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I signed up in February with a 30 day "free trial". I was billed $60 the day after signing up. I contacted the company and was told "Oops, sorry. We will give you next month free, but we don't give refunds". I cancelled my account and stated that I refuse to pay $60 a month for a service I will rarely use. I was told it would be $14.99 per month, the $60 was a "set up fee". They stated they would waive the next 6 fees. (Have this all in email). Next month, March, I was billed $22.95. I called and they said "Oops, sorry. No refunds". Again - cancel my account. Next month, April, billed $48.92. I called "Yeah, you owe us money for 4 months that you haven't paid". This was my THIRD month, and I was OVERPAYING every month prior. "No refunds" - Cancel my account!

Next Month, May, Billed $22.95. Repeat the above steps. Next month, June, billed $16.95. Repeat the above steps. Today, July 10, billed $16.95. AGAIN we repeat, only this time he said he has record of the first request, but NO REFUNDS. He said I never called to cancel. I record ALL calls, so that isn't correct. He then says that if I wasn't given a cancellation number, it simply wasn't cancelled. But NO REFUNDS, despite having proof I cancelled. BBB complaints filed, credit card dispute filed, California DA case started, attorney contacted.

In the past I used to use faxes - however for a long time now I have neither sent nor received a fax. A couple months ago I tried to close my account - their so called support staff give you various different numbers to dial, each of which incurs a heavy charge for every minute you hold on - which is a LOT of minutes, believe me. They eventually gave me the "free" Spanish number (as I live in Spain). I have tried that number numerous times and hold on FOREVER, only to be told there is no one to help and I must call back later. So basically I am paying 6 euros a month for a service I don't use, but the company is so desperate, they won't let me close the account! Do yourself a favor, avoid Efax like the plague that it is.

Used eFax for business for over 11 years. My credit card expense system was updated and held payment for audit in start of 2017. eFax never attempted to contact me when auto payment didn't go through. I called and was shocked to hear that they gave away my fax number without notice. They didn't even care about my 11 yrs of business and said, "The number is gone. Have a good day, bye." I then asked to speak with a supervisor who couldn't do anything about it. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TERRIBLE BUSINESS MODEL TO TREAT ACCOUNTS THIS WAY. Don't let them do the same to you. This company is owned by j2 Global, Inc.

Please provide a better way to cancel your service. As you know, the year is 2017, not 2005. It is rare to find a company that still makes you jump through hoops to cancel a service instead of simply providing an easy to use cancellation link from within the customer's account area. It is also rare for a company to not honor written email request for cancellations as a cancellation should always be honored, no matter how it is submitted. Thank you for charging me almost $120 for services I never used outside the free trial. I have contacted my bank to recoup these fees and I will be following up with them shortly. I will also be contacting the Federal Trade Commission, the BBB, the Division of Consumer Protection, as well as my state's Attorney General.

After having an account with eFax for 3 years I realized I was paying double the price of their competitors for the same service. eFax refused to lower my bill so I opened an account with one of their competitors. When we tried to port our fax number, eFax refused, claiming they own it. eFax said it is written in their terms when you sign up for service. They will hold your number hostage to try and force your company to stay with them. I refuse to do business with shady crooked companies and closed my account, even though this will cost me to change my fax number on all of my ads and websites. Stay away from eFax and check with any online phone or fax service before signing up. Make sure they will not try and hold your number hostage if you decide to leave.

Considered eFax as an option. They mentioned free for a month and when you have the option to choose what service you would like. DO NOT PUT CREDIT CARD IN. They automatically choose the most expensive and charge your card and you are billed in advance for every month. Call and speak with customer service and make sure they cancel if you really want to try or make sure you choose your option! Customer service was horrible!!!

FRAUD - There is no 30 Free Trial. They will BILL YOU, NO REFUND. DO NOT use this service or any service offered by this company. They say free trial and will bill you from day 1. They will add admin fees and also never cancel your card even when you ask them to. STAY AWAY. If you have been taken advantage of report it to the IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center of the FBI).

When my husband passed away last month there were a lot of things I needed to do and a lot of forms needing to be filled out and forwarded especially since he was in the Army. I thought having the fax service would be a great idea. So I signed up on 3/27/17. Well it was nothing but a headache after the first fax was sent. I kept getting errors stating the fax was "interrupted" and I was trying and retrying at all hours of the day and night. The crazy part is customer service kept advising me that it was not their side it was the recipient and to verify the number. Well no... these folks get faxes all day every day and finally a colleague of mine faxed from a traditional fax machine and they went through just fine. Now I'm willing (like a bad habit) to keep giving it a try. Every time I needed to fax something I'd try to send it. Only a few actually sent successfully. Most did not. It was very frustrating.

