888-430-2739

Charging 9.99 per month to my daughter's phone; don't know where it came from.  Phone bill lists them as Apex Mobile Media, but I can't find them anywhere.  Wife tried to call them to cancel but just get an answering machine; they never call back.  T-Mobile suspects it might be something my daughter did on Facebook or elsewhere on the internet that got her to give her phone number.

same thing happened to me, have you figured out how to stop the charges?

its called CRAMMING and its ILLEGAL


16 Ways You Can be Phone Scammed

18 Nov 2008
When we started 800Notes.com we had no idea that telemarketing fraud comes in so many flavors. The variations include 'cramming', 'slamming', credit card scams, calls from telemarketers pretending to be IRS, sweepstakes and lotteries scams, advance fee  loan scams, phone toner scams, fat finger dialing scams, and area code phone scams.

Typically the goal is to get you to reveal personal, bank account information, or to make you do something that will result in unwanted charges on your account. Individuals and businesses are equally affected by these scams although the schemes might be different.

In this article I will outline the 16 most popular phone scams. I am sure there are more, so if you have been a victim of a phone scam, or you know of a phone scam not mentioned here, please share it with me and the readers in the comments.


Send this article to your family members, co-workers, and employees. Give it to your teenage kids and elderly parents (studies show they are the most vulnerable to the scