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Tesco text scam - any way to get tMobile to revise bill charge?
I've just looked and my mum's mobile bills have been spiked by up to 20 quid a month recently. She has been receiving texts from 700034065. It's a scam, googling this number shows up a page which says: Tesco voucher draw scam
It is very easy to be conned by this scam as it looks as though it is a genuine contact from Tesco. This number is linked to text messages requesting a text reply which it is stated is free whereas in fact £1.50 is deducted from your mobile account for each 'free' reply text sent. Further if the text sender is not stopped they will continue to take £4.50 every week from your targeted mobile account .
Is there anyway to get the money back? TMobile should block this scam at the network level, not leave their users vulnerable to fraud.
It is very easy to be conned by this scam as it looks as though it is a genuine contact from Tesco. This number is linked to text messages requesting a text reply which it is stated is free whereas in fact £1.50 is deducted from your mobile account for each 'free' reply text sent. Further if the text sender is not stopped they will continue to take £4.50 every week from your targeted mobile account .
Is there anyway to get the money back? TMobile should block this scam at the network level, not leave their users vulnerable to fraud.
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Heres what your supposed to do http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/stop-spam-texts#premium0
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