Recent content by George A

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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    They put the debit order through normally at the end of the month. If anything the thread will create more awareness of the potential worse case scenario so happy it has helped positively.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    Contract expired and moved it to a month to month. I got a SMS saying your upgrade has been successfull and next upgrade is in 2020. Hope that is not another F up. Waiting for the new Iphone to be released and will move over to Vodacom.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    Not sure what my kid has to do with this when the bill got racked up when I had the phone. Maybe I am stupid for not switching off cellular data at the time but then and again who would imagine the data would get looped the way it did.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    To the average Joe when you see credit limit every time on the top of your statement you assume that the max you can be in for. Something similar to how a overdraft will work. You giving me that much credit so thats as much as I can pay. I can see the clauses now and how they cover themselves. I...
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    Would be keen to see if the other providers have similar clauses.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    With roaming that makes sense, never thought of that.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    Its reckless as affordability can only be done with a credit check. How could they know at the time if I could afford it or not. Bottom line is if they have the tech to cut off the pay as you go users surely they can activate it for the guys with contracts but they choose not too. This is also...
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    Legally I have 5 years to argue this if I want. The average person after a hit like that won't have money for lawyers. Reckless lending is what all legal people have told me but it will go to court and that's a risk when a individual has to fight a giant in court.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    If I am not mistaken I modified the sim. Will pull it out and check but I didn't get a second sim at any time.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    The period works out to R126,800 odd. Phone was on 3G, sim was 3G as it was old and the tower here by us doesnt support LTE as I am in a relatively "rural" area. Average speed test gives 15-23mb/s best case.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    When streaming from Itunes it shows like this...
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    Discovered it was disconnected at around 14h00 28th. Reconnected the following day some time.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    The cost was incurred during phone update period of around 8 hours. Speaking to the usual attorneys this will go to court. The advise is they have legal representation on retainer so I will need to pay costs and if I dont win with costs then it will be a double financial whammy.
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    You can see here what is streaming and what is download. So in essence how this can be explained by MTN is during those hours I downloaded and deleted the same things over and over till I go tired of doing that and went to bed. :unsure...
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    MTN R128,000 bill and how I got scammed

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18VFXbkuY9JMTW0PCvGa3MhC6jZAbfWwtfEAmMUXv8Rg/edit?usp=sharing
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