I had been getting sms asking me answers to stupid questions from an unknown source in July and August. I did not reply to these and deleted them but was still charged $ 145. I do not understand how they can send sms me on my mobile without my consent. Would appreciate if someone can tell me how to ...
I entered what seemed like a legitimate competition, but when i got my bill from optus I discovered that I had beeen charged $187.00 for calls even though I had stopped making the replies. This is a SCAM. Be warned. ...
I entered a competition to win a ipad. It was a trick. I realised it was a trick and tried to cancel the messages that kept coming on my phone. I have talked to the company and asked them to reverse the charge made directly to my Optus account. I never authorised any payments to this company and am ...
I also did enter a competition to win an i-pad and when I start getting SMS's asking me to answer questions I did start deleting those messages. To my surprise, when I did get the bill from my provider, I did find out that I was charged not just for SMS's that I did send but also from SMS's that ...
I entered a competition to win an i-pad, and was continually receiving messages on my phone to keep answering questions. Like other complaitents I kept answering and was getting the majority of them correct. When I received my June bill I was amazed at the total over $180.00 that was when I stopped ...
This quiz pop up came as I was on face book it was persistent. I answered the question and others followed, a month later I receive my optus account for $284 this is a major scam with no warnings and I hold optus responsible for not checking if I knew I was incurring $220 above my $60 cap. They ...