{"id":311673,"date":"2019-06-30T17:56:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T15:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=311673"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:02:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T16:02:02","slug":"cell-c-subscribers-do-this-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/311673-cell-c-subscribers-do-this-now.html","title":{"rendered":"Cell C subscribers &#8211; Do this now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/311321-billions-in-airtime-stolen-from-south-africans-industry-insiders.html\"><strong>Industry insiders have revealed<\/strong><\/a> that billions in airtime has been stolen from mobile subscribers in South Africa over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>Cell C explained that, unlike some other networks, airtime theft on its network is minimal based on its processes &#8211; active monitoring and double opt-in &#8211; which are acted upon immediately with corrective actions.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these measures, fraudulent subscriptions continue to occur because rogue WASPs continue to find and exploit weaknesses in the system to bill people\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The Wireless Application Service Providers\u2019 Association (WASPA), which regulates the industry, told MyBroadband that local mobile users are most at risk from overseas-based mobile fraudsters.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Cell C subscribers \u2013 Do this now<\/h3>\n<p>WASPA said South African mobile users should be proactive about their mobile subscription services by following the steps below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regularly scan your messaging inbox for messages saying you are subscribed to mobile services.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor your contract cellphone statements or prepaid airtime balance.<\/li>\n<li>Proactively check your mobile subscription status with your cellular network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cell C makes it easy for subscribers to stop WASP billing and prevent future billing through the service below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dial *133*1# and follow the prompts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This service allows you to block WASP billing and gives you the power to open your account to WASP billing if you want.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/311321-billions-in-airtime-stolen-from-south-africans-industry-insiders.html\">Billions in airtime stolen from South Africans \u2013 Industry insiders<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure fraudsters are not stealing your airtime by following these simple steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":262665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[355,35,5054],"class_list":["post-311673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-wasp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311673"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311827,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311673\/revisions\/311827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}