Feds sue sketchy Georgia company for mobile phone cramming

ronjor · Apr 17, 2013

by Cyrus Farivar

Here at Ars, we’ve been covering the deceptive and downright shady practice of “bill cramming” throughout the last few years. In this scheme, consumers are billed for services that they never asked for, likely ignored, and yet continue to be billed for. (Ars editor Nate Anderson detailed his own experience with cramming back in 2008.) It’s happening in the ISP industry, in the landline telephone industry, and increasingly in the mobile phone industry too.

On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its first civil suit against Wise Media, LLC, a Georgia company accused of consistently engaging in the practice.

“Defendants operate a scam in which they bill consumers for text message-based subscription services even though the consumers did not authorize any purchase of the services,” the FTC alleges in its legal complaint (PDF).
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...hy-georgia-company-for-mobile-phone-cramming/

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