eGumball SEO marketing Fraud illegal contract Irvine CA

eGumball committed fraud in the following ways:

1) They called me and represented themselves as Google, which I found out later was untrue.

2) I distinctly asked about the contract terms.  I was told month to month contract, able to be cancelled at any time. I clearly stated on the call several times that I would NOT sign any contract for long term after dealing with another useless SEO company.

3) They promised me a written contract I could physically sign.  They said they could do that but I need to “click through some stuff online” to get my account set-up.  I was rushed through a whirlwind on “click here” on various buttons.  I was not given any time to read.  I was told none of it was binding.

4) They started automatically billing my credit card. They did not deliver the promised paper contract for me to sign.  After several months and I found absolutely no change with their “services”.  In fact, I could not find them doing anything but hogging the ownership for my website. I called them to cancel the contract by the month to month terms I told on the phone. At that point I was told I was “locked in” for another 6 months – a 12 month contract.

5) I refused to pay for a company that does nothing but bill my credit card and lie to me on the phone.  I cancelled the credit card and discuss their activities with the card company.

Now I have a lawyer calling and harassing my employees and disrupting my business.