I used the chat program to cancel my service before my 30 Day Free Trial was up. Well I have to hand it to the representative. They have the retention tactics down. He asked why I was cancelling and I laid it out for him. He offered me longer service at a cheaper rate. He offered me another free month of service. I asked him what didn't he understand about me not wanting a service that doesn't work most of the time? He finally relented and cancelled the service on 4/19/17. I received a email verification that same day the account was cancelled and the following day I received a link for a survey. I thought to myself why a survey when I already wasted so much time online with Ethan explaining all of the issues with the sad company he worked for. I even apologized for my acerbic tone explaining that I knew it was not his fault his company was so "out of touch" with their customers.

At the end of the chat I noticed there was no option to save the chat or have it emailed so I selected the whole thing and threw it into a Word document then saved it as a PDF just so I would have a copy of the conversation. I have every email as well. So fast forward to today. I open my credit card statement online and lo and behold I have five $10 charges from eFax. I have no clue what they are for. I have emailed the company attaching my conversation with Ethan ** closing the account as well as a copy of the charges asking for the reversal and an explanation. I now use MetroFax. No problems thus far. No surprise charges and every fax has gone through quickly and successfully.

I tried to cancel 6 months ago but they said I should use the rest of the year since I paid. They said they would not charge me again but they did and will not cancel. They charged me for a year but only gave me 17 days of service. I was a longtime customer. I am recommending not to even start with them. They use your credit card like their it is theirs.

Tried to cancel my subscription and gave a free subscription until November 2017. Never explained anything about continuing taking normal subscription after that date. Taken money from my account although I didn't opt to continue the subscription. Never respond to emails.

First, their "free trial" is a fraud. You WILL get charged. Second, trying to cancel your account is nearly impossible. I have sent several emails, and called their "Customer Service" number at least 3 times. I have never been able to speak to any representative. Furthermore, this is an ONLINE service. Why should I have to CALL to cancel my account? Obviously so they can convince you to stay. That's shady business practices, and horrible customer service. Tired of this situation, I have ordered my bank to dispute their charges and stop any future ones. I recommend anyone in the same situation to do the same.

After 4 separate phone calls to cancel this account and 3 separate calls to American Express to stop payment, I received a letter from Amex that included a letter from eFax customer service filled with so many lies. I felt compelled to let anyone and everyone know about this criminal behavior. They have literally been stealing from me for months.

The letter from eFax states "the cardholder in question claiming to attempt to cancel is false; they failed to close the account via Chat or over the phone. I tried both, multiple times. I called them 4 separate times and tried once over Chat. They later state "Seeing that this is a long standing customer for years, and they actually underlined and bold years [which is a complete lie]!

During the multiple attempts to cancel on the phone they kept asking for the fax # as the method to access the account, which of course since I only used once I did not have. And then they requested my credit card #, which had been changed. I gave them the new number they were charging, but they stated they could not find my account. I called back with the old card number and was told it had been canceled. They continued to charge me for the last 6 months! What a dishonest business - and karma will catch up to such a terrible strategy to make a few $'s by cheating people.

When it come to close our company account at eFax we discovered that their customer service department NOT EXIST AT ALL for those who would like to say goodbye to eFax. We need to send many e-mails to their service department, called many times their service lines, having done so much effort it took more than 1 week to receive their reply. They have many phone numbers for service in different countries, seems it is fake, no real service provided. Not recommend to provide any credit card data to that company, now we regret much we did it.

I was a MaxEmail customer for over 10 years and had no problems whatsoever. EFax buys them out and raises the annual fee, so I decide not to renew when my prepaid subscription ran out at end of the year. By Jan. 3, 2017, I see a charge on my Amex card for $ 84, even though I never gave EFax my credit card (they obviously stole it from the Max Email records). I call EFax to contest the charge and they agree to cancel my service, but not to the refund, saying "I should have contacted them in November to let them know that I wasn't going to renew". I DID NOT sign up with them for a trial service, they carried my subscription over from MaxEmail. I would hope all of us former MaxEmail subscribers would file a major lawsuit against EFax and make national news out of the shady business ethics of their parent company, i.e. J2Global.

This company is a fraud. I used their eFax service thinking that it was free. They charged me $16.95 to fax 1 page to my son's doctor! When I called to cancel the next day, they refused to let me speak to a manager and said there were no refunds. I couldn't even understand the customer service agent because she barely spoke English and was reading from a script. "There is no speak to managers" and "We do not offer refund. Never." Stay away from this scam and poor customer service nightmare.

Do NOT use this service. I cancelled this last year and they continue to charge my credit card. I see that happens a lot according to the reviews. There are a lot more companies out there that charge a LOT LESS and you don't have to go thru this hassle. And when they charged my account they can't even tell me what my fax number is because they said I don't have an account. Go figure. If I don't have an account then why did they charge my credit card.

