Academia Avaliações 835

My credit card was charged $299 CAD for annual renewal with NO PRIOR NOTICE. The sum is outrageous. When I discovered this charge before the end of the first month, I requested a refund of 11/12 of the charge. Their reply today indicated they do not do refunds. THIS "SERVICE" IS NOTHING BUT A SCAM FOR RAISING MONEY. Avoid it and tell your friends.

Das Update von 1€ auf 99€ ist nicht ersichtlich. Eine Kündigung konnte nur an eine @-Adresse geschickt werden. Die Antwort war nicht rechtlich klar. Eine physische Adresse mit HGB - Mindestdaten im sog. Impressum sucht man vergebens. Trotz lang zurückliegender Kündigung will das Portal auf einmal sogar 235€ für irgendeine Jahresperiode. Klarer Betrugsversuch.

I think I ended up receiving emails from this company was after I searched for information on my cities manufacturing history. I do NOT want to subscribe as it was a one off search I looked for. I now receive a minimum of 2 emails a day suggesting papers (not even from areas I live) every email I unsubscribe it says it may take a couple of days for it to go through. WELL… it’s going on a month since the first unsubscribe and STILL the emails keep coming. How the hell do you get this company to stop?!!!!

You took the money from my account even though I was not signed up for anything. I need a Refund.

This year’s annual subscription fee was significantly increased compared to previous years, and I was not informed of this change in any way. Despite cancelling my membership on the subscription start date, the fee was still charged. I do not accept this situation and request a full refund. Otherwise, I will have no choice but to take legal action.

Addebitano false iscrizioni, definiti “abbonamenti virtuali”, diffidate e segnalate il sito

STATENE ALLA LARGA.
Fatto abbonamento di un euro per scaricare un pdf e mi son ritrovato con abbonamento annuale di 153€
Spero dí ottenere rimborso
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I was on Academia.edu for a long time. I wanted to go download an old paper that I had stored there.

10 attempts to reset my password resulted in no email to reset. So I created a new account.

And I found that a scammer "named" Cora Rankin who had added herself as an author on all of my papers in place of one of my co-authors. There is no customer service or way to report such fraud, so clearly it is just scammers and liars.

This is a huge scam.

They will charge you and then reactivate your account and then double the price over years. I have been trying to disconnect over a few years. You email them and they say "no refund." I was just charged $498 for nothing. These people deserve and investigation and to be shut down.

Unauthorized charges once they have your card. They cheat you and charge your card for $150+ even after you have cancelled your subscription. Will not refund either. Do not ever subscribe. Not a useful platform either.

I was charged €234 for a €1 paper — deceptive and abusive billing

I went on Academia.edu to access a single paper, which was listed as €1. I never agreed to any subscription, never saw clear terms, and never received a confirmation email. A few days later, I was charged €69 and then €165.60 — a total of €234.60 — without my consent.

This is not a mistake — it’s a dark pattern. I only realized what happened because I checked my bank app. Academia.edu never warned me, and I had no idea I was being enrolled in a recurring subscription. To make matters worse, I’ve now seen many users reporting the exact same experience.

I’ve contacted their support and blocked them through my bank. If I don’t get a refund, I’ll escalate this further. Academia.edu should not be allowed to continue using deceptive billing tactics like this. Avoid this platform at all costs.

Mi hanno addebitato 157€ per un abbonamento al qualche non ho mai rinnovato. Sto per procedere per via legali. Sono dei TRUFFATORI !!! Non mettete mai la carta perché truffano tutti. Si deve procede solo con la denuncia

They're pretty much a money scam at this point. If you miss canceling the subsciption renewal by even 1-3 days they won't refund you. At this point it would make more sense to go to the scholar's direct publication site and just either buy or rent a copy of their paper.

**WELL-DESIGNED TRAP – STAY AWAY!**

Academia.edu turned out to be a complete trap, with practices that are borderline illegal, if not outright fraudulent.

In 2024, I signed up to download a few academic papers, under the impression it was a free service. At no point during the sign-up process was it made clear that I would be subscribing to a paid membership. On March 7th, €129 was charged to my account without my explicit consent. Probably they sent an email that ended up to spam, but no previous explicit consent by my side.

Then came 2025. The so-called "service" renewed automatically, and the cost more than doubled: €258 + €56.76 in taxes, totaling a whopping €314.76. Once again, no clear notice, no confirmation, just another sneaky email buried in spam hat I discovered later, when I looked for after the discovery of the payment.

Academia.edu relies on tricking users through silence and ambiguity, in clear violation of EU law (Directive 2011/83/EU) and Italian consumer law (Legislative Decree 206/2005).

I contacted support multiple times, asking for a refund. Their answer? "It’s against our policy." No discussion, no transparency, just a kind cold wall of indifference.

Avoid Academia.edu at all costs. This platform is not a service — it's a trick like a scam disguised as academia, built to exploit unsuspecting users.

Academia EDU se cierra y no responde a mi deseo retirar mi consentimiento a que sea texto de libre lectura el artículo:
Derecho comunitario y Derecho español: La discrecionalidad a través del retiro de empleo de los funcionarios comunitarios: La justificación del poder de organización en el Derecho español. Enrique Ucieda Somoza. Revista de administración pública.

Caught out by this outfit on subscriptions. Poor show.
Not informed of 8200% increase in subscription.
Is this legal? Stopped PayPal too late and informed them of the situation.

I was recently charged, without any prior notice, 159.00 by acadamia.edu.
After several emails and voice mails threatening to report them to the attorney General and FTC, I found that the BBB can help to get your refund.

Scam alert!
They will make you fool by offering one month free with cancellation but you would never understand how does it work the cancel. They will cut your money for years. Full of scamming payment model. Never subscribe.

Predatory subscription model that borders on fraud. They give no clear warning for renewal, with difficulty finding your account and payment area if you do want to cancel. Then, if you do cancel a few days before the automatic renewal they say you must give 30 days notice for cancellation. Costs an outrageous $338 CDN for a year to access academic articles. If they had a good, essential product, they wouldn't need to bamboozle subscriptions and rip people off. Stay FAR AWAY from this amoral company.

I was told 400+ academic papers mention my name — but I couldn’t view even one without paying. No preview, no verification, just a paywall after a tempting claim.
This feels less like academic sharing and more like data-fueled phishing.
Academia.edu might sound like a scholarly space, but beware: it seems designed to exploit curiosity and insecurity — especially among students and researchers.

Not trustworthy. Better alternatives exist.