SG*OriginalPlus subscription charge? - Apple Pay Wallet

I too tried to pay via an app for parking and was something like APOCA it said there was a 50 p charge to subscribe so I could pay for parking in Wales but the App didn’t work and so paid cash instead at the machine.

That was a week ago and today saw the £29:99 charge and an email , so contacted card issuer and blocked my card linked to Apple Pay and also got the pending payment stopped, took around 20 minutes on the phone to the fraud department of my card issuer. This seems like a sharp practice to catch people out😡

I have blocked my credit card with my bank and at the same time complained about the withdrawal of €29,99 and requested a refund. Haven’t received the money yet.

There are 1000 people affected, perhaps more and I don’t understand how they got access to my credit card. Maybe when they asked to be able to refund 50 cents a week earlier Oct 19.

I was subject to this same scam/fraud. Money taken from account on 28 October. Then 8 November I received an email from the company sayin Zi had subscribed to this entertainment pass.

I have had the money returned by bank Though I was dissatisfied with the assistance from the bank’s (NatWest) fraud people who said that there was nothing they could do because the payment had been made via Apple Wallet!

I have reported company to Metropolitan Police fraud

Do Apple read this site? Given this has affected so many of their users you would think they would look into the matter

I have contacted the bank and that company is now blocked so no further payments will be made. That was done whilst the payment was pending. I’ll contact the back again today now that the payment has been taken to see if they can somehow recover this unauthorised payment.

I also went on to the Originalplus website and found that I had a subscription which I then cancelled.

Also I contacted their customer support team re this issue but currently they’re saying that my email address isn’t recognised. The saga goes but at least I’ve stopped any future payments.

I blocked my credit card linked to Apple Pay (no false shadow should fall on their greate service) and contacted my bank about a payment to SG*….which I did not authorize Oct 26. Today I got my money back. Wow!😮.

The question remains how the fraudster’s succcedid? Was it through a refund of 5 cent 7 days before the withdrawal of €29,90.

There are thousands of bank customers within the EU and around the world who have been affected and it is worrying that this could happen. It damages trust. How do the banks plug such a hole so it doesn’t happen again???

Contact your bank fraud team and they’ll have to stop your card, ask for refund email the company and ask for a refund , if they try to fob you off , be persistent , they have agreed to refund me but it’s not in my bank yet

I’m not 100% sure where the fault lies but clearly, in my case, the Ringo parking website led me unknowingly to join this streaming service before I knew what I was doing. 50p initial deduction before I realised that I was not in a parking website or app. Then the £29.99 was deducted from my bank account a few days later. However, following the advice from various folks within this chat I contacted the website and cancelled my “subscription”. I then contacted their customer services department by email, explained what had happened and requested a full refund. That arrived in my back account yesterday. So, a good closure for me.

This is the culprit….. see screen shot below….appeared as a pop up ad when trying to access my ‘gumtree’ account, my ‘vinted account, and my ‘what’s app for iPad’ account… and according to others on this thread, car parking (Ringo) accounts.

Pressed start button, 50p taken first, accepted in haste then it was refunded, then SG have your authorised bank details for the following £29.99! 

I work for a bank. I have a heightened fraud awareness. I have no idea what I clicked on to cause this and definitely not for £29.99. I have contacted the bank and they have refunded. Also when ordering the new card, they de-linked it from the Apple wallet first and then I have re-linked it manually. Hoping that breaks the cycle (as I have read that some have still had the same problem even post stopping their card).

Contact your bank - you need to block your card as they have managed to set up a continuous payment authority. Ask them to de-link your new card from Apple wallet and then re-link it manually after they have ordered your new card

If you read through the posts in this thread you’ll see the solution is to cancel subscription and request a refund from SG*OriginalPlus. Their contact information is below,

Website is: originalplus.co

Mailing Address: Basebone Group, 32 Oakdale, Southgate, London, N14 5RE

Email: support@originalplus.co

Phone Number: 0033805980458

https://originalplus.co/about

If you want to stop these people, get the bank to cancel your card and send a new one. - it will gave a different 16 digit number which appears to be what they are using to access your funds. The Banks are well aware of what’s going on so go back to their fraud department and ask for help.

Visit support.apple.com/billing to review your purchases, subscriptions, and to review your billing details.

I contacted my bank and they have blocked the payment and any further attempts

It’s a scam. Report to your card issuer straightaway.