Text scam costs mobile users dear

The Beeb is also running a story warning about the dangers of unscrupulous companies which send premium text messages which cost the recipient up to 1.50 pound without telling them of the cost, or giving them a way to unsubscribe. It sounds like the Internet Dumping fad that went around a few years ago…the problem is that it may turn people off buying mobile content for fear they’ll suddenly have to pay a lot more for content they didn’t want…

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