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dwiley11

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2011, 09:36:52 am »
thanks for the insight

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2011, 09:46:47 am »
What is Magic Jack?

Magic Jack is a little box that plugs into one of your USB ports and lets you have an internet phone number. You plug a phone into the other end and they give you a phone number. They use to have an offer for them here on FC. Anyway it's about $40 for the box and 1 year phone service and then like $18 a year after that. Free long distance in USA at least. Has voicemail and some other features too.

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2011, 10:48:06 am »
that's a graet idea to give the google number!

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2011, 12:22:08 pm »
I'm sure this has been said before but NEVER reply to any spam text... EVER! You don't reply, they can't charge, bottom line!  8)

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2011, 12:15:16 am »
aww thats terrible, this has happened to me a few months ago. i didnt realize giving out your credit card info just for trials would get your card charged following months i actually had to cancel my card and get a new number it was so bad!

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2011, 10:46:50 am »
Wow, thats a shame! Sorry to hear about that. I never give my cell phone number out just to avoid telemarketers calling and using up my minutes.

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2011, 02:47:42 pm »
I never give my phone number, but I also have the phones blocked from receiving and/or sending any text message that has a subscription.  Years ago my teenage daughter did that and I was being charged $9.99 a month for abouty 4 months before I caught up to it.  So I blocked the phones and never again.  If I really need something that requires a text from the block messageing system I call verizon and asked them to unblicked for a day.  Then I call back and reblocked.  As for offers I donot give my phone no matter how good the offer sounds.
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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2011, 08:04:04 pm »
Wow, this is some valuable information.  I am sorry for the problems that several of you have had.  I never give my cell phone number to anyone at all.  I use my cell phone only for back up and emergency.  I do not even have voice mail set up.   I have a home land line and that is my primary phone.  I am very nervous about all the spammers and scammers out there.    :dontknow:

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2011, 08:08:24 pm »
I am so mad right now. I did an offer last month where you had to enter your phone number. As soon as I entered it I started getting all these weird text messages. At the end of each text message it would say type "stop" if you want to stop receiving these texts. So I replied STOP. Well I got my phone bill yesterday and there were 7 charges on my bill from a third party vendor totalling $89! I called Tmobile and they credited me $29 but I still have to pay the remaining. So when I cash out the money I have been working so hard at will have to go to pay my phone bill. grrrr
That is not good.  I have not entered my cell number in anything just for that reason.  One time I did get a random text not sure from where however, I did enter the STOP and it did.  Not sure if it was from any offers from here. 

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2011, 07:28:42 am »
You should never give out your cell phone number, because somehow they end up charging you for something.  I am sure you have learned your lesson. :crybaby2:

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #25 on: May 31, 2011, 10:03:16 am »
That is to bad, but if you have to enter your cell phone I stop the offer, they seem to be scams.  Sorry you had to find out the hard way.

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #26 on: May 31, 2011, 10:41:56 am »
Wow, that's a huge charge! I would definitely complain. I don't ever do offers that require your cell phone number. I've never been worried about charges (although now I am!) but I don't want to receive solicitous calls on my cell, so I don't do them.

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #27 on: May 31, 2011, 09:20:56 pm »
When I first joined Fusion Cash, the same thing happened to me, I was charged $120.  Fortunately, my cell phone provider removed all the charges, but that was after several phone calls with them.  I do not have t-mobile.  What my carrier told me was to never reply "STOP", but to ignore the text message.  Once I reply with the word "STOP" they are able to charge because I am acknowledging the subscription.  I now try to avoid cell phone offers, but occasionally I have given my number in an offer.  I have received texts, and I never reply "STOP".  I haven't been charged since.  I would suggest you calling your carrier again.  Perhaps a manager at t-mobile will be able to help you further. 

Hope this helps. 
Wow, I didn't realize that replying STOP would actually give the scammers the go-ahead to charge my account. I get unwanted text messages, and I've always replied stop. So far I've never gotten charged. I read somewhere online that if you reply BLOCK instead, it will block that text message spammer in the future. I started doing that, and it does seem like I get fewer text messages, but I'm not sure if that is the reason, or if they just gave up.
I never do the cell phone offers, because I don't want to pay monthly fees for something I'm only getting a few cents for on FC.

Replying stop to a text message, does not give anyone permission to charge you.

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #28 on: May 31, 2011, 09:45:40 pm »
I just got charged $9.99 for messaging charges from what I think was called the "Win Cash 247" -- which would be one thing but I didn't get credited for it either.  Oh well...lesson learned

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Re: $89 Charge to my phone bill! Not happy!
« Reply #29 on: June 01, 2011, 04:02:38 am »
When I first joined Fusion Cash, the same thing happened to me, I was charged $120.  Fortunately, my cell phone provider removed all the charges, but that was after several phone calls with them.  I do not have t-mobile.  What my carrier told me was to never reply "STOP", but to ignore the text message.  Once I reply with the word "STOP" they are able to charge because I am acknowledging the subscription.  I now try to avoid cell phone offers, but occasionally I have given my number in an offer.  I have received texts, and I never reply "STOP".  I haven't been charged since.  I would suggest you calling your carrier again.  Perhaps a manager at t-mobile will be able to help you further. 

Hope this helps. 
Wow, I didn't realize that replying STOP would actually give the scammers the go-ahead to charge my account. I get unwanted text messages, and I've always replied stop. So far I've never gotten charged. I read somewhere online that if you reply BLOCK instead, it will block that text message spammer in the future. I started doing that, and it does seem like I get fewer text messages, but I'm not sure if that is the reason, or if they just gave up.
I never do the cell phone offers, because I don't want to pay monthly fees for something I'm only getting a few cents for on FC.

Replying stop to a text message, does not give anyone permission to charge you.

....and that is probably why my carrier removed the charges.  I totally agree with you, however, it's those sending the text messages that need to know that they do not have permission. 

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