66333

my first text  cost me eleven pounds in august i keep texting STOP in capitals but they still keep charging me two pounds every time i still text 66333 but it dont seem to sent it just says message fail i ring 08445445438 but just get a recorded message

I pay my daughter`s telephone bill while she is at University .She was a little over her monthly allowance on account of a few charges this month from 66333 and a couple of other text numbers all listed as from Multimedia services. I suspect they got her mobile number as she entered a competition for a money voucher in the University a month ago.
Orange have given me the text STOP ALL instructions for these numbers and the 08445 445438 to ring if they do not unsubscribe within 24 hours.
I am grateful for others who posted advice as we might never noticed these numbers if she had stayed within her monthly plan.

I have sent stop to this number many times but they keep sending messages which take all my credit!!!! PLEASE HELP

I was entered into a draw for an iPad.

I sent a text to 66333 saying 'stop' and received a reply which said I had been unsubscribed.  Will have to wait and see.

PeachyWin FreeMsg> We've got your iPad & £25k draw entry! Would u also like 50 FREE monthly Lotto Syndicate lines? Simply reply FIFTY for yes or NOFIFTY for no!

I had £4 taken from my credit - i rang the landline number 08445445438 and a man answered. He didn't even say that he was from a company. When i complained that i had been receiving the texts and was charged he didn't even ask what texts they were. He just said asked for my number and then said that he would get onto 'them' whoever they were.
I put the phone down as this seemed very suspicious. It wasn't like a company had answered, just someone sitting at home waiting for the call.
I researched the competition name - PeachyWin and it came up with who the domain owner is:
It may not be correct but this is what came up.
Results are from enom.com

Domain Name: PEACHYWIN.NET
Date Created: Tue 22-September-2009
Date Expires: Sat 22-September-2012
Nameserver: ns2.123-reg.co.uk
Nameserver: ns.123-reg.co.uk
Registrant Name: Andy Opie
[removed]

Also in the texts it stated that STW Ltd is the promoter. I am taking that it is NOT Severn Trent Water - and might be this marketing company:

http://www.stwgroup.com.au/contact-us/default.asp

Exactly what i received

Actually, i have just found out that 'STW' Ltd does in fact stand for 'Sure To Win' Ltd and i found this page with a profile on the director Andrew Philip Opie and a registered office address.

i have had problems with mobile candy free msg;;;they have taken £8 of my money;;; cannot get hold of anyone to get my money back.

Reply saying STOP ALL - and I received a 'you have been unsubscribed' text.
Previously I texted 'UNSUBSCRIBE' and that didn't work. STOP ALL seems to have sorted it

The number 66333 is using bad tactics.  I did not request anything from them but they are texting me and not doubt charging me for it too.  I have texted back stop, hopefully this will resolve it.  There are lots of complaints about this service.

Same happens to me as above. I have just texted STOP to 66333 and hope it works.  I get 2 messages from them each Friday and get robbed of £2 a time !

please stop texting me and stop taking money from my phone i am not happy thankyou.

I've just checked my O2 mobile bill and nearly got heart attack!! Was getting funny msgs but didn't have an idea what was it. I'm so pissed off I was so stupid and didn't realise that they were charging me!!

80876 GOGOGY 15 times =£18,75
64848 GAME ON 12 times = £15
85200 LOTTO 4 times = £15
88818 JUICY WIN 12 times = £15
66333 2 times = £3,334
70700 1 = £4,167

TOTAL = £71,25

The company sending 66333 messages is
Sponge UK
11 Charlotte Mews
London,
W1T 4EQ
UK
// PH: (+44) 020 7612 1910
08445 445438
// EM: ENQUIRIES@SPONGEGROUP.COM
CUSTOMERCARE@SPONGEGROUP.COM
// WS: WWW.SPONGEGROUP.COM

It costs £2.00 per text

The senior company folk for emailing/contacting are:

Dan Parker CEO dan.parker@spongegroup.com
Alex Meisl Chairman alex.meisl@spongegroup.com
Phil Gault Client Services Director phil.gault@spongegroup.com
Emma Cotton Client Partner emma.cotton@spongegroup.com
Matt Overall CTO matt.overall@spongegroup.com
Steve Barlow Finance Director steve.barlow@spongegroup.com


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Good luck

hello!i m verry sad! this number phone theik my credit all the time!Please help my ,how stop this?

The company promoting this 'service' is Sure to Win ltd http://www.suretowin.com/Contact-Us/Sure-To-Win.html, they have terms and conditions and privacy policy stated, but they are responsible for the premium texts. Sponge UK are just the 'technical platform'.

If seeking to stop. Just text STOP. It is an automated service and anything additional will mean that it will not be picked up, if it is picked up anyway!

I can't find a telephone number. Sure to Win Ltd were bound over by the Office of Fair Trading in 2006 for misleading practice with premium phone numbers, they have form.

Company personal cited in the OFT press release http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2006/105-06 Sure to Win Limited, its officers Charles Bloom and Richard Scott and controller Malcolm Hellewell in relation to contraventions of the Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988

i didt sing up with any one.they have stolen about 20pounds credit of my phone now.im sick and tired,its like 5 companys with different numbers please stop them

I received a message from this people claiming to be Mobile Candy. At the same time I also received a message from 87770... claiming to be a lottery syndicate.

After doing some research I found a nice website for the 87770 number (87770.com) explaining what the number is and how to opt out. Was very convenient... atleast I thought.

So I txt this number STOP like they said on the website, only to receive a message from another shortcode number (85200) saying that they did not have any active subscriptions and included more advertising.

Apparently it is illegal for these companies to txt you from the same number if you reply with stop.. so they use other numbers.


SOLUTION:

I called vodafone and asked them to block those messages... they said they couldn't but once I argued that I was a business customer and as my provider they should be able to stop me getting these messages they magically found a solution where they can block all premium messages like these. Naturally i enabled it right away.

I'm not too sure if it is just for business customers but as a personal use customer you could argue the point that if the service is available for business why not personal.