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www.CineChest.com - a Fraudulent Movie Streaming Website

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www.CineChest.com - a Fraudulent Movie Streaming Website

The movie streaming website www.cinechest.com has been reported by many persons on the internet as fraudulent. Many of the complaints are about unauthorized hidden charges of their credit cards, not able to watch the movies that were advertised, and the website only has very old movies.

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The reason I started researching this website is because I was tricked into clicking on the following advertisement:

A Flash Player Update is Required to View this Content

See details…
End User Licence Agreement
*Updating takes less than one minute-upgrade now!

Clicking on the advertisement took me to the website www.cinechest.com.

The advertisement had nothing with do with the upgrading of my Flash Player, but was a deceptive move by Cinechest to get me to visit their website.

Some of the Many Complaints made by Unsatisfied Customers of cinechest.com:

"please do not sign up for this, such a scam, only very old movies and hidden charges to your credit card. very dissatisfied!!!!!! then they charged me $1 to cancel my supposedly "free" account which I only needed a credit card to confirm my identity!! I will be spreading the word of this sham."
"Very expensive and only old films: They said that I signed in with my credit card only to ensure my identity. That was in the sign up process. Then when I got in the ovies was very old and I really just wanted to get out and cancel my memebership. After only a few days they charged me 3 times the amount that Netflix costs in my Country! When I visited the website I still couldn't find my account to close it down. Then after searching carefully I found the account and I closed it down.in the signing up there should be a warning that "ok, we use your credit card to establish your identity and after 5 days we charge you for the next month" and then when you get the "welcome" mail there should be an unsubscribe link. All in all just a hoax to make money!!"
"CineChest.com give a 5 days trial to test the service but never talk about the fee after trail finishes. They charge automatically $49.99!!! I never saw a movie because all of them are really old maybe because they don't pay copyrights for them. Stay away!"
"When I signed up at cinechest.com, there was no disclosure that the membership is free for 5 days only. First, I was charged $1.05 CAD which I consented to based on their advertisement that it is a one time charge for unlimited download and then there was NO indication that there will be a recurring charge. I looked at my visa statement and I was charged $51.63 within 5-day period. What a scam!!! I phone the customer support for a cancellation. I was given a Cancellation Reference#: 1633995. When I asked if I can have this confirmed by email so that I can have traceability, the customer service refused indicating it's not their standard practice to email customer. This is yet another indication of what a scam this is."

Based on these complaints and personal experience with this website, I would not recommend signing up or registering for this service.

Here are some other movie streaming websites you should not trust, they look exactly like www.CineChest.com:

www.filmlair.com
www.cinapalace.com
www.cinaplay.com
www.hdattack.com
www.hdcavern.com
www.flixattic.com
www.vidzstar.com
www.flixden.com
www.flixjunky.com
www.247filmz.com

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Apr 7, 2016 at 9:44 AM by an anonymous user from: Montevideo, Uruguay

Cinechest is a big scam. I spent the same to pretend supposedly upgrade flash, I never subscribed to this site and ripping off a purchase of 51 dollars charged to my credit card. But worse is the response of the issuing bank: ... the purchase was cast from e-mail is ... course and deliver the card who is not more if the bank swindler or trucho site.

May 20, 2016 at 10:44 AM by an anonymous user from: Oslo, Norway

I just discovered this in my bank account. Had to cancel the card, the bank recommended. But I also contacted Cinechest and through their chat service got them to cancel the "subscription", which I did'nt know I had in the first place! Lesson learned: be careful what you sign up for, even a little trial.

Nov 26, 2015 at 9:29 AM by an anonymous user from: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

I was also a victim of cinechest.com. It says to input my credit card details to register my account but they won't charge me anything for the registration. Few days after, I was surprised to be charged with 69.99 AUD Bank charge for foreign currency transaction. How can I ensure that I stop membership and stop receiving any other charges from this scammer? Pls. Help. Thanks

Nov 26, 2015 at 9:31 AM by info

The best thing to do is to cancel the card. But, contact your bank first and ask them what they recommend.

Oct 12, 2015 at 8:00 PM by an anonymous user from: San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

The best way to stop "CineChest.com" is to stay away from it. But if you get zap, then call your credit card company and report it as a scam site, and cancel your account, so they cannot zap you again.

Aug 1, 2015 at 4:35 AM by an anonymous user from: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Thank you for your info and sorry you had to pay for it with your hard earned cash. It's your kind of service that should be rewarded and their kind of services that should not be allowed to even touch a keyboard.
Lets spread the word and maybe with some luck they will have to get a real job like work. Theft is not dignified especially when it's off the average honest worker just trying to save a buck by looking to see a movie while he has two rare hours to themselves, f* it, maybe I'll look for a honest sight to give me money to .
Thanks again, it made my night just to know that there are people who give a sh* I was just about to give them my number when I thought to check them out sorry.
Cinechest you will have to give that belt a tightening tomorrow and go hungry tonight.

Jun 23, 2015 at 12:22 AM by an anonymous user from: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I cancelled this last month, how come there is new charges. Stop it now!

Jun 23, 2015 at 3:22 AM by info

Report it to your bank and have your money refunded.

May 14, 2015 at 4:34 PM by an anonymous user from: Mesa, Arizona, United States

Yes this is 100% a SCAM! I was looking for some old movies to watch online for free and came across this site. But when I saw it asked for a credit card number I hit my "back" button to exit and continue searching elsewhere.
WELL... this morning I was looking at my bank account summary and saw a charge for $49.95 from CINECHEST.COM!
How is this even possible?! I'm not sure if somehow they can steal information off your phone or computer...
I do have my card number saved in to the automatic fill in on my phone, so whenever I'm ordering something I just have to type in the first number on my card and then it automatically comes up. So I'm not sure if they can steal your info that way or not? But they got my Debit card number somehow and it wasn't from me!
So be EXTREMELY CAREFUL with the site! I truly don't understand how they are not being shut down and/or ARRESTED!

May 13, 2015 at 7:41 PM by an anonymous user from: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

I just saw a charge on my account for cinechest and never really finished with signing up. Because I didnt want the trail. But they still charge my aact 49.99 for nothing.
I didnt even get an email confirmation that I even signed up. I been on the twice today.
Stay away from any of these sites. It's a scam! I soo mad right now.
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Apr 17, 2015 at 11:31 PM by an anonymous user from: Fujairah, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates

When I signed up at cinches.com, there was no disclosure that the membership is free for first 5 days only.
I was charged $1.05 CAD which I agreed to because they had mentioned that it is a one time charge for unlimited download and then there was NO indication that there will be a recurring charge.
I looked at my credit card statement and I was charged around $50 within 5-days period. They are frauds! Period. I have cancelled my subscription now.

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