{"id":82767,"date":"2018-03-15T14:06:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T07:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-i-really-be-charged-297-for-receiving-texts\/"},"modified":"2018-03-15T15:06:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T08:06:41","slug":"can-i-really-be-charged-297-for-receiving-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-i-really-be-charged-297-for-receiving-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I really be charged \u00a3297 for receiving texts?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI\u2019d assumed they were spam and I would only pay if I respondedI recently discovered a company called SB7 Mobile has charged me \u00a34.50 a week for 66 weeks. It looks as though I\u2019ve paid \u00a3297 for simply receiving texts. I realise I should have been more on top of my mobile bills, but I have no recollection of signing up to this. I\u2019d assumed the texts were spam and that I would be charged \u00a34.50 only if I responded. LG, London Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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