Telephone bill scam

[colleenjudge]

Watch your phone bill if you have ever visited USPrize Draw or Mysmiliemedia.com. I went to pay my phone bill online this morning (I don't get paper bills, just online) When I brought up my account I noticed it was a lot higher than usual. (I have unlimited long distance so my bill is the same each month) I called my phone company and they took the charges off my bill and told me who to contact about them. One charge for a total of 13.86 was from a company called ESBI and was for voice mail. (I have voice mail thru my local phone company) When I called them they said I signed up for the service thru US Prize Draw. The other charge was for a total of $16.00 from a company called ILD. It too was for voice mail. (Like I am so popular I need 3 voice mail services :crazytongue. They told me I signed up thru MySmilieMedia.com. So watch and review your phone bills. In todays economy none of us need to be paying for something we don't want.

 

[tlpounds]

Thanks for the heads-up. Another company to watch out for is Classic Closeout. I won something about a 1 1/2 years ago & ordered something at that time. They've charged my credit card 5 times for different amounts during the past 9 months. :nono: Review your statements carefully!

 

[pinkgotnerfed]

thanks for the heads up. i think i pretty much avoid those contests. they look phishy to me. i tend to follow my gut.

 

[zwriter]

:cussing:

OMG I am too ashamed to tell you, but many companies were scamming me for big $$$$$!
I notice my phone bill creeping up there and remembered this post.
Not the same companies as mentioned in this post.

ATT&T told me that they are billing for a third party who said I ordered the 'service' and
since they had my information - Name, Phone # & address, it was not their fault.
NAME, PHONE # & ADDRESS is all they need! - they can get that on an online phone book!

I spent all day getting most of it straighten out - will work on it more tomorrow.

Check you phone bill carefully if it says "billed on behalf of" you are probably being scammed.
Cost me big bucks.

My third party scammers were MyIproducts Imail; Voicemail Services; Gofaxer.com; and uscreditfind.

ATT&T not helpful at all - just told me to call the companies.

Thought I would bump this up so everyone can see it again!