Anyone advise me re this scam please?

tartantipster

Mouseman wrote: »

The message is reported as delivered when it's been just that - DELIVERED. Regardless of if you open it, delete it, forward it, reply to it... If you have a mobile, turn delivery reports on and send a message to another phone in the vicinity, you'll see what I mean

Thus you can be charged as soon as it hits your operator's message centre pretty much.

Cheers!

Soubrette

tartantipster wrote: »

That's absurd. They (no-one) can know that you have received a text they have sent you unless you 'open-it' (I don't mean reply), at which point, I don't know, it may incur a trick-fee. So delete without even open/viewing it.

Having had a non solicited text before and been in contact with payphoneplus - unfortunately you are charged on receipt of the text.

Sou

mcmeekle

I had this problem a few months back but managed to easily resolve it.

Put your phone through a 40-degree wash, colour-fast cottons, fast spin, and this will stop all unwanted texts. Worked for me.

:beer:

SuziQ

Thanks for your help and I'm sorry I didn't come back on earlier to check replies and say thanks-I completely forgot because my dd has been poorly. I'm also sorry I put it on the wrong forum-I didn't even know there was a mobile phone thread until I read on here.
At the moment all I've done is sent stop as advised,but as there is only 99p credit I don't really know if it is stopped-am tempted to do what was suggested and get a different sim until I'm sure as I only give the number to 5 people anyway!!

weegie.geek

tartantipster wrote: »

That's absurd. They (no-one) can know that you have received a text they have sent you unless you 'open-it' (I don't mean reply), at which point, I don't know, it may incur a trick-fee. So delete without even open/viewing it.

It's not absurd, it's the way it works. There's no signal sent back to say you've opened it either. You get charged for them sending the message. You could ask them to send it, then turn your phone off for a month (thus exceeding the messages' TTL, most likely) and still be charged for it, even though you never received it.

It's dodgy, but it's how it works.

tartantipster

weegie.geek wrote: »

It's not absurd, it's the way it works. There's no signal sent back to say you've opened it either. You get charged for them sending the message. You could ask them to send it, then turn your phone off for a month (thus exceeding the messages' TTL, most likely) and still be charged for it, even though you never received it.

It's dodgy, but it's how it works.

Scandalous!

weegie.geek

tartantipster wrote: »

Scandalous!

Agreed, there needs to be more regulation regarding these things. Unscrupulous operators could clean out your PAYG balance.

1booboo

tartantipster wrote: »

That's absurd. They (no-one) can know that you have received a text they have sent you unless you 'open-it' (I don't mean reply), at which point, I don't know, it may incur a trick-fee. So delete without even open/viewing it.

87771 is NETPLAY. The phone number to speak to em even though they are not willing to admit they are wrong in taking loads of credit is 08453892662. Theyve took loadsa of credit of me today & a Company called phone pay plus is against NETPLAY & can help ya get something done about them. Their Number is 0800500212. Im not letting this drop till sometts done about the conning swines.