While certainly you could argue they are unscrupulous in offering a service that is totally and utterly unneeded, we did not investigate these companies any further nor do we know definitively they are scamming anyone. Important Note: We are not suggesting that all of these companies are, in fact, scammers.
Yahoo – an ad from a company offering this service showed up. These fellas (Expedite HQ) at least look / seem like a real company. Google – showed the following ads from companies offering this service: Here’s our results on a few different search platforms including Google, Yahoo and Bing: Here are the CBoardingGroup, we did a test to see if we could find any of these companies. And, now they have your personal info and your credit card. What the BBB is saying is that you’ve been duped into paying extra money to fill out and complete the form. You may be asked to share personal info like name, passport # and home address, plus pay the $100.00 the government charges for the service AND a separate fee for the service.
You click the ad (instead of CPB) and you find a company willing to do all the work for you.Not surprisingly, the real website ( CBP.gov) shows up…but so does a very similar looking website or ad.Traveler does a web search for Global Entry Application.The BBB notes that is has received several reports of misleading websites. It’s expedites border entry process for U.S. Global entry is part of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Trusted Traveler Network (which includes TSA Precheck). The Better Business Bureau (BBB) published an new scam alert earlier this month about fake Global Entry sign up sites duping travelers into giving money and personal information.
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