It has happened to me though not on QB but Airtel.

I receive a call with a rather short looking number +2547xx.

I pick it and some voice-over goes on and on about Fashion Alerts (for Christ's sake, who needs premium services on how to dress!).

Now annoyed, I disconnect the call and immediately receive a text that I have been subscribed.Thinking it's a joke, I immediately go back to something more important (than fashion).

The next day I receive a silly fashion tip, On day two, I get another one I decide to check my airtime balance and realize I am being deducted KES 10.00 on a daily basis.

That's how easy it is for a PRSP to get your money without you even subscribing.

Mugo

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:06 PM, charles kungu <charles.kungu@gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the info on https://selfcare.safaricom.co.ke is not accurate, especially on the mpesa transactions. Even though there is a disclaimer that the info is not up to date.

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

Sounded like they do not clean the associated DB. I too was shocked by that.

On 24 July 2013 15:27, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
> @Wash - seriously? That doesn't sound very intelligent I should say, coz
> they recycle numbers all the time and just transferring all the skeletons,
> ohh my!
>
> ./Ok3ch
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> When a number is recycled in the market, it goes with all the
>> 'skeletons' the previous user had. This, I am sure about. I've heard
>> it from the horse's mouth! The new owner just inherits.....
>>
>> On 24 July 2013 00:33, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I recently encountered a case where someone did nothing to enter a code
>> > in any website and was subscribed. My sister-in-law who lives out of the
>> > country bought a SIM card 2 weeks ago and her airtime kept disappearing with
>> > these SMS's appearing. We went to Customer Care center at Sarit and she had
>> > to be unsubscribed from six of these short codes - and no explanation was
>> > given for a new SIM card all of a suddenly subscribing to all those
>> > services.
>> >
>> > ./Ok3ch
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > On Jul 23, 2013, at 22:15, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Probably somebody is working with somebody inside those telcos. This
>> >> is a serious case, and I wish those few strange happenings can be
>> >> discussed in the upcoming Internet Governance Forum.
>> >>
>> >> Pardon me, but I still don't believe it's possible to be subscribed
>> >> without you engaging your SIM card in accepting the offer. If that was
>> >> not the case, then you are sitting on a goldmine. Run to Mutunga
>> >>
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