Phone Hackers?
09 August 2005, 09:40 PM
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Phone Hackers?
Hi, I'm writing on behalf of my cousin who's 11 and has a mobile. He's with o2 and on a pay & go sim. For the last couple of days he's recieved 3 texts from the number 84404 and for every text he recieved he has lost 3 pounds exactly from his credit. So he now has 95p left and it's a bit of a shame as he doesn't use his phone very often, and it's not fair that this company is doing this.
Anyway, i was just wondering if there is any way to stop this company from doing this?
Thank you in advance
Anyway, i was just wondering if there is any way to stop this company from doing this?
Thank you in advance
09 August 2005, 09:48 PM
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A quick search pulls up that the '84404' number is used by Jamster/Ringtone King to charge their customers for wallpaper/ringtones/games etc.
I'd suggest looking at Ringtone King first, as that's what predominantly comes up.
I'd suggest looking at Ringtone King first, as that's what predominantly comes up.
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09 August 2005, 10:03 PM
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a couple of things could have happened
he ordered a ringtone/game/picture.
and didn't know it works like that (co. sends 3 text msgs costing £1/£1.50 each)
somebody took his phone to make an order like that
or he has a game with a virus (something like mosquito)
i used to have one like that.
everytime i play a game it secretly sends a msg, to a rintone company and it charges me £1 everytime
he ordered a ringtone/game/picture.
and didn't know it works like that (co. sends 3 text msgs costing £1/£1.50 each)
somebody took his phone to make an order like that
or he has a game with a virus (something like mosquito)
i used to have one like that.
everytime i play a game it secretly sends a msg, to a rintone company and it charges me £1 everytime
09 August 2005, 10:14 PM
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ring o2 and get them to block premium content. what a lot of people dont realise is that these ring tone companies are subscription based, by ordering one you are consenting to a subscription of x number of ringtones a week.
09 August 2005, 11:38 PM
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From the RingToneKing website -
From the Jamster website -
To unsubscribe by text message, text "STOP" to 84888, call 0870 121 73 97 or go to "My Clubs" under "My Account" on www.ringtoneking.co.uk or send an email to info@jamsterinfo@ringtoneking.co.uk. The termination shall become effective immediately upon receipt of termination request. Charges may still appear on your mobile phone bill the following month as mobile operators bill retrospectively.
To unsubscribe by text message, text "STOP" to 88888, call 0870 121 3186 or go to "My Clubs" under "My Jamster!" on www.jamster.co.uk or send an email to info@jamster.co.uk. The termination shall become effective immediately upon receipt of termination request. Charges may still appear on your mobile phone bill the following month as mobile operators bill retrospectively.
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