UME LTD CHARGES

[Anonymous]

MY SON HAS CHARGES FROM UME LTD ON HIS PHONE BILL. THESE CHARGES ARE £4.50 EVERY WEEK AND HE IS NOT AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE. HOW CAN I STOP THESE CHARGES?

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

Sounds like he's being scammed.
See help here for advice how to stop it https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly-and-Pay-Go/Have-you-fallen-for-or-been-conned-into-a-premi...

[Cleoriff]

It is a scam...

A company called United Mobile Entertainment (who are also responsible for TXT Nation)

I remembered something about this company last year, when they scammed a pensioner who was with Vodafone. It made the news

https://extra.ie/business/pensioner-hit-huge-phone-bill-repeatedly-charged

[Bambino]

@Anonymous Please see the link provided above. Your son may have inadvertently clicked on a link he was unaware of through Facebook or another social media site.

[MI5]

Should be well known to the PSA then, so definitely needs reporting to them as per the details in the link I posted above.

[Martin-O2]

How are you getting on with this @Anonymous? Have you managed to cancel this subscription?

[Serynr]

Hi, i have had a problem with a scamming company. I stupidly deleted texts from them as couldn’t believe they could take money from me, but they do from your provider. With great help from an O2 shop and ringing up O2 they have  hopefully stopped them charging me, but it took a few phone calls to them from me. I also reported the scammers to Action Fraud and PAS who are investigating and  supplied me with a phone number for the scamming company and an email address, and i have now sent off an email, asking them nicely 😁for my money back and to make sure i am unsubscribed by them. 

[Cleoriff]

Good to hear @Serynr. Keep a close eye on your account  though..:smileywink:

[Serynr]

Oh i do, every day now, feel as if i am on a mission.... 😜

[jonsie]

Good luck I hope you get your money back soon.