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I have been over charged by scam phone number since I join o2 in 2020 from June

Bad1-Experience
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   I have been over charged by scam phone number since I join o2 in 2020 from June.

 I have never use this number. I have join o2 to save money because i don't use my mobile.

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@Bad1-Experience 

That number is when your phone converts an SMS message to MMS because you have entered a subject line in your text message. 

Either that or you sent a SMS as an email. Again because of the subject line. 

Guide: Accidental MMS Sending and How to Avoid it 

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Cleoriff
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Hi @Bad1-Experience 

See community help here:

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/How-to-Guides/Have-you-fallen-for-or-been-conned-into-a-premium-rate-s...

And O2 advice here…

https://www.o2.co.uk/help/account-and-billing/premium-service-checker

and this site will to help you get your money back…

https://payforitsucks.co.uk/

 You should also ring Customer Service and ask them to place the following bars on your account:

Bar all Direct to bill debits

Bar Premium rate numbers

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@Bad1-Experience 

That number is when your phone converts an SMS message to MMS because you have entered a subject line in your text message. 

Either that or you sent a SMS as an email. Again because of the subject line. 

Guide: Accidental MMS Sending and How to Avoid it 

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.
Please select the post that helped you best and mark as the solution. This helps other members in resolving their issues faster. Thank you.
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