Later today Senator Rockefeller is holding a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation full committee hearing. on Aggressive Sales Tactics on the Internet and their Impact on American Consumers. He released a report. on his findings in advance of the hearing. The documents contain a lot of previously unavailable information on the size of the market, and where the money is flowing. Background: hundreds of well known ecommerce companies add post transaction marketing offers to consumers immediately after something is purchased on the site. Consumers are usually offered cash back if they just hit a confirmation button. But when they do, their credit card information is automatically passed through to a marketing company that signs them up for a credit card subscription to a package of useless services. The "rebate" is rarely paid. Intelius. is one company that is using these scams. to go public. But scores. of even more well known ecommerce companies use these scams
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