Website charging money for registering profile
1 year ago
There is a new Zealand based website www.zealancer.nz who is asking for service charges $80 for following service provided:
"Introducing a client by means of an email to employ me in a freelancer project"
Some facts:
-Company just sent an email on my email address on 14/11/2022 to introduce the client to me.
-I lived in new Zealand and left NZ in 2012 and never registered on their website and it seems someone else has filled my information like name and email address in company website on Oct 3, 2013
-They never contacted me since 2013 and now contacting me over email and demanding service charges for something i never asked for.
-They are charging money for the email they dropped to me for introducing the client.
-The invoice is calculated on a billing rate of 2 times my hourly rate of NZD 40.00 as stated in my Zealancer.nz profile by some stranger.
-Most importantly, I have not used the client introduction to any benefit and also never asked them to provide any service or signed any written contract with zealancer.nz. Their invoice charges are on basis of my registration on their website.
-I have replied back to them stating reasons that I never registered, nor asked for any client introduction and also cannot pay the invoice charges as I am financially weak. But they seem to not entertain my request and have asked to deposit the money by 19/12 otherwise interest plus late fee will be charged.
My question:
I am in a much problematic situation and seeking legal and right advice on my situation.
Will this company file a lawsuit against me in India and what are the possibilities.
How should i avoid paying them
You do not need to pay the charges that they are asking as you never asked for the any service. You should write to the higher authorities of the website expressing your concerns. If they do not revert back, you can ignore the payment mails.
Hope it helps
A.Dear Sir,
http://interfraud.org/ni_fake_jobs.htm
The fake job offer fraud.
They promise a job - but first you must pay. Please do not send money via Western Union.
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