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IQ test scam withdrawal of €50

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brucine Posted messages 24935 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello everyone.

I'm reaching out because of my mistake. Two weeks ago, my friends and I took an unofficial IQ test online. The fee to see the results was €1. But we noticed that we were charged €50, which was never mentioned by the site. Is it possible to get a refund for these €50? Thank you in advance for your help.

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  1. pierre
     

    Hello

    Unofficial IQ test on the internet. The fee to see the results was €1.

    But we see that we were charged €50.

    Well,

    1) For an "unofficial" test, you shouldn't pay to see the results.

    So that was already enough to be suspicious.

    So it was to collect payment card information, and the unexpected €50 charge proves it.

    2) Before getting a refund, check that it's not a €50 subscription charged every month; you never know because it's common… if that's the case, you absolutely must unsubscribe first before closing the account on the highly dubious site.

    Thus, blocking the automatic payment with the bank would be justified. Keep everything that can serve as evidence.

    3) Look into everything concerning protection following a data theft incident, and take action to do so.

    4) After that, you can ask yourself whether to get a refund if the scam is recognized. For a real scam, you can request a refund + compensation, why not; getting the money if you succeed may take quite a while.

    If everything happened as you state, there are little chances of hoping to obtain a refund from the site on a simple request.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24935 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 178
       

      Hello,

      What is an "official IQ test"?

      The dogma suggests that it should be carried out by a psychologist, but everyone knows that IQ suffers from many biases, notably because the definition of "intelligence" is not consensual and is affected by cultural background.

      So, the psychologist, if this discipline even holds any scientific value, is just going to talk nonsense and I'm not going to pay him either.

      In any case, the older among us remember the tests from the conscription board, which were designed to only identify those who were medically considered idiots or illiterate; all the others were deemed highly intelligent and were consequently offered the reserve officer battalion: that's the nature of any test that relies on prior knowledge.

      The author himself admits that he made the "mistake" of taking this test, which indeed reveals not, in the absence of superior intelligence, a correct critical sense.

      For the rest, it is indeed necessary to check the fine print of any "contract" that might be associated with this research, and there's little chance of getting reimbursed; rather, it may be best to stop the bleeding through the bank.

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