Released: November 04, 2009

Real estate company’s pitch leads to unexpected bill

Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times

Maria Casanova, an assistant professor of economics at UCLA, toyed with the idea earlier this year of buying a foreclosed property near the Westwood campus. She signed up for a prominent listing service called RealtyTrac.

Casanova, 31, canceled her subscription not long after. Yet a few days ago she discovered that some other real estate company she’d never heard of has been billing her almost $45 a month for the last eight months.

Consumer advocates say it’s an all-too-common problem: People signing up for one thing online and inadvertently signing up for something else that comes with recurring monthly charges.

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Housing, Realty, Homebuyers, Online Shopping, Fraud, Scams