BEWARE
Note: The company also calls itself "Movielush" now, though it still bills customers as "Movieease."
Yes, Movieease is a scam, and here's how it works. Movieease, Movielush or whatever posts links on reputable video sites, links claiming to have high-quality, fast-loading copies of whatever you're trying to view. You can't download or view the files, though, without registering for a 5-day "free" account, at which time, they ask you for a credit card number. They say they won't charge the number, but they do (US$1.00 in my case), just to see if they can. When you register, they send a "receipt" e-mail saying, way down at the bottom after a lot of boring trivia, that, after the 5 days are up, your "free" account converts to a premium account, at which time you are billed a whopping $39.99 MONTHLY until you cancel.
What do you get for that whopping sum (more than 2x the average Netflix charge)? A few old movies that you've never heard of. But this crappy archive is a deliberate part of the scam, because, after you register for "free" and see that Movieease has nothing you want to watch, you go away and forget all about them--that is, until they take the first big chunk out of your bank account. You certainly don't read the "receipt" e-mail.
So, if you've registered with them, cancel right away, before they get any more of your money. And pass the word among your friends; these guys are suddenly everywhere in the on-line video world and obviously plan to defraud a lot of people. On one site, for example, they have managed to insert a link--a sponsored link--into each and every movie or TV episode, retroactive to the oldest files on the site.
As for me, I joined because "Movielush" didn't raise any red flags. It was only when my account was billed that I saw the name "Movieease" and found all of these warnings. I canceled within hours of being billed $39.95 and received an e-mail saying I'd get my money back, but I'm not holding my breath. If they do refund the charge, I'll say so here, just to be fair.
p.s. I was forced by this site to give Movieease a star; otherwise, I wouldn't have.
September 30, 2011
Unprompted review