83023

i know who this is
its runescape
if you text HD to 83023 they take some cash off account then you get 1 month member ship for game

my little cousin sent HD to 83023 using my phone and it charged me £6 for 2 texts that they sent me back with 2 parts of a code, the thing is my cousin doesnt even know the codes for.... and i definitely do not want to get charged £3 every week for something i dont want

that happened to me, the person said it was for a competition and you had to send it so they got more votes, they also said it was free to text so me being me, just text away and it sent 2 messages back with codes, and it charged me £3

is this like a weekly costing thing.... or just everytime you text for the code ??

my daughters phone has been charge £5 2 to 3 times a month, i rang a no 02070783320 and asked what the payment was for, she was purchasing some sort of internet game called XAT, i have asked them to block our no from using this service, hopefully this will work

they keep charging me for nothing

have been charged £15.82 txt after txt for something i did not sign up for. The  txt msg's just dnt stop coming thru.

First of all I did not sign up for these messages to be sent to me which is a con, it took £9 worth in credits & on top of that charged me another 10p to text "stop" for the messages. What a joke!!!!!!!!! I want my money back that was lost in credits!

I have recieved 2 text messages each costing me 3pounds and i would like the money refunded as i did not sign up for the messeages.

i was asked to text HD to 83023 by a friend and i got charged £6:00 for it!!

someone asked me to send HD to this number an that it was only 15p, i ant done it in case it was a scam, my friend did tho an it was.....

I've phoned a complaint in to phonepayplus. Also wrote demanding refund and had a reply so far saying they're looking into it.

2 Ergo Ltd
4th Floor, Digital World Centre
1 Lowry Plaza, The Quays
Salford
M50 3UB
0844 579 6370   < ---------------  at least 5p/min by landline >
customer.services@2ergo.com

Thanks to all previous contributors.

Hi I have just been on to O2 over this thing...they have told me to send a txt to that number 83023 just saying    STOP  and hopefully this will stop them ripping us off....if it doesnt then I will be refusing to pay my contract bills...Im not having it ..hope that  helps jen.xx

they asked me to text HD to 83023 for a charity i did and now im getting stuff from it how do i stop it?

The above number (83023) is regulated by PhonepayPlus.

PhonepayPlus investigates complaints about phone-paid services (e.g. services beginning with 09, 118, or 0871/2/3 numbers, or five or six-digit text shortcodes).  Where PhonepayPlus decides that its rules have been broken, it can fine the company responsible, bar access to its services and even bar the individual behind the company from running other services under a different company name.  PhonepayPlus' investigations and adjudications service is free to consumers and fully independent.

If you would like to submit a formal complaint with PhonepayPlus, you can reach it on:

•    0800 500 212 (Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm)
•    www.phonepayplus.org.uk

This same thing is happing to me. Why is my network O2 paying them from my account? I think networks are involved in this scam

Sounds to me that you all have been a bit naughty on the net and text 83023 in the hope to chatting to a girl from a chat room.

People think about what you do on the net

Very very true...
so many of these things add me and it is a scam..

I have received 3 text messages from 83023 and each time, they have taken £4.00 from my credit! The texts say something about TV Quiz Member (of which i am not aware) and a link to win prizes. I did not subscribe to these texts, have no idea where they have got my number from and would like it to stop. I have emailed 02 to see if they can block the number somehow, heres hoping!

I have been receiving messages from this number since November, 7 in total coming to £21. Hadnt realised because it was a new phone/contract and was told my bill would be higher for first month. Only checked because the next bill i got was still higher. I phoned orange to ask if they could do anything as there was no info on the text about stopping the messages and didnt want to go on the web page incase it cost me even more. Orange said they will credit me the money back in my next bill and gave me a number to phone (08445796370). I phoned it but it was automated. I have been getting these messages every Sunday morning since end of November so fingers crossed it works and they'll stop sending them. If not i was told to text STOP to the number.