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If you were charged on your cell phone bill for mobile content services or subscriptions (i.e., ringtones, games, wallpapers, prizes, premium text alerts, etc.) that you never ordered or authorized, tell us your wireless billing story!
–Report Unauthorized Cell Phone Charges–
According to the The Kansas City Star in “Suit alleges Sprint Nextel charged customers for unauthorized [...]
Were you charged on your wireless cell phone bill for mobile content subscriptions or services (i.e., ringtones, games, joke a day messages, premium text messaging services, SMS text alerts, horoscopes, etc.) that you never authorized, ordered nor wanted (nor ever received)?
If you were, you are definitely not alone. Thousands of cell phone subscribers have shared [...]
Rocket at The Dragon Tail blog wrote an article entitled “Soul Mate Scam” few months ago that he calls the “scam of the century.” A lot of people responded to his post with comments regarding similiar experiences they had.
You ought to check it out…
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Sharyl Attkisson, an investigative correspondent for CBS News, in “Ringing Up Big Charges For “Free” Tones: Charges For Unordered, Unwanted Services Popping Up On Cell Phone Bills — And They Can Be Tough To Stop” examined how replying to a text message or even browsing a Web site can unleash a flury of phone-bill charges [...]
If you were charged on your wireless cell phone bill for polyphonic ringtones, monophonic ringtones, or realtone (i.e., truetone) ringtones that you never authorized, tell us your story!
–Report Unauthorized Cell Phone Ringtone Charges–
Why Am I Being Charged For Ringtones I Never Ordered?
If you don’t know why ringtone charges are on your cell phone bill, you are [...]
A quest blogger at Lipsticking.com writes in Technology Tattletale: Cingular/AT&T that two winters ago, she was asked to teach an evening technology class in Peekskill when she “started getting text message spam. Text messages cost to receive. So, each time I would get spammed via text for Viagra, breast enhancements and local sex partners, I would have [...]
Bob Sullivan, who writes for MSNBC’s The Red Tape, has been speaking out lately about issues affecting consumers in the cellular telephone industry, including unauthorized charges and text message spam.
His latest piece says about text spam “They are unwanted messages on what might be an unwanted service, but you may get stuck paying for them [...]
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