Ikobo.com Cheats Hundreds Of Companies

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they also cheeted me like your case exactly , have you reported to FBI , I did lets wait what is next

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Hi folks,

I have several accounts with ikobo.com (on recommendations by thaipro.com - a search engine based in Pattaya that seems to be affiliated with them)

1) Last year everything worked well with them, so I opened another account with them a few weeks ago and banked 200 USD via my Visa Card, issued by a Thai bank.

2) No ikobo ikard arrived so I scanned the web for ikobo sucks and ikobo scams and hundreds of complains shown up that users were cheated from ikobo.

From my own research, I noted around 250 users got scammed and some even got scammed around 6000 USD. I myself got scammed around 450 USD which is not that much and it doesn't hurt me that much but I feel p..sed because it is the 1st time I got scammed in 11 years on the WWW.

I am currently in discussion with the Bangkok Post to get a story out about ikobo.com and those affiliates that still keep promoting them in Thailand.

It looks the guys of Ikobo are from India and the scam is is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. (Some mentioend they are maybe Nigerian's but it is for sure that the Number 2 in ikobo is a Russian)

Both Mastercard and Amex removed them already and they are now only left with Visa Int'l.

One guy got scammed in the States around 8000 USD with his merchant account, and he is currently in discussion with the law enforcement and the Attorney General in Georgia, to track them down.

No one seems to be answering more the phone at their office and a lot of people's are still waiting for their Visa iKard since last year. (I have been emailing them for 10 days with no response)

Anyone has the same problems in Thailand and can come forward as I promised those guys in the States that I will launch something from Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia to get them nailed?

Also anyone has information about who thaipro.com is in Thailand as they have been promoting ikobo.com for a long time already? Are they based in Thailand and anyone has their address, address or contact details such as who are the Thai and foreign shareholders?

Thanks and best regards,

PS: ikobo.com still buys Adswords from google but google has been informed already and hopefully they pull the Ads ASAP as they offer a 10 tier affiliate system and claim that they have paid out 350,000 USD.

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I was cheated by ikobo twice.

Here is a long online conversation if you would like to read it.

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ody Francis: Thank you for contacting us here at the Card Service Center,how may i assist you ?

Asaduzzaman: hi

Jody Francis: hello how can i help you ?

Asaduzzaman: you cancelled my send money order but it seems that you charged my card anyway

Jody Francis: can i take your ikobo account number please

Asaduzzaman: KM759511FI

Jody Francis: thank you

Jody Francis: please hold while i review your account

Asaduzzaman: it would be nice to know the reason too, why my account is blocked from sending money without any notice and reason

Jody Francis: thank you for holding

Jody Francis: please be advised that i have reviewed your account and can confirm that your transaction has been declined due to security reasons

Jody Francis: our security team requested that you provide verification documentation in order to complete the security process

Jody Francis: and have the sanctions lifted from your account

Asaduzzaman: please be confirmed my card statement says the following-

Asaduzzaman: 11 Dec 2008 Purchase 5.49 0.00 WWW.IKOBO.COM (USD 27.25) 5.49

Jody Francis: yes this is a test transaction that is initiated in order to confirm that your bank will honor your credit card transaction 3

Jody Francis: these funds are normally credit back to your credit card account within 4 business days

Asaduzzaman: so you are going to refund it?

Jody Francis: yes

Jody Francis: this is done purely as a test transaction

Asaduzzaman: good

Asaduzzaman: when the test did happen?

Jody Francis: on the 11th december, 2008

Jody Francis: the transaction that you see is a test transaction

Asaduzzaman: and when the order was cancelled?

Jody Francis: today

Jody Francis: sorry on the 9th

Asaduzzaman: if the order was cancelled on 9th, what kind of test do you make on 11th?

Jody Francis: your original request was canceled on the 9th

Jody Francis: the test was therefore done on the 11th to try and establish the reason that you have been having this problem

Jody Francis: it seems that you have had declined transaction issues for some time

Asaduzzaman: yes I understand that, but I don't understand why do you make test after you have cancelled the order??

Jody Francis: however due to the fact that Ikobo are under new management we are required to run new security checks

Jody Francis: have you spoken to your bank about why your card has been declined

Asaduzzaman: more over do you really have a test charge system? As far as understand it should be pending amounts

Asaduzzaman: not transfer the money to your account

Asaduzzaman: Dear Sir/Madamme! Its illegal to charge a card after you cancell the order

Asaduzzaman: After all you did confirm the credit card during the order with making a pending charge to the card.

Jody Francis: im sorry for keeping you

Jody Francis: please hold a moment

Jody Francis: im sorry sir the charge that you provided details for is in relation to senders fee

Asaduzzaman: sorry I missed your Q. "have you spoken to your bank about why your card has been declined"

Asaduzzaman: the answer is:

Jody Francis: however we need to have this sent to our back office because you have a pending transaction from october that seems to be causing the problem

Jody Francis: sorry that was my error

Asaduzzaman: I don't use credit card online, it was a debit card i used

Asaduzzaman: could you clarify a bit about the pending order from october?

