This just in: Free ringtone spam might be a scam.
The Inquirer is reporting on a ringtone scam going on in the UK involving content provider 2COMM and service provider Tanla Mobile. Consumers were sent a message promising them a free ringtone, which upon download locked them to a subscription service requiring they pay around 9 dollars per week . Over 450 customer requests to cancel the subscription were ignored, which the company responsible blames on system failures.
Yeah, yeah. I know – caveat emptor. Now how do you say “Just because it’s legal to squeeze nonsense like this into the fine print doesn’t mean it’s not lame” in Latin?
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