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Originally Posted by tweedie
Whilst taking a leak the other day at the Odeon I noticed a sign for The British Forces Foundation where you basically send a text which costs £3 to donate.
It read
Text Heroes to 70099 and buy one of our deserving heroes a welcome home drink. Text messages cost £3 plus one message at your standard network charge. The British Forces Foundation will receive a minimum of £2.67 (£2.25 from Virgin Mobile Users) from each message sent
Why are Virgin keeping more money than everyone else?
I know its a business and all that but taking money from a charity.
Anyone shed light into why?
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Ignoring the Virgin puzzle for a minute, when you donate your £3 somebody is creaming off at least 33p. Who and why - that's the question. Obviously this scam is run by an 'agent'.
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