85222

reply to this or any rogue number stop and they have to stop sending message to your number.

The operator  at T-Mobile (EE) has just given me this information. I sent the message and received a free reply saying they would stop.

Good Luck

PS:- why don't the big companies stop it at source?

I have done the same, entered comp, then received txt saying I had just subscribed to weekly payments of £4.50! To easyquiz..... I txt stop...  Twice then got intouch with Vodafone to block any payments, should they be requested, he said they had been sorted and gave me the immobile... Details if . Needed to get refund, have checked my bill and the bloody money has come off, so I was too late, I literally phoned 10 mins after that money grabbing txt! ... Am so angry!... Will phone Vodafone 2 Moro to serif there is anything can be done and hopefully stop any future payments!!

I have been charged £18 from this company which is Playpanther. It seems I replied to a text that I believed was linked to a purchase that I had made.  Since then I have had 12 very annoying texts and today was told that they are charging me £4.50 a week!! Spoke to O2 customer services, very helpful, who told me that I had received 12 texts and sent one plus my STOP text to 85222 of today,and that I owed Panther play £18.

O2  have given me their phone number 0844 - 3722331 (cheaper on land line) and the number of their industry regulator "phone pay plus"  0800 500 212 also cheaper on land line.  Hope this helps others who are perhaps as angry as I am this morning!!

My wife phone for which I pay has been charged 3x £1.25 every monday for the last 7 1/2 months unbeknown to me. Have just found out and i calculate i am at least £120 down . Fuming to say the least.

Not sure on msg content now but 3.20 added on bill reply came from 700035353

Yes l got caught as well, still can't quite understand how this happened. Several attempts to cancel through 85222 failed. Contacted THREE who were so helpful and managed to eventually sort out and cancel on my behalf. Will still be charged for three messages at £1. 50. each! what a scam!!!!  I to have learned a lesson.  Thank you THREE.

Got a text saying text back to win I phone/ I pad

please delete what ever i didnt ask  the the 85222 i am not paying £4.50 a week for something i didnt ask for they keep coming up in my messages no phone calls

I have just checked my phone bills for Dec 2013 - Jan 2014 and have found out that I have been charged £16.74 for texts from a Premium rate number 85222 and getting 2 every week? Not happy because I haven't signed up for anything and I haven't even been receiving the texts...can anyone help as I don't know who to contact to cancel and get a refund????

Hi, I thought the ad to win an ipad was an Apple site so therefore legitimate!!! Oh stupid me!! I am usually suspicious of these sites too but anything to do with Apple I have trusted. Many other people during my research into this scam have also been drawn in thinking it was from Apple?
I trusted it enough to give my mobile number as there was no mention anywhere of a charge for any of this. I had a text message immediately asking me to enter TABLET which I did. Before I could do anything I had another text immediately saying I would be charged £4.50 a week as membership??? I checked my balance and lo and behold this had immediately been taken out before I could send a text to stop any further emails and hopefully any more of my credit going out? A confirmation email was sent saying this would take 24 hours. On the advice of another victim of these revolting people, I contacted our local Trading Standards office and was advised to ask for their Terms and Conditions to be emailed to me, plus a refund. I emailed the company at mailbox:customercre@helpcareline.co.uk, who replied within 10 minutes asking for my mobile number in order to check their system and contact me about this matter!!! I have so far heard nothing back. Whilst I am a pensioner I am not stupid or easily duped! however it just goes to show how easy an authentic looking site can fool you? I cannot understand how this company can still operate like this? Surely, taking money without any consent, and I would NEVER have consented to a membership of any kind, are legally able to plaster themselves over a legitimate and normal website parading as, to all intents and purposes, Apple? Please do something about this. I do feel foolish and have learnt a valuable lesson. I am now left frightened though that they will continue to take my phone credit at will, regardless of my steps to stop them! I shall be very surprised if I get a refund but I want to do my bit to help keep this happening to decent people who cannot afford to lose money. I am sure no competitions actually take place regardless of their follow-up emails saying I have been entered for this and that and will get a special bonus, bla bla!!! Thank you for your patience in reading this and I do so hope you have teeth and can shut them down? Should I get no response to my email request for a refund and their Terms and Conditions, I intend to return to Trading Standards with the small amount of information I have gleaned and hope they can follow it up? I love my ipad but what world we live in where the enjoyment of using it has now become a worry! Thank you again, Denise Robbins

Did you get it sorted. It's just happen to me

The company 85222 have charged me, on the company 3, for £81.00 from just simply receiving a text from said number. For those who are gandering on who this number is, I am not sure but I will look in to it, you must send "STOP" to the phone number 80160, as this will stop the billing. Normally the charge of receiving the number is approximately £1.50 this does tend to vary between phone networks. The source of which is unknown and how the company got the number to my mobile. My guesses would be that there is a system that every number in the network (eg: a section of O2 then a different section for 3) in chronological order will be sent an automatic message from said company (85222) and that, I presume, is how they get the phone numbers. Many numbers have the same effect, like the 85222, there are other 5 digit numbers that have the same effect.

Do make sure that if you do get any contact from this number make sure that you do the following and if needed look up the number.

Got unwanted texts from this company

I am being charged for freeplay game which I do not know about .This is a scam

how anerth do you get rid of it i tried ringing up and they dont answer so how do i get rid of it.!?

I have messages ofFREEPLAY.GAMENOW ORG for £4 50 a week I was tricked into this can you help I don't want this obviously it told me to text 85222 to win a free apple device(machine) this message came in on my horoscope page

Hello,
I hope this info helps!
Thank you for your email, unfortunately I am unable to contact you in order to discuss the matter as you have not included your mobile telephone number.
Please can you email me with your number so that I can contact you in order to assist you further with your enquiry.
Kind regards,
Win Trivia
I then received a call from 0115 905 4000 which doesn't take in bound calls and a female agreed to refund me after some deliberation and sent me a bar code to take to my post office,
Your MCOM pay-out BARCODE is 9826939406510975000 take this to any Post Office branch to claim your £4.50 (expires in 30 days). BRANCH - PHONE NBSC FOR ADVICE
They refunded me £4.50.I suggest you send an email to customercare@helpcareline.co.uk and your mobile no and complain they should phone you back.

PhonepayPlus has the following information about shortcode number:
85222

Customer care number:     0149 475 0500
Search result provided by:     IMImobile Europe Limited
Service connected on:     18 July 2011
Service terminated on:     This service is still operating
Name of service:     Shared Shortcode for Multiple Companies (85222)
Type of service:     IMImobile Europe Limited has not provided this information
Service description:     IMImobile Europe Limited has not provided this information
How much does this service cost?     £1.50 per Message

If you would like to find out more about this service or have a question about it then you should contact IMImobile Europe Limited

IMImobile Europe Limited
1 Cliveden Office Village
Lancaster Road
High Wycombe
HP12 3YZ

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