I have had the eFax for 10 days and I have had nothing but problems. I sent faxes that were lost and encrypted into explainable words. I hope I am able to get out of this without dealing with billing issues. No one at this company understand English. It is so hard to explain my situation. My phone time has been over 40 mins. every time I call. So disappointing!!!

I was with Maxemail.com client for over 10 years, great company. Then Efax.com took over, all was to be the same. NOT TRUE. I keep getting bills on my card. They divided my account so I would go over the max pages. When call, too bad, you just need to pay MORE. My cost for the pass 6 months, was more than the last 4 years. First person said, didn't see a problem. I think he did not understand English. Second person was good, but he couldn't fix the problems. So after 10 Years, I cancel all the numbers. I had to call them to cancel the fax numbers, and they didn't care why I cancel. There is no way this company should get a good review.

We were previous MaxEmail customers. Our account was apparently sold to eFax / j2 Global. We had received notice of the company change, but not about the pricing change. Our cost went from about $20 per year to $20 per MONTH. They did not notify us of the price change. To my surprise, we got an $84 bill in via email for 4 months of service. There were no previous communications or invoices. Fortunately, our credit card on file had expired, so we did not get charged. I cancelled via online chat. I asked that they remove the previous charges and void the bill. They were elusive. They said there would be no future charges, but wouldn't say that they dropped the charged either. My suggestion - Cancel via online chat and keep a copy of the transcript. If that doesn't work, file with the California Better Business Bureau. http://bit.ly/efax-bbb. With 610 complaints to the BBB, I am surprised that the California Attorney General has not address their behavior.

For over 20 years I was a customer of MAXEMAIL. I didn't use it often but was a back up and for $24 per year well worth it. 2 days ago, I noticed that EFAX a company I have no knowledge of, sent me and email that they STOLE FUNDS from my account for their service. I Googled and discovered that EFAX took over MAXEMAIL. My contract with MAXEMAIL does not expire till May 1, 2017 for which I am paid in full. HOWEVER... these CROOKS EFAX... without my knowledge went into my account on February 9, 2017 and stole $84. A fee they arbitrarily choose which has NOTHING to do with me, since I did not give permission.

When I called them and advised them of this theft, a rude customer service agent did as I asked and cancelled my account and told me 5-10 days for refund... REALLY. YOU STOLE THE MONEY QUICKLY... YOU CAN FEDEX IT BACK JUST AS QUICKLY. Yesterday, I receive an email that acknowledges cancelled a account but NOTHING about the stolen funds. I reply... they say "they will review" and if deemed 5-15 days for refund.

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. How dare these people go into an account without permission... how many other people have they done this too? I have contacted NYS Attorney General and will also contact their home state Attorney General as this is obviously much larger than my $84. I am also alerting every site I can come across to advise unsuspecting customers of these thieves!

MaxEmail is now part of eFax which is a big JOKE! I would not use this eFax. I use to be able to view the fax from my cell phone. Now in order to view the fax I have to login to my account then open up the fax to view it. I called last month and canceled my account and guess what showed up on my credit card this month! A charge for $9.95. I called in and I was disconnected, which made me a little frustrated to say the least. It is sad that eFax does not want to refund the $9.95. I told Shana, which did a good job on the call, that it is sad that eFax which is an inferior service MaxEmail would not refund my money or empower their employees to do the right thing.

This is a fraudulent company. They pretend to be free but then charge you. Not only that, they make it impossibly hard to cancel your subscription. I had to cancel my credit card to get rid of them charging me and the faxes work on and off, not reliable enough.

J2 Global eFax Service 6922 Hollywood Blvd., 5th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90028 USA. I tried calling eFax today and requested to close my account, there are a couple of issues why I am closing my account. First being that I only get spam and the company does nothing about this, although I have requested assistance, they tell me I have to forward all the spam to another email in order to have the number blocked. I am not working for them, they are working for the consumer.

Additionally, I never receive any forwarded notifications to my email address when someone faxes me, like the system was set up to provide. Also when I tried to cancel, I am given delayed responses for example, "My computer is having trouble accessing your account," "Let me transfer you to someone who can assist you." I waited on hold for another 5 minutes or so and then hung up and called back to another agent, this time he tells me that he can cancel my account, which was renewed on 11/10/16, less than a month ago and that no refund was possible. Additionally, when I asked for a supervisor I was transferred to some department that was not a supervisor and they had to transfer me again to a supervisor.

