R189 unaccounted for, OOB shark or something else?

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These bloody WASPS go through great lengths to deviously trick unsuspecting customers into subscribing to their junk services, and goddamn useless Vodacom does nothing about this. Why are these WASPS still allowed to exist? Certainly with today's smartphones their content or value is worthless?

They prey on the unwary. Prepaid customers must be their preferred meat - because I find a lot of prepaid customer don't monitor their balances. I know I don't so a WASP attached itself to my number it'd take a few days before I realise I have a tick sucking me dry.

 

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I have seen this confirmation page myself, although this was about a year ago.
So what basically happens, and this is A method, not the ONLY method, after you click an add for a content service, Vodacom creates a webpage that you are redirected to and if you click "accept" or something on their (Vodacom's) page you are subscribed. The problem with sending a pin code or sms is that if you are using a 3G dongle/wifi router combination you cannot receive smses.

That's what they say, but the truth is every Vodacom Dashboard comes with the ability to view your SMS'es so they can send you the SMS "confirmation" to satisfy the 1 week re-notification process. They just don't require someone to actually read it...
You can even send a SMS with the Dashboard.