Hello, kinda long email i got so leave if u not too bored. anyways, i did some searches for free web hosting, and came to http://free.prohosting.com/. it states free webhosting with 20mb, so i went ahead and sign up. then 1 week later, i got this on my email box,
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INVOICE
ProHosting Corporation
PO Box 702
Midway UT 84049
Customer Reference: XXXXXXX
Customer Contact: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Invoice #: 01-16-XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Terms:
Due on Receipt
Payment Method:
PayPal or Credit Card
Reference:
01-16-XXXXXX
Date:
16 January 2003
Item Qty Description Amount
1
1
ProHosting one time maintenance and support fee
- One time fee (no recurring annual or monthly fees)
- Includes removal of banner ads from customer web site
- Ongoing hosting services
$9.95 USD
Total $9.95 USD
Remit via PayPal to: billing@free.prohosting.com
The $9.95 charge is a one-time fee for the ongoing maintenance and support of free.prohosting.com web sites. You will not be charged a monthly ongoing fee in the future, unless you choose to upgrade your web site hosting package. As a customer of free.prohosting.com, you have 14 days to acknowledge receipt of the invoice, and 30 days from the date of this invoice to submit payment to ProHosting Corporation. All other ProHosting Corporation terms remain in force. Other ProHosting Corporation options and programs can be viewed at www.prohosting.com.
Instructions for paying your invoice:
1. Reply to this email with the words 'Accept' typed into the subject box. This must be done within 14 business days, otherwise access to your account may be temporarily blocked.
2. Remit payment to ProHosting Corporation via PayPal:
a. Log onto www.paypal.com and, if you are not already a member, sign up for a free PayPal account.
b. Follow the instructions there to remit the invoice amount to billing@free.prohosting.com
c. As the subject of the payment, please enter either your Invoice # or your account username.
3. Enjoy the benefits of your free web site hosting service!
Terms:
If ProHosting Corporation has not received acceptance notice from you within 14 business days of the date of this invoice then ProHosting Corporation reserves the right to block access to the customers web site until such time as the invoice has been paid. If ProHosting Corporation has not received payment of the invoice from the customer within 30 business days of the date of this invoice then ProHosting Corporation reserves the right to delete the account.
For billing questions, please email us at billing@free.prohosting.com
Payment is due on receipt
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now i dont really care if they close my account as i just using it for fun and education. but what i wanna know is should i worry about any fines? i used all anonymous stuffs like yahoo acct to register and all fake names. would they go as far as track my ip to find me on this little bill? i went back to their website and still cant find any fine print on how this bill came about. i am probably just little over reacting, but i dont want this to affect me later on incase they decide to bill me later on with huge fines for late payment.
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INVOICE
ProHosting Corporation
PO Box 702
Midway UT 84049
Customer Reference: XXXXXXX
Customer Contact: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Invoice #: 01-16-XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Terms:
Due on Receipt
Payment Method:
PayPal or Credit Card
Reference:
01-16-XXXXXX
Date:
16 January 2003
Item Qty Description Amount
1
1
ProHosting one time maintenance and support fee
- One time fee (no recurring annual or monthly fees)
- Includes removal of banner ads from customer web site
- Ongoing hosting services
$9.95 USD
Total $9.95 USD
Remit via PayPal to: billing@free.prohosting.com
The $9.95 charge is a one-time fee for the ongoing maintenance and support of free.prohosting.com web sites. You will not be charged a monthly ongoing fee in the future, unless you choose to upgrade your web site hosting package. As a customer of free.prohosting.com, you have 14 days to acknowledge receipt of the invoice, and 30 days from the date of this invoice to submit payment to ProHosting Corporation. All other ProHosting Corporation terms remain in force. Other ProHosting Corporation options and programs can be viewed at www.prohosting.com.
Instructions for paying your invoice:
1. Reply to this email with the words 'Accept' typed into the subject box. This must be done within 14 business days, otherwise access to your account may be temporarily blocked.
2. Remit payment to ProHosting Corporation via PayPal:
a. Log onto www.paypal.com and, if you are not already a member, sign up for a free PayPal account.
b. Follow the instructions there to remit the invoice amount to billing@free.prohosting.com
c. As the subject of the payment, please enter either your Invoice # or your account username.
3. Enjoy the benefits of your free web site hosting service!
Terms:
If ProHosting Corporation has not received acceptance notice from you within 14 business days of the date of this invoice then ProHosting Corporation reserves the right to block access to the customers web site until such time as the invoice has been paid. If ProHosting Corporation has not received payment of the invoice from the customer within 30 business days of the date of this invoice then ProHosting Corporation reserves the right to delete the account.
For billing questions, please email us at billing@free.prohosting.com
Payment is due on receipt
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now i dont really care if they close my account as i just using it for fun and education. but what i wanna know is should i worry about any fines? i used all anonymous stuffs like yahoo acct to register and all fake names. would they go as far as track my ip to find me on this little bill? i went back to their website and still cant find any fine print on how this bill came about. i am probably just little over reacting, but i dont want this to affect me later on incase they decide to bill me later on with huge fines for late payment.
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