Some of you may remember me posting about a text message I got. It is a text that signs you up for "IQ Power"and charges your phone $9.99 a month. I never asked for this but ended up fighting with the company as they said I did sign up. This happened in June. I immediately contacted Verizon who after three emails, said there were no charges on my account.
About a month after that, DH gets a text and it charges him $9.99 from a different company. DH has a phone with AT&T. Contacted AT&T and they said they would remove the charges. I immediately was given a credit even though the charges had not shown up yet. Believe me they showed up the following month.
Well guess what? My Verizon bill arrives and low and behold there was a charge for $9.99. They did not take care of it. But AT&T did for DH.
This all happened on June 6th. Yesterday, after numerous attempts, Verizon finally agreed to credit my account. Long story short, I assured them that AT&T took better care of their customers. I guess they thought I was getting a little upset.
I am telling you about this because apparently it is a new thing that crooks are doing. If you do not have a block on your account then be ready for a fight. If you have Verizon, tell them to block the SMS text messaging. Here is some more info about it.
Fraudulent SMS/Text Charges | Rayzurbock's Lair.
There are many people doing things like this just wanted to warn you.
I am so sick of all these scams going on. I just don't understand how they can live with theirselves after preying on innocent people.
Also, there is a company calling from California selling ACT prep materials. Somehow they are getting student names and calling parents. From what I hear, you give them credit card info and you don't get the ACT materials at all. Just beware! So much going on.