Today, I found my family cell phone bill increased $50. I looked into it and found that one of the phones received 48 messages and was charged $50+!
Why is like that? If it is 0.2 / message, 48 message should cost $9.6. I then called the verizonwireless and found out the following:
Data Application
Date Time Usage Type Description Min. Price Total
9/12 12:31A Premium Messaging PREM_SMS 23687 23687 solow.com -- 9.99 9.99
9/12 12:33A Premium Messaging PREM_SMS 69999 Flycell Monthly Alerts -- 9.99 9.99
9/12 12:34A Premium Messaging PREM_SMS 77877 77877 2waytraffic Alerts -- 9.99 9.99
9/19 3:47P Premium Messaging PREM_SMS 41933 MMTXTALRT -- 9.99 9.99
Above 4 commercial companies charged us $9.99/month and also sent messages to us daily!
How could that happen? The representative explained to me that somehow, this cellphone number was obtained by the commercial companies and they started sending the message every day. No matter what you do, you read the message or not, you will be charged $9.99/month! I was advised to call each of these companies and ask them to remove my number and give me the refund.
The representative knew everything about it. I asked her, why does Verizon allowed this to happen? Why couldn't they send a warning message to the user about it?She said, they can not do it.
Please check your phone bill each month to make sure it won't happen to you!
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