The subscription trap behind a free trial
Sign-up optimised to four taps, cancellation left deliberately tiring, every abandoned step measured. Where you actually cancel, and the order that works.
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Fraud Prevention
The settings, habits and payment choices that keep a mistake from becoming a loss.
Checking an invoice before you pay it
It rides on a real transaction between two parties who genuinely owe each other money, with one field changed — which is why it survives the scrutiny that stops other frauds.
The refund that needs your bank details to process
Being owed money switches off the caution that being asked for money turns on. One fact disqualifies nearly every version of it, and small businesses get the inverted variant.
The four questions that identify almost any scam
Scams change their story constantly and their structure almost never. Four questions apply to the delivery driver text, the investment group and the call from your bank alike.
Questions this section answers
- Where do I cancel a subscription I started in an app?
- On the platform's subscriptions page — Settings, your name, Subscriptions on iOS, or the Play Store's subscriptions list on Android. It works regardless of the app, and the service's own retention flow is not needed at all.Answered in The subscription trap behind a free trial