Skinner is no longer part of DU; he sold his share of it to EarlG.

You can use DU's private message feature to contact EarlG. I've done so several times and he always responds, and with warmth and kindness.

Hope things improve for you, my dear debm55.

contact Earl? Right now I don't want to give any banking info out.

The PM is quite private and secure. Nobody can see it but you and whoever you're sending it to.

I suspect it's a fake and you've been scammed by someone unaffiliated with DU.

I provided the contact information for EarlG below, as have other posters.

If you gave out your credit card/bank account info info via email, you were scammed, and DU probably had nothing to do with it, other than the scammer was masquerading as someone from DU.

now.

As long as the scammers don’t have your SS#

And it is why I urge DUers to not give out the type of information on social media sites that can give scammers clues and insights into our passwords and into our lives. I am not a downer - I just don’t want to see any DU member hurt in any way. Good luck with seeing this through.

Hasn't been for a few years now. He sold DU in 2020.

Here is contact info for the admins:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=contact

You can contact EarlG there.

I'm happy to help if I can -- can you send me a DU mail message with as many details as possible so that I can see if there's anything I can do here?

For what it's worth, you will not lose your Star Membership because they activate for one year. If you stop making monthly payments, you still get a year of Star Membership from the time of the last payment. In your case, even if you don't make any more payments, your Star Membership will not expire until February 9, 2025.

So you don't need to worry about that -- as for the rest, I'm not sure if there's anything I'll be able to do, but I'm happy to help if I can -- just let me know