Check your smartphone bill now for content services

Amazing how long it takes to fix a broken system. Yet anything that's in the consumer's favour gets fixed asap.
 
Makes no sense. Why are call centre employees not allowed to open you account when you log a complaint, unless 3 or more security questions, are answered and compliant. But external forces can access your account so easily ? Sounds similar to the banks who are allow their customers to be scammed ?
 
There are ways, for each service provider, to remove yourself from the WASP content.
I will find a link and post
 
Jamie McKane said:
Disappearing airtime – Check your smartphone bill now

Many mobile subscribers in South Africa are complaining about disappearing airtime, and the reason may be that you are subscribed to a content service without knowing it.

Rogue wireless application service providers (WASPs) secretly subscribe thousands of cellular users to their content subscription services every month.
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I need a tech savvy teenager to help me block these wretched wasps that have a sting as harsh as the insect of the same name. I cannot Dial the Letters USSD - changes to digits and then is invalid. Help!
 
MTN: All you "dial" is *155#, send. The system then replies to you with a list of options.
VC: *111#

What you illustrate is just how badly written the article is!
 
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[email protected] said:
I need a tech savvy teenager to help me block these wretched wasps that have a sting as harsh as the insect of the same name. I cannot Dial the Letters USSD - changes to digits and then is invalid. Help!
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The below are examples USSD codes, various *numbernumbernumber# do various different things. One does not type USSD.

Geoff.D said:
MTN: All you "dial" is *155#, send. The system then replies to you with a list of options.
VC: *111#

What you illustrate is just how badly written the article is!
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