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inijames

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I've just finished a post on electronic cigarette free trial scams. Most of you wised up UK Vapers probably already already know about it, but if I have left out any tips on avoiding scams for those new to vaping please let me know!

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Have to admit never seen such a scam?

Are they commonly advertised because I have never come across one?

(Possibly though the reason is because I am not in the market for such kits?)
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These scams have been around quite some time now i remember hearing about them a long time ago.

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They're more common on the other side of the Atlantic but I've seen a couple on these shores...

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I've not heard of it but if something " free" asks for my card info I don't bother

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Just noticed the name on the credit card ;)

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Spose that's exactly what you'd need to be to sign up :)
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Hello everyone, my name is Tam & I am a vapoholic. But I have not had a vape since.....

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Funnily enough we had someone ring up only this morning. One of the companies is called directecig, and we are called ecigarettedirect, so we get people ringing up and shouting at us even though we have never done business with them :( Must be fairly common as we have several phone calls a month.

Quite a sad story left on the comments on the blog post too, a chap in his eighties was stung for hundreds of pounds, and was too ashamed of being taken in to tell his son.

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you may wish to include something on continuous payment authority, which can't be cancelled by the bank, nor by cancelling the card. I wouldn't put it past these ppl to start using that.

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Thanks, Ukric, I hadn't heard of the continuous payment authority - will look it up.