CIC Credit Monitoring victimized many consumers ripoff deception Popup Ads really suck Orange California

To the best of my recollection...
While using the online website Lendingtree.com to search for refinance options, I encountered a popup ad for "free credit report"

I took the bait, though I do not remember filling out any specific application form (I did give personal data to LendingTree).

I cannot remember getting any credit report online and did not get anything in the mail. At no time was a fee or subscription service detailed.

About 3 weeks later I received a charge to one of my credit card accounts($79.95)for subscribing to their credit monitoring service. They had most of my personal info correct. They either got it through LendingTree or I did fill out a short form.

What I do know is that I never authorized, knowingly, to subscribe to their service. Never got a credit report or a so-called confirmation via email that I signed up.

I called CIC immediately after getting the bill to cancel which they did, but the service rep was a real jerk.
I also called my creditcard company and they reversed the charges. It's a first for me to get scamed online.
Popup Ads really suck!!!

G
Pollock Pines, California
U.S.A.