Have You Been Scammed by Brewster?
Ravin Lama
MD, Mind Initiatives Ltd / Immediate Past President, American Chamber of Commerce - AMCHAM in Mauritius
Last week I received an extremely nasty email from an acquaintance accusing me of sharing his contact details with a third party. I was a bit taken aback and on further enquiry was forwarded the email sent out by Brewster in my name asking my contacts to update their contact details.
Like me, I believe there are several people who have fallen victim to Brewster. Here's how John got scammed:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10153601
My case was slightly different with the same end result. In the process of synchronizing my ‘address book’ after deleting conflicting addresses, I was asked to pay. I deleted the message.
I thought the matter ended there. It was only when I received the angry email did I realize my address book had been compromised.
No where did I ever subscribe to the services of Brewster and nor was I told that people on my list would be contacted. In fact, thanks to Google, emails with my photo was sent out to all my contacts asking them to update their contact details.
I tried to explain to the acquaintance in question the situation I was in. He responded saying there was no need to justify my actions and that he was now “scared” and would warn everyone about me.
Are there other readers out there who have experienced a similar fate? Are you willing to share your experience regarding Brewster?
Through this post I would like to urge all readers not to click on Brewster and to stay away from the app. I now realize they are a complete fraud. I was the victim of a scam.
Please be extremely careful as you will be accused of sharing information, worse still, will be considered dangerous, for no fault of yours. Do warn your family and friends about Brewster.
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9 年When deciding to use an app from an online store, be sure to take some time to read the comments. Pay attention to the 1 star ratings, they're often a good way of finding out what issues people are having. If it's mainly technical like compatibility or just features not working for them it's probably just their device which is the cause of problems. On the other hand if people are complaining about spamming, non assistance, no refund, etc... you might want to think twice before installing it. I checked the Brewster app in the store and it seems many people have had this issue... Not all apps are data greedy, it depends how it's developed and for what use... we have developed over 700 apps and with an overall 4.5/5 star rating from clients we rarely face these types of issues. For business use it's often better to have your own app developped so YOU control the environment and avoid the above. ;-)
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9 年#brewster what's brewing- ' a scam' ! This is what happens when 13 something's feel tech start-ups and give a hood to privacy! Apps are data hungry & seek access to much more than what the service actually requires...And then they monetise - on your information!! Welcome to the Digital Reality!!
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9 年Do add "Brewster" to your tags. It might make them sit up and take notice.
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9 年Thanks for being bold in sharing Ravin and sorry to learn your pains!