Zynga Sued Over Deceptive Advertising

[SnootyEnglishman]

Nothing is for free...so for the sake of stupidity she deserves it but for fine-printing the "we will charge you enormous amounts of money for accepting this offer" clause they deserve a studded belt across the ass and be ordered to repay the funds

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

One thinks that the phrase "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" is very applicable in this situation. To be honest, she doesn't a penny for doing it twice. In fact, she doesn't deserve anything, because I'm sure the $9.99 charge was in the small print, maybe she should have read it

I agree.
She has the right to be angry about this, but she really needs to wake up.
While scams can be unethical you really need to read the fine print.

 

[squid5580]

She wouldn't probably had a case but that moron went and admitted to it. Pride comes before the fall.

 

[jebbo]

She should be angry for being scammed, anyone would. However if she's clicking on advert pop-ups and giving away card details to anyone on the internet that isn't a bank or a reputable company then I'm afraid she's a fucking idiot.
Her winning wont stop the scammers, they'l just find new ways, perhaps if she loses it could have more effect?

 

[lacktheknack]

As long a Zynga burns I don't care. Farmville is about as fun as spreadsheet software.

That's an insult to spreadsheets. At least I can scare my friends with spreadsheets.

 

[jobobob]

A simple fix would be to to put a note when you open the game that says "Every link is a virus."

 

[snafu11485]

yes the idiots are taking over. It's easy to see how people get duped with fine print etc, but no matter how many times you warn or say don't do it, you cannot stop stupidity. How many people still get done with the nigerian scam, where the deposed kings son writes you a letter and all you have to do is send $10,000 to help release $10 million and they'll give you 5% of it.
I remember hearing a story about a software company to prove that no one reads the terms and conditions included a condition that by agreeing to it that your house and possesions would belong to the company, i can't remember if after a month or two they just came clean and said this is what you've agreed to or someone actually read it and discovered it. Either way the company didn't enforce it and gave them a new terms and conditions agreement as it was only there to prove that people don't read the fine print.

 

[Capo Taco]

Wow I'm seriously amazed at how callous most of you are being.

Just because you wouldn't fall for it because you're so web savvy, that doesn't mean no one will.

And even if a scam is not particular deceptive, doesn't make it any better.

Don't you think that being billed for receiving something that's called 'free cash' is a scam? Or a 'risk-free trial' where you are eventually billed $165?

Imagine if it were your mom or kid who when promised something believes it and doesn't see the likelyness of it being a scam?

 

[Xanthious]

Anything that takes a chunk out of companies like Zynga is fine by me. Its for reasons like this I don't bother with Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, or whatever the hell the next big social interweb trend will be. I tried Facebook once but got tired of seeing that some random friend sent me a pumpkin seed or tomato plant or a request to join "their gang" or some other kind of garbage from these worthless games.

 

[HentMas]

I knew something like this would come up after he admitted he was doing such things...

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble feeling sorry for that woman. Who in their right mind actually clicks on Internet advertisements? At least 70% of them are scams if not more.

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Farmville is like wow for casual-tards, it soaks up lives.

Dude... WoW is WoW for casual-tards.

 

[danosaurus]

If you're dumb enough to fall for those dodgy-ass scams then you deserve to be swindled.

Fair's Fair.

 

[brighteye]

One thinks that the phrase "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" is very applicable in this situation.

I thought the phrase sounded like this :
There's an old saying in Tennessee ? I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee ? that says, fool me once, shame on ? [pauses] - shame on you. Fool me ? You can't get fooled again.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Damn them! They're so evil! I will boycott them!

Right after I check how my ponies are doing

 

[IckleMissMayhem]

The plaintiff in this case, Rebecca Swift, first provided her cellphone number to a Zynga advertiser in April so she could be sent a code for "Yocash," the currency used in the Zynga game Yoville. She claims that while she wasn't told that there would be any charges applied to her account, she was billed $9.99 four separate times, beginning in April, "without her knowledge or consent." Then in June she answered an advertisement for a "risk-free Green Tea Purity trial" while playing the same game, providing the advertiser her debit card number and agreeing to a $5.95 shipping charge. However, although she was informed that she could cancel the trial anytime within 15 days, her attempts to cancel apparently failed; she was ultimately charged over $165 for two shipments of green tea pills and tea bags which she has thus far been unable to recover.

People this bloody stupid shouldn't be allowed control over their finances, for their own good.

 

[Simalacrum]

good. I hope Zynga lose the scamming arseholes. Just cause they admit to scamming doesn't mean they don't deserve to be sued for it. Infact, they're statement will probably be used as evidence against them... hee hee.

 

[cheatking]

So shes been charged around $300 and shes seeking $5 million? Man I wish I was dumb enough to click pop ups.

EDIT: It cases like these that wants me to become a judge. "You want to sue McDonalds because you burnt yourself on a coffie mug? Are you retarded? Get out of my court!!"