I think I've just been had!

CrispySte

I saw an advert on a website to win £450 of top shop vouchers so I clicked it. The advert asked for my mobile phone number which I entered and they sent me a message with a pin code in it. They said I should enter this online, which I did.

Suddenly I received 6 text messages in a row. Having re-read the first message, it said this:

FreMsg: Fill in your Pincode 1142 for a chance of winning the prize and to download your content! www glomobi com £1.50/msg recd. max of 6 msgs)

Does this mean I've just been charged £9?!?! Can they do this? I was following the instructions on screen (which made no mention of being charged), not on the phone otherwise I probably would have noticed?

If I have been charged, is there anything I can do about it because this is obviously unfair.

withabix

Yes they can, because you received a free invitation text and then voluntarily subscribed to their service.

You won't do this again in a hurry.

CrispySte

They can?! I certainly won't. I can't believe it, I didn't think I'd get caught out by something like this. I still think it's unfair, and unclear for that matter.

paulofessex

Keep reading the site as somewhere it may say you have to send a text 'Stop' so you don't get any more messages

pendulum

CrispySte wrote: »

I can't believe it, I didn't think I'd get caught out by something like this.

Hmmm... if you clicked an advert that said you had a chance of winning £650 then your just the type of person to fall for these things...

jrrowleyws

CrispySte wrote: »

FreMsg: Fill in your Pincode 1142 for a chance of winning the prize and to download your content! www glomobi com £1.50/msg recd. max of 6 msgs)

I think that makes it clear that you would be charged!

rl290

You can win £500 by sending me a wire transfer for £10...
But, seriously, why did you think this was real?! Have you not been to the real world before?

R

tbw

We all (rather smugly sometimes!) like to think we will NEVER be caught out by these money grabbing 'tricks'. But , in reality, it can happen to any one of us - 999 times out of 1000 we will smell a rat but if we are caught when we are tired, stressed, distracted , had a glass or two of wine, or just not thinking then its only too easy to do something silly like this.

I don't think I've ever been caught out (yet!) but my DH has come unstuck once - he's a tad more gullible than me. Don't beat yourself up OP - you only got caught for £9 and it may be a cheap lesson as it will certainly make you much more aware in the future.

Takoda

tbw wrote: »

We all (rather smugly sometimes!) like to think we will NEVER be caught out by these money grabbing 'tricks'. But , in reality, it can happen to any one of us - 999 times out of 1000 we will smell a rat but if we are caught when we are tired, stressed, distracted , had a glass or two of wine, or just not thinking then its only too easy to do something silly like this.

I don't think I've ever been caught out (yet!) but my DH has come unstuck once - he's a tad more gullible than me. Don't beat yourself up OP - you only got caught for £9 and it may be a cheap lesson as it will certainly make you much more aware in the future.

No such thing as a free lunch or free money or free vouchers. :rotfl:

tbw

Takoda wrote: »

No such thing as a free lunch or free money or free vouchers. :rotfl:

Well, not since Tesco & Waitrose stopped taking all my MOCs!!!

lizevans55

It is misleading - I just started to enter a similar competition for Max Factor makeup - received a pin code to enter on the site,but then aborted the entry when asked for further info - address etc. I also then received a string of texts. When you are expecting a pin code and it comes via text you tend not to read the text to the end, just as far as the pin. I won't make this mistake again either!!!