Thread: Got charged for receiving SMS?
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Old 16-05-2007, 12:59   #2
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Re: Got charged for receiving SMS?
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Originally Posted by thanosp View Post
I checked my account online and I found out that I was charged for a message that I received! When I received the text message, i didn't open it to see what's in. All I could see was that it included a "@" symbol and the words " Hey there :> ". Most obvious it was a WAP link. I got charged 25p for this text just by receiving it!

12-May-07 17:37:00 700020281 1.0 Text service received £0.25
The number in bold is the sender. It is quite frustrating to get charged for something I didn't ask for. And if you think that I gave my mobile online (webpage), then NO as I am quite careful with this kind of things.

Any idea what it's all about?
could be a reply from a competition text - such as the Gadget show or Fifth gear run.

The text you send them is free - they then reply with a "thanks for entering" type mail which costs you the 25p (hence calls cost 25p + standard text rate).

have you entered any such competition recently ?
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