# Can anyone recommend a service that will unsubscribe from now unwelcome sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 4, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-service-that-will-unsubscribe-from-now-unwelcome-sites/922194 "2020-10-04T16:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-service-that-will-unsubscribe-from-now-unwelcome-sites/922194/21 "2020-10-17T07:31:53Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > My card number was changed by my bank due to data loss at a merchant where I had shopped. My bank continued to process the subscription payments for many of my accounts even though the number had changed. I don’t know if that would happen if reported lost or stolen. The irritating thing was that nobody would admit it, or describe it, or tell me how to get it to happen. My credit card expired, and all payments continued happening peacefully on the new card. Then the other card expired and no, that never happened, we never continue payments when we give you a new card, That was a long time ago, and all my suppliers now contact me when a card is about to expire. So it doesn’t work for me, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if it works for you, because the Banks and Credit Card companies were never so organised that their staff actually knew what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-service-that-will-unsubscribe-from-now-unwelcome-sites/922194/22 "2020-10-17T08:53:18Z")
> [@Didi44](#): > > You asked for a service to help you unsubscribe. Don’t sign up for anymore services! I’ll repeat, Don’t sign up for anymore services! Especially ones that say they’ll help you with your issues. Most likely they’re scam services themselves looking to prey on people who aren’t comfortable enough to do it themselves. This!!! What makes you think you need a shady scam company to get rid of another shady scam company? Do not do it! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-service-that-will-unsubscribe-from-now-unwelcome-sites/922194/23 "2020-10-17T09:08:49Z")
Turns out scam victims are a rich seam of income for scammers - I make videos about scams for YouTube and I am constantly dealing with spam comments (from other scammers) claiming that they are victims who hired a hacker, and that hacker recovered their money for them. In my scambaiting mailboxes, one of the more common scams is the ‘scam victims compensation award’ scam - where the scammers claim they represent the government of some West African country and want to make amends for a previous scam - that is, these scammers are targeting people who have already been scammed once. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-service-that-will-unsubscribe-from-now-unwelcome-sites/922194/24 "2020-10-17T12:09:50Z")
Does not surprise me at all, I guess having been scammed once actually increases the probability that you will fall for their trick again. Scammers know what kind of people they are looking for and the relevant personality traits (I am guessing: trustfulness, naïveté, being “not a real sophisticated computer user” in the words of the OP, etc.) do not change with experience. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-service-that-will-unsubscribe-from-now-unwelcome-sites/922194/25 "2020-10-17T14:17:36Z")
This. Some scammers purposely use misspellings, make outrageous claims, use symbols instead of letters in the subject, click here to unsubscribe link, etc. to lure in the gullible. If you see all these signs and still respond or the the email, you’re a likely candidate for the scam and it continues from there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-service-that-will-unsubscribe-from-now-unwelcome-sites/922194.md?page=1)