The supervisor I spoke to stated "You should have known" and all our policies are final. Cancellation #**, I stated to him that it shouldn't be legal to charge a customer for a year of service and it be final if they need to cancel after renewal without a possible partial refund. They charge $169.50 for a year of service and I was never informed of the renewal by any means except having the charge appear in my bank account. I think this is criminal to have to pay for an entire year of service if I only used a month of it. No company should be able to charge for a service for that amount of time and give no refunds, if you are not using the service for that amount of time. I would never recommend this service to anyone, you don't get what you pay for and the service does not work or operate with any integrity.

I've used eFax for at least 6 years, maybe longer. It's always done exactly what I needed it to do, no complaints there. But my needs changed, which happened 10 days after the automatic annual renewal. When I contacted the company to cancel, I expected at least some degree of prorated return on the $169.50 that had been paid 10 days earlier. At the very least, I would expect that a Customer Service rep in the position of having to refuse any refund at all, 10 days into a new year, might express some degree of sympathy along with the refusal, which would have at least made it more palatable.

Instead, I got this answer: "Kindly check paragraph 17B of our Customers Agreement at **. The paragraph clearly mentions that the activation fee, the monthly or the annual fee are non refundable." Really. Wow. Not even "I'm so sorry, but..." or "I wish I could help you, but..." There was, however, an attempt to sell me on keeping the plan at a lower rate (for next year of course, not the year already paid for). In fact, the rep said he could lower my rate (for next year) to $129.50. Which leads me to ask, why have I been paying more than that?

The rep added that "...we have always had an automated billing system in place, wherein, once the current billing cycle ends and the next one commences, the applicable fee, monthly or annual, is automatically charged. No renewal notices are sent before this update." Again, wow. No renewal notice. Like everyone else on the planet, I have lots of accounts to keep current. I depend on all sorts of notifications that bills are due, or that renewals are about to happen. Could these people possibly make their business practice any less open and aboveboard?

Apparently yes. Having lost that battle, I retreated to my account web page to change my billing preferences. Aha, guess what, there ARE no billing preferences. You can't remove the credit card on file without replacing it with another one. So the only way you can ever get out from under this company is to cancel prior to an auto-renewal date that you get no notice of, and of course lose some of your money in the process unless you cancel on the final day.

If this rep had been even the slightest bit nice, or if they had refunded any part of my money, I'd have written it off as a useful relationship for a few years that ended on an unfortunate note. This interaction, however, led me to look up the experiences of others online, and I found not only a lot of people in my same boat, but also reviews in tech magazines that mention eFax as much more expensive than competitors while providing the same or less service. Is eFax a horrible company? They've done fine with my faxes for a long time, so there's that. But it's clear that they are not doing business at the same ethical level as most of the companies I do business with, and they apparently think they don't need to. Vote with your feet and give your business to someone else.

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. They make it very difficult and time consuming to cancel. I was billed for service and tried to cancel that day before it posted, but I couldn't get them on the phone to cancel (which is the only way, other than the almost non-existent availability of their supposed on-line chat), so they billed me. I was reasonable, nice, and level headed when asking for my valid refund, but was given nothing but the runaround. They refused to let me speak to a supervisor and believe it or not they kept offering me new services to try! ARG. So frustrating. Aside from that, the moment I signed up, I received continuous spam faxes. Waste of time. Waste of money.

I signed up for eFax years ago, and for a while it was a worthwhile service as it was a good way to send faxes from the road. Over the last years however, all you get are SPAM faxes from companies they seemingly sell the fax numbers to and there is no way to stop them. Customer service is horrible and it's very hard to cancel the service. Find another way... Don't patronize them...

We are a private investigators and had numerous lines with these people and these were lines that we had for years and some have been cut off without warning that are paid up. Even worse they tell us lines that are live are not theirs! They also move things between all these nonsense brand names that are the same company (j2, eFax, eVoice) plus constantly change systems which screws up logins at crucial times. I am holding currently for an hour while they try to sort an 831 area code number. We are getting rid of everything we can with these idiots. It is the most inept and incompetent company I have come across in years and wastes hours of time plus cannot be trusted when it's needed.

eFax/j2 Global Communications (AKA E-Fax or MyFax) are committing fraud against their customers. They are hiding behind an unfair "terms and conditions" taking advantage of the fact that most of us rarely read these terms through. The charged my credit card without even letting me know about it and after I found out, refused to issue a refund. After a while they refund $10 out of $24.95. The matter is now taken care of by the BBB. They claim that they got my email wrong (and that is true) but in such case, they should have not keep charging until they were able to reach me.

From the service to the customer service, nothing about this company works. We are a relatively large company with 30+ fax numbers. We were migrated over from another fax service when J2 acquired that company. We've now been 7 days without the ability to send faxes. If you can get to a person at customer service, they can't help. They don't answer the phone and they don't monitor their support@ email box. I don't think they actually have a fax service that works, instead are hoping to get people to sign up and forget about their non-working service that they can't get customer support to fix.