov.uk/

There is a new law called The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and that set of consumer-protection regulations might be worth investigating. Usenext may have been (and likely were) in violation of this law. I suggest contacting the OFT for advice.

I would not worry much about Usenext's threats. They are only asking you to buy the service. They could have charged your credit card directly, but did not.
 
Anyone have any idea how long they have advertised on eD2K (the servers they/others have)?
I think I remember them from 2005 somehow but I'm not sure.

"28.08.2009 20:21:59: Connection established on: www.UseNeXT.to (87.230.83.44:4661)
server version 17.15 (lugdunum)
Download - Tip: Haven
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viru5 said:
The highest internet speed is at usenext, isn't it?
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NO, thats part of their scam, making gay youtube videos of their shity client , trying to lure in noobs

If u actually visit some decent Usenet providers (http://www.news.astraweb.com/ , among others such as http://www.giganews.com) , you'll notice they offer unlimited speed acc's , which will max your download speed out, im dl'ing at 10mbs with astraweb , and im sure it can go way faster :01:
 
Yeah they have a ed2k server, don't know if it's their's or if someone is getting paid for Advertising the site, servers cost money and ed2k no one pays for anything ever. So, it's a advertising ploy, but they had that server ever since ed2k begin, and I should known I was on develpment of the protocol.
 
I was never attracted to their advertisment because

1) Not many professional services use women in their advertisements

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2) It sounded too good to be true

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3) I'm happy with my ISP's service
 
I just came across this French-language consumer-rights forum where recently-scammed users have been complaining about UseneXt and their dirty tricks (maybe the people in France are just now finding out of UseneXt's long history of screwing people out of their money?)

I unfortunately don't speak French. It's often said that French is the international language of culture. It would appear that UseneXt is the international word for SCAM :P

Here's the Google translation:

Billing abuse Usenext

Dispute with Usenext


The routine seems to work this way:

People sign up for free Usenext trial
Then they cancel the free trial
then they get hit with 100 Euro bill from Usenext
then they complain and refuse to pay
then they get hit with 130 Euro bill (+ threats) from debt collection company

It's bad enough that Usenext was trying to stick people for a hundred Euros for a service they never used. Now their hired-gun debt-collection agencies are tacking on an additional 30% fee.

Is all this crap legal or what? UseneXT's TOS contract basically gives UseneXT the right to do anything they damn well want, and forces the consumer to sign away all their legal rights.
 
Weird.

I used their 14 day trial with no problem a year ago, I had no idea they were considered scam (that's how I "discovered" usenet).
I went to AW after that because of the lower prices though.
 
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