last June, we were using my ipod touch to listen to books on tape. If I was near a wifi connection we could use skype. I thought, what a cheap way to get a cell phone! so, I paid the $30 to have my own # for a year. In november we got real cell phones, so I did the account settings and changed it to CANCEL the account at the end of the paid up billing cycle. Last month I started getting notices from Skype that it was time to rebill...then I started getting notices in Taiwanese. I wrote to Skype and said "my service is paid till June 15, DONT renew. I have a cell phone now, and im good."

Last month got a call from my credit card company that there may be some fraud going on with my account and Skype. Some one is trying to buy a block of Taiwanese minutes to be used thru my account, using my card attached to it. Weird, cause I used a card to open it, but that was only because they didnt accept paypal at the time. I asked for the card to be shut down, and a new card issued. They reversed the charges and cut off Skype from being able to charge anything on my account.

Today I get a demand letter from them for like $400 saying I bought all these minutes and used them, and now dont want to pay for them...UGH! I spend an hour on the phone with a guy who was clearly reading from the book. I then contacted the fraud department thru a live internet chat. They shut off my account and then allowed it to be reset with new pass words...they wanted a new credit card # and say since its July 1 and the billing for the account was June 18 I have to pay for another year. WHAT??

Round and round we go. I had the account shut down. I cancelled the credit card weeks ago. I contacted the fraud department at Paypal, visa, Skype and Lifelock. UGH! what a pain! someone is trying to call Taiwan on my skype account? You know with the ever inclusive cell phones for dirt cheap now, why would someone even bother to try Taiwan on my skype? I mean ...come on! how low can you go?

Its a good thing I keep an eagle eye on my stuff, and have good protections in place. The CC company wont bill me, and I owe nothing, but Skype was really working hard to be a bully. Said they CANT reverse the charges on an account involved in fraud. only the fraud department can handle that...Really???What dopes!