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
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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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