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drummer2780
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Default How to get rid of things I have never subscribe to!??

Come ON.. i know someone has to know how to get rid of this.. Everyone here is pretty smart.. well except me lol.. thanks please help.

Ok.. first i get charged $14.99.. for some stupid **** i didnt subscribe to.. where did it come from IDK!!

I DONT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THIS ONE..
But then i got a little code number to that thing and send STOP.. and it stopped charging me.. OK...



But then i just got this new bill.. now they are charging me another stupid thing for $9.99..!! its this one is called Jumpah Alerts Weather alerts..!!

Wth??? i never did this!!

I AM WITH SPRINT.. I have the HTC EVO..

CAN SOMEONE SHOW ME OR TELL ME HOW TO GET RID OF THIS THINGS??? PLEASE!! THANKS!
 
xdunlapx
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That happened to me once, on AT&T. The bill told me I could send a STOP text to a certain 4 or 5 digit number and I did and I ceased to be billed next month. Sucks that it happens but it does. I never sign up for crap like that.
 
stunno
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At 4pm on the 25th of every month I get a text message offering the chance to win £1,000 in a FREE quiz and get charged £1.50 to receive it. I have never subscribed to anything so I do not know where they got my number from.

Every month when I get my bill I ring Vodafone and complain and they credit me with the £1.50

One VF that I spoke to told me NOT to text back to cancel as that would tell them that it was a live line and I would get plagued with more of them
So far:- P900 => C500 => Wizard => Prophet => Artemis => MDAC4 => Touch Pro 2 => Wildfire => Defy => Razr => SGS3
 
deliberate187
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(Last edited by deliberate187; 1st January 2011 at 11:27 PM.)
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It sounds to me like you've wound yourself up in a "spam trap" -- you need to call your local business authority (in the States known as Attorney General) and ask them how you can stop these messages that cost you money. I will warn you though, they will probably tell you just to change your number -- however they will want to take an official record on your behalf of the numbers that are bothering you. You will not have to go to court, but the AG will most likely take some sort of legal action. These "subscription" texters are pretty clever and sending them a "stop" message sometimes can get your number sold to other "subscriptions". I'd ask your carriers if they can change your number and waive the fee (most carriers will if the reason is harassment, which this definitely is). Of course, you'll have to send your friends your new number, but it definitely gives you the advantage of being able to weed out people you don't want to talk to...
 
drummer2780
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I got it resolved.. a tech from sprint helped me.. n he called for me to block THE PREMIUM MESSEGES.. n this bill i didnt get that extra fee from the spam

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