E-Wallet Scam
Guyz, I just experienced the dreaded E-wallet scam. This happened when I received several unsolicited txt messages from Cingular/ATT last month. When I opened the txt messages or forcibly replied "no thanks", I automatically signed up for the service. This is rather daunting. I unforeseeably get $1 charge on my monthly bill.
E-wallet is a service where people use to download graphics and subscribe ring tones monthly. When you are unnoticeably signed up for the service, no email or confirmation needed or provided. You are opted to pay for monthly charges until you call your provider to remove or block this service. The merchant that sent me unsolicited txt messanges is MQube or Mblock. Cingular customer service told me, Mcube/Mblock could charge as many times as they want and Cingular is not responsible for my changes. Thank god, the CS was nice enough to give me a refund this time.
I restricted E-wallet from my phone. This is the biggest scam, ever! Watch out for your phone bill.
E-wallet is a service where people use to download graphics and subscribe ring tones monthly. When you are unnoticeably signed up for the service, no email or confirmation needed or provided. You are opted to pay for monthly charges until you call your provider to remove or block this service. The merchant that sent me unsolicited txt messanges is MQube or Mblock. Cingular customer service told me, Mcube/Mblock could charge as many times as they want and Cingular is not responsible for my changes. Thank god, the CS was nice enough to give me a refund this time.
I restricted E-wallet from my phone. This is the biggest scam, ever! Watch out for your phone bill.
posted by Law Bodhisattva at
5/05/2005 09:13:00 AM
1 Comments:
Yeah. This is a notorious problem in europe and now in the us. Like those commercials on tv - free ringtones, free wallpaper graphics for you cell phone - then you get charged 4.99/mo. Its hard to resist FREE for some :-) Like free samples at Costco.
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Toasty Sweet, at May 05, 2005 2:09 PM
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