I dont remember enrolling!

Got this E mail today:

"Dear Applicant:

You have made a great decision by enrolling into Barrington University's
distance learning degree program. Barrington University is a licensed
institution that has been training thousands of adults for over 11 years. An
education is a priceless gift you can give yourself that will change your
life.

The next step is to register for your classes. Please contact us
immediately to speak to an academic advisor who will assist you in getting
started.

We look forward to working with you in the continuation of your education
and career.

Sincerely,

Barry Singer
Admission Counselor
[email protected]"

Wow! Funny, I don't remember enrolling! Lol! All I have to do is register for the classes......
I wonder how many people are suckered into this. Just out of curiosity, I checked out the web site. Very, very slick. Better than some RA, SA or DETC school sites. All the more reason to have an informative forum like this.

Veritas,
Michael

 

This actually sounds like the business directory scams they run out here. Here's how it works:

Someone calls the office asking for confirmation that the company name and contact info. is accurate for ABC Directory. Note that this is an unsolicited call.

Once this is confirmed, an invoice arrives in a few days addressed to Accounts Payable amounting to several hundred dollars. Some companies don't bother to check with other departments to confirm the invoice and just pay it. A directory does eventually show up, but it's equivalent to mail-order catalog, and not even that slick. And, I can tell you, it's definitely not worth the paper the invoice is written on.

FYI, this has also started happening with printer and copier ink cartridges.

 

Perhaps you should forward a copy of your enrollment message to your local Better Business Bureau. Better yet, if your local government has a complaints hotline, you may want to consider advising them of this scam.
On the lighter side, you could reply to their email by sending them an electronic invoice for $50,000. Ask them to make the check payable to the Minister of Education, Liberia.

 

Tell them you changed your mind about enrolling and ask for your enrollment fee back, perhaps about $1000. Sound about right to you?

 

Ask them to pay back the "full fees" you paid last week.

 

Re: Re: I dont remember enrolling!

You should read Dr. John Bear's book Send This Jerk the Bedbug Letter; How Companies, Politicians, and the Mass Media Deal With Complaints and How to Be a More Effective Complainer . He tells the truth about the BBB. I think you should forget the BBB, you should send it off to your Attorney General and the Alabama Attorney General http://www.ago.state.al.us/ insofar as they are located in Alabama.

It is just this sort of behavior, which if nipped in the bud, may cause them to refrain from further nonsense like this.

Matthew