Jody Francis: yes

Asaduzzaman: There should not be any sender's or any other fees if the order has been canceled

Jody Francis: please hold a moment i am going though your account with a manager

Asaduzzaman: This is what I see in my account history starting at 1 october,2008-

Asaduzzaman: Date Time Name Confirmation# Status Amount 2008-12-07 03:57:00 Salma Khan B0K0KB62B9 Cancelled 10.00

Jody Francis: at this point sir we are going to need to send your account to management for further review

Jody Francis: the october transaction on your account that is still showing as pending needs to be dealt with and possibly is causing an issue with subsequent transactions

Jody Francis: the senders fee that has been changed on your account and posted dated 11th december 2008 is not the test transaction that i initially thought

Asaduzzaman: I wonder why it does not show up in my online transaction history

Jody Francis: i suspect there may be a technical issue on your account but i will need to refer this in order to verify the same

Jody Francis: i am sorry about the inconvenience

Asaduzzaman: I still don't understand why my card was charged 11th december any amount at all!

Jody Francis: which is why we need to have the matter investigated

Asaduzzaman: ok

Asaduzzaman: so what happens with the charged amount?

Asaduzzaman: would it be possible to receive this conversation by email?

Jody Francis: the chat session can be sent to you

Jody Francis: the charged amount will be dealt with by the investigation

Asaduzzaman: thanks

Jody Francis: you will then be contacted via e-mail confirming our findings and advising you of what is required to have the block lifted fro your account

Asaduzzaman: will you be in touch with me when you are done or how the process will continue?

Jody Francis: we will contact you once we have more information

Asaduzzaman: ok

Asaduzzaman: Thank you Jody!

Jody Francis: your welcome

Asaduzzaman: Please send me this conversation by email.

Jody Francis: i do apologise for the miscommunication

Asaduzzaman: Have a nice day!

Jody Francis: you too

Jody Francis: bye

Asaduzzaman: I was disappointed when you just cancelled the order and blocked the account without any notice or conversation with the customer

Asaduzzaman: then I just gave up using ikobo account

Jody Francis: i understand

Asaduzzaman: now today I was surprised when I saw the charged amount.

Jody Francis: we will however do all that we can to get this matter resolved

Asaduzzaman: But I apriciate you confortable personal services.

Asaduzzaman: thank you and have nice time

Asaduzzaman: bye

Jody Francis: your very welcome

Jody Francis: please enjoy the rest of your day

Asaduzzaman: Thank you

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Nobody did contact from ikobo, no solution and no refund.

I contacted then again online. The same sheet explanations were offered as above. Fynally I requested to send the chat session by email and close my account. They closed my account but could not receive the chat session email.

I open a new account. Every thing was ok for weeks untill I made an order. They charged my credit card and closed my account.

Here goes the online chat with ikobo.sucs.com

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You are now chatting with Jody Francis (Ikobo)

Jody Francis: Thank you for contacting us here at the Card Service Center, how

may i assist you

Abba: hello

Abba: is my account closed ([email protected])

Jody Francis: ok please hold a moment while i review your account

Abba: Hello!

Jody Francis: sorry for keeping you

Jody Francis: please be advised that unfortunately your account registration

has been canceled due to security reasons

Abba: security reason?

Jody Francis: thats correct

Abba: could you explain me a bit?

Jody Francis: according to our security team your account details have not

been verified by our database

Jody Francis: therefore your registration has been canceled

Abba: I still don't understand, sorry

Jody Francis: your details are not considered to be acceptable by our security

team therefore we canceled your registration

Abba: why not acceptable?

Abba: the account was open for long

Abba: I made an transaction order and my debit card has been charged

Jody Francis: no further information can be disclosed at this time im afraid

Jody Francis: the funds will be returned to your funding card

Abba: ikobo charged money from my card account

Jody Francis: i will send an e-mail to management for this to be done

Abba: how long will it take to refund?

Abba: very strainge services

Jody Francis: you will find that the funds have been returned withing 48 hours

Abba: I heard you are having troubles with visa transactions, so how sure is

it that you are going to work with the refund process automatically?

Jody Francis: im sorry for the inconvenience

Abba: 48 hours from today or?

Jody Francis: thats correct

Jody Francis: 48 hours from today

Abba: I wish that works.

Abba: I hope good luck for ikovo services

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I'm 100& sure they are not going to refund!!!!!

IKOBO is a scam ! ikobo suclks!

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[Kf6vci]

Asinah - sorry about your loss! Try to alert VISA International. Make that free call, blow the horn. surely, they can contact their couterparts at the other CC companies.

Organized Crime is also running a huge world wide racket with those Canadian Pharmacy websites offering Viagra and such.

Forbes Asia had a great article on that - these guys are using high tech tricks for their $ XXX million racket.

It is time to attack those people - hack their websites, bring them down any way possible! It's like a plague. Here is such a scam website someone with knowledge should take down:

http://scan.freescanner-proas2009.com/225/3/