i have 2 bill that show up on my card from internet porn sites. the
charges show the name DATESNOW PTY LTD. That is all the info my bank
has. I want to dipute the charges but i cant find who these people
are. Charges went through on 12/30 1 for 19.99 1 for 29.98. Where do i
go to get in contact with these sneaky people.

trippinbilly-ga:

DatesNow PTY Ltd. is the operator of the DatesNow.com domain and
service. You can contact them through their contact info, found in
their Terms of Service at:

http://www.datesnow.com/?f=0&m=http%3A//www.datesnow.com/terms_and_conditions.html

They only provide for online contact via:

http://www.datesnow.com/support_contact.html

DatesNow.com operates an Internet dating service. They are currently
in the process of consolidating the membership lists from a bunch of
other dating sites that they previously operated, into this single
online portal. As for the charges that appeared on your credit card,
based on their terms of service it would appear that someone
registered on one of these other dating services has provided your
credit card information for their registration on DatesNow.com.

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The domain, datesnow.com, is registered to:

Whois info for, datesnow.com:
Registrant:
 DATESNOW PTY LTD
 12 CREEK STREET
 BRISBANE, QLD 4000
 AU

 Domain name: DATESNOW.COM

 Administrative Contact:
    PTY LTD, DATESNOW  DNS@DATESNOW.COM
    12 CREEK STREET
    BRISBANE, QLD 4000
    AU
     61 2 94751003
 Technical Contact:
    PTY LTD, DATESNOW  DNS@DATESNOW.COM
    12 CREEK STREET
    BRISBANE, QLD 4000
    AU
     61 2 94751003


 Registration Service Provider:
    Domain Name Systems as low as $10 domain name registrations
    http://www.domainnamesystems.com
    This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords,
    DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions.


 Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
 Record last updated on 23-Aug-2003.
 Record expires on 20-Aug-2004.
 Record Created on 20-Aug-2002.

 Domain servers in listed order:
    NS1.DATESNOW.COM   63.210.198.8
    NS2.DATESNOW.COM   63.210.198.9

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If you search on the address provided in the domain registration, you
will unfortunately find that it is the address of Comalco Place, a
large office building in Brisbane, Australia. However, the phone
number provided uses a Sydney, Australia phone number, so it is most
likely a cell phone. Depending on where in the world you are located,
you can attempt to contact them. However, your results will most
likely leave a lot to be desired.

If you believe these charges to be in error, I suggest you start a
charge dispute with your credit card provider. They will contact the
vendor to inform them of the charge dispute and to request that they
provide documentation that the charge is correct. This is your most
likely route to getting this issue resolved.

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Answer by aht-ga on 31 Dec 2003 14:49 PST

trippinbilly-ga:

Good luck with this. Please note that in a "card not present" type of
transaction (which is what any online transaction is classified as),
the onus is on the merchant to prove that the charge is valid. For a
service such as DatesNow.com, that will most likely involve them
showing that the credit card number and cardholder name supplied
matches your information as held by the credit card issuer.

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

I really appreciate your answer. i will take your advice and try to
dispute the charge. i would reccomend the service to others.