AlumniClass.com review: online alumnus website scam 25

While searching for my high school website I found this one that had my high school (Dekalb High, Texas) nam with it. So I entered the website trying to finds pictures and other classmates. It said to view pictures I needed to pay $10 by PayPal. After payment, I tried to view pictures and classmates and there were none. Not even in ANY of the years; not posts, no news, no info. Then I realized it was a scam.

thanks bill-
unfortunately i arrived here only AFTER I sent them my $10. not that it's about the $10- i was searching for someone to pass along some info about a dear friend who recently passed away and gambled my $10 willingly on the chance i might find her. it just pissed me off that more people will give their $ up for a scam such as this.

There are dozens of alumni-related websites. There is no one alumni site that lists every member. Your $10 was a gamble that you'd find a specific person - it didn't work. You'd have wasted far more than $10 if you signed up on Classmates.com, Reunion.com, or GradFinder.com.

Why don't you contact the school directly, find out if they have an Alumni Association that can help you; or sign up on a free site like Facebook where you might at least come across a mutual acquaintance.

I have some experience with this as I'm on my school's Alumni Assn board...

It's a scam. They repeatedly tout it as a free site, but you can't see or do anything on it without paying the $10 (which they don't tell you until you've already spent a lot of time registering.) They're trying to get a critical mass of profiles by sucking people into registering under false pretenses and then hitting them up for the money. I don't begrudge them the $10, but they try to get it in a sleazy way. Plus, they've got a huge copyright ingringement exposure, IMHO.

This company is a fraud. They used the name of our official alumni association and stole the logo from our site in order to get money from our alumni

EXCuse me but you are taking 10 from my bank account and I have NEVER heard of this site..I need it refunded...Christ how did you even get any information on me.

This company is one big fraud. They hack into legitimate alumni websites and get membership lists, then offer nonexistent special membership categories (such as a life membership) at a reduced rate. They are using Paypal to take your money for a membership and then claim that they are legitimately doing this. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS! It is a HUGE scam!

I just got taken for $10 also. It's a scam. I hope someone can do something about alumniclass.com. At least a warning sign. I wrote them thanks for teaching me to trust people less.

ken

UPDATE - I've received forwards from friends who've 1) tried to Unsubscribe from AlumniClass and still receive their emails, and 2) some of their emails promote "membership drives" for money and don't mention that they're not associated with the school. So, they're walking a fine line here. Not quite enough to sic 'em to the Attorney General in their state, but getting close!

I do not get scammed but this one got me. There email was very misleading and confusing. On the top it says it lists in bold letters Your high school association.
Then it says that you have two days if you want to have a lifetime membership for $20. So I figured that is a good deal so I quickly signed up. I was scammed. Within a minute or two after I signed up my real alumni association sent an email to all alumni alerting us to the fact of this confusing and misleading email.
Even though I emailed them within 5 minutes they wouldn't cancel the membership. This is such an unprofessional company and should be investigated.

Paid my $10 and quickly discovered the only person in my graduating class was...you guessed it...me. I saw a few from classes before and after mine but nothing I didn't already know. I think the entire membership is comprised of people just like me. We were all scammed. Ten bucks isn't much. They probably figure correctly that most people won't miss it or raise a stink. But if they can do this to enough people it could add up to big money. Stay away from this site!

I was a sucker. We lost our precious (who knew how precious?) high school year books after several moves. With Google Chrome, and my search for my personal high school year book search, of course was the top choice. Why, for those that don't know the layout of the intranet land, they paid Google to be at the top of the list. How do you think Google makes their money? I thought I would be able to access my long lost yearbook to relocate friends whose names I don't recall in detail, but there was only 5, my self included, out of nearly 300 graduates for that year. I'm sure that those 5, myself included that gave them credit card information to obtain a "lifetime" membership. OK, it was only $20, but there was truly little of value and they did not represent my high school and I doubt that my high school received one penny of the profits from this outfit's enterprise. Old saying, "Fool me once, shame you. Fool me twice, shame me!" Mike

Everyone here says the same thing, so I'm not going to sign up. But be it known when I got to the point where it was asking for money, it now takes $20. They must be losing people so they have to raise their prices to make up the difference in revenue. Staying away, thanks everyone who took the time. You saved one person, way down the road.

thanks for the information on this. I have pass it along on my fb site and my twitter sites, I did not lose any money but was going sigm up for al the reunion updates and confirmations. thanks ron

