Description

Website tryIQ.org advertises a one-time online IQ test for $9.00. (At the time of this report, price has been dropped to $8.00) You answer 25 questions and after you click "Done" you are taken to a page that offers a "Basic" $9 and an "Advanced" $19 option to "unlock your IQ score." At no time is this advertised as a subscription. After selecting either option, a pop-up window displays asking for your credit card information and your name- nothing more. When you enter your information, they process the payment and then show your supposed IQ score. This charge is submitted by "Tryiq.org." One week later your credit card is charged $9.00 by an entity called "Digital Test Center Tysnes No". Researching this website shows it is owned by "Withheld for Privacy" (the actual name of the company in Reykjavik, Iceland.) Withheld for Privacy is a subsidiary of a domain registration service out of Arizona called NameCheap. The address listed in the WhoIs record for tryiq.org is Kalkofnsvegur 2 which, according to a New York Times article of 9OCT24, is " ... the virtual home to an array of perpetrators of identity theft, ransomware and disinformation." So, yeah, avoid these ******** and write to NameCheap to let them know we know they support known online fraudulent businesses.