Yesterday, my link to ChatGBT didn’t work, and neither did others in my office. Then another chatAI was in its place saying I didn’t have a subscription, I tried logging into ChatGBT throughout the day sent messages to support, tried to reboot. but Every time I logged in there was a response that I had exceeded my limits and need to subscribe. So I did subscribe. I just realized when I logged in to my computer this morning that I have been scammed by chat. chatbotapp.ai / ?model= gpt-3.5, as my old Chat GBT is now back up.
Sorry to hear that!
This company is really trying to make everything look like it’s an OpenAI service without ever crossing the line, I suppose.
Hopefully you didn’t lose too much on this.
Did you install an app or extension from them before? Or did you only ever go to chat.openai.com?
I only went to chat.gbt as I have the link saved as a button on Chrome. for the entire day yesterday the link lead to the Chatbotapp and it pretended to be ChatGBT. I sent openai a message asking if my previous account was canceled and I asked what happened to my history. but I think it was them - o got no response. I also looked online and there seemed to be a number of redit comments saying that ChatGBT has issues like this in the past and with the recent press about staff layoffs I thought that maybe this was a relaunch. And as soon as I subscribed to this scam- and started using it, i knew something was not right. This morning I logged into my original chat GBT in the same way on Chrome, and it was back. How did they block chatGBT? and if they didn’t and it was a glitch they took advantage of it. I don’t believe in coincidences, this was targeted to ChatGBT users who use the app daily and have grown accustomed to using the app in their workflow. This is why I resigned up. I’m going to get my credit card to try to cancel the purchase.
Yes, this does sound a little bit like you got caught up in a service disruption and then fell for some other company selling a similar service.
For future reference, you can check here if there is a problem with the service:
Same. A couple of days ago. I’m really concerned about my data and credit card information. Can anyone who knows more about this than I do about this tell me more about these scams?
it was the first search result in my google search when i was looking for “chatgpt”. that i clicked on it without thinking and subscribing to a 50 USD yearly subscription is my fault though… very annoying!
2 Likes
I met the same case. I canceled the automatic renewal and tried to apply for a refund. But I don’t know how to remove my payment method on that website. I hope they won’t do something bad.
2 Likes
same here . and now i find no way to remove my credit card info .
idk if i can tell my bank to stop this payment .
update
i called my bank to see if i can recall this payment , and i replace my card
incase something bad happen .
i suggest u guys do the same .
now i cant trust google search anymore.
Anyone got the refund for this?
I unsubscribe the payment through paddle/net
Is there any concerns about data, virus or something else?
2 Likes
Please share the name of the app or the website/domain you are having issues with!
We can then forward this information to OpenAI’s legal team. While this may not help you recover your money, it will assist in putting an end to these egregious scams!"
2 Likes
this one . now i can see the ad boost it to top , but it’s hard to
notice on mobile screen … if you slightly scroll down alittle , some pop up notice on phone will block it .
and i have a feeling that refund may not be possiable .
2 Likes
I am scammed too. Such a shame!
3 Likes
has someone manage to get the money back? isn’t a way to stop them?
2 Likes
I just subscribed tothis without thinking twice - and when checking my mobile chatGPT still said free tier and wanted me to subscribe - realized this was a scam!
1 Like
I managed to get a refund from this chatbot. They send u email with invoice and there is a link where u can ask for a refund.
1 Like
Hi Sonya - the bot says there is no refund - how did you find this info on a invoice? I do not have it
can you provide this link? or its individual for each payment?
They actually do not claim to be OpenAI. I have been using Chatbot App for months now and probably will be using in the future. They provide you with different AI models at the same time which is very cool feature. Also, when OpenAI was down, I was still be able to use Chatbot App without a problem.
UPDATE:
I got the refund from them.
4 Likes