The cell phone bill arrives, and the charges are higher than the standard rate charged by the cell phone company. Cell phone customers check the charge listings and find companies like Predicto Mobile, Mobile Messenger and others are billing for a range of premium cell phone services like Word of the Day, Horoscopes, Ringtones, Games, and even news updates.

How the Cell Phone Scam Works

Although the third party services charging through all the major cell phone companies allege that premium cell phone services are authorized by cell phone users, many cell phone owners say this is not the case.

In some instances, a cell phone user enters the cell phone number (which can be any number the person might care to type in) and then gets a message that a service has been ordered. The stop service button may be pressed immediately, but a $9.99 monthly charge goes on the cell phone bill and continues even when customers send additional stop service text messages as required by some cell phone scam companies.

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