This Alumni.com STOLE $20. from my checking acct. this month! I was not even on any kind of alumni site in the past 6+ mos.
I called the phone number on my bank transactions. I was told to leave a msg. or email: sylvia@alumni.com !
Lets see what happens! here is a copy of my email to "sylvia" so far...hello. My name is XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
YOU STOLE $20.00, from my bank acct. ...I never authorized THIS MONEY TO BE TAKEN FROM MY ACCT. If THIS IS NOT REVERSED...(money PUT BACK INTO MY ACCT). I WILL SENT A COMPLAINT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL! THIS IS NOT A THREAT!~!But A PROMISE! I am a force to be reckoned with ..I have been ripped by the likes of your type of people before!
But A PROMISE!
I ALSO SAW OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING YOUR SCAMMING BUSINESS PRACTICES online!
Trust me I am not a pushover.
.. Trust me I will post on this site until I get my $$$$$ BACK! I am also contacting my Bank of your Scam tactics, they are always looking for people like you!
HERE is a quote from other you have tried to scam..."Everyone here says the same thing, so I'm not going to sign up. But be it known when I got to the point where it was asking for money, it now takes $20. They must be losing people so they have to raise their prices to make up the difference in revenue. Staying away, thanks everyone who took the time. You saved one person, way down the road.">>>>>>>>>>>NOW I wonder HOW you got MY banking INFO?
I was told to leave my email address w/ Sylvia in my email. I never gave you one & am not giving it to you email. I do not trust you! This is the date you stole my Money! 9/3/13
And guys look forward to hearing updates as often as I can post them!

I was scammed by this company as well. They advertised they had yearbooks, but you had to subscribe for $20.00, Yep, no yearbooks in existence. I put in for a resolution at papal to get my money back, at first it came back that they sided with alumniclass. I called paypal to let them know how I felt about them siding with a scammer, and they returned my money! I was not diligent enough to look first for scammer reports before buying, and I wised I had.

I have been signed up with Alumni Class for some time. I always got emails about obtaining lifetime memberships, but I ignored them. Recently, however, I decided to give it a go so I can see some yearbook photos from my graduating class. If you are an unpaid member, clicking the yearbook tab will direct you to a screen that says you must pay to see the content (for alumni privacy/safety). After making my payment, which was twenty five dollars thru AMEX, I was sorely disappointed to find there was only one photo copied photo from class of '63. I'm class of 2000. I requested a refund, but i was told no and the fee was a non refundable one I agreed to. I never saw anything stating the fee was non refundable. Every email i received offering special lifetime membership costs NEVER stated the fee is non refundable. I was also told in the reply that before paying there is a warning that yearbook pics are alumni Responsibility. I never saw that notice either. However, I access the site through my phone so I don't see everything the way a desktop would display. I actually made an account in my sisters name so I could see how unpaid views would be seen on the phone. sure enough, there was no warning easily visible stating that the yearbooks may not be as I wanted them to be. I viewed on my laptop and you can see the warning...at the bottom...well below the lifetime/Annual payment option. It took the site several days to respond to my refund request. I'm very upset with this site as well as myself for being taken in by them.

I found on my bank account a $20.00 charge for something I DID NOT order or subscribe to. My bank account showed the following "alumini web site [protected]". When I called that phone number I was told to leave a message for Sylvia, or go on line to Sylvia@aluminiclass.com. with Negitive results. If you are reading this Sylvia please remove my name from your registry, replace the $20.00 you removed from my bank account and don't contact me again.

I joined this alumni sight in February 2015 and was charged$20. In February 2016 I was charged $20 again which I DID NOT approve,

I do not remember joining this site, but just received a $20.00 charge on my credit card. I called my credit card company and they are removing the charge. I was told by my credit card company to contact the number that showed up along with the charge, [protected] and let them know that I was disputing the charge, which I did. Upon calling the number, I was also told to leave a message for Sylvia@alumniclass.com, I left a message to remove me from their list, that I did not want their service and would not be paying the bill they tried to charge me for. This is a rip-off. Beware of this company as they will scam you!

I never even viewed anything anywhere and they took 20 dollars out of my checking. I will contact my bank.

I ordered a class mug from them when it did finely come it was not packed right and was broken all to pieces .They will not return my call . It has been paid for.

I was scammed too but I called my bank and cancelled the payment. I don't know how they got my debit card number because I didn't apply or sign up for anything! I had to get a new card because my bank considers this a fraud and it is!

I've been on this site for years and have never paid anything...Never got scammed...

Have been trying to reach you for over a month regarding incorrect displays of reunion announcments which had to be cancelled due to Covid. Today I sent a text message. There should only be ONE announcement for the class of 1968 (New Smyrna Beach Sr. High) now called Better Late Than Never Birthday Bash rescheduled for November 5-7, 2021. It had been originally called 70th Birthday Bash and was scheduled for November 6-8, 2020. It is cancelled due to COVID.
Can you please get this corrected on your website. I have tried and it only results in multiple and incorrect announcements. Conni Vianco