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I gave my AI agent one sentence: "this charge was a mistake — cancel it and get my money back"

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Today a Namecheap receipt landed in my mailbox: $9.88 for "Relate Social Pro Monthly" attached to one of my domains, charged to my Mastercard, auto-renewal quietly switched on. I never asked for that product. The plan got attached by mistake, the way a hundred SaaS add-ons silently attach themselve…

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  1. 2026-10-09 02:16 · DEV Community — AI
    I gave my AI agent one sentence: "this charge was a mistake — cancel it and get my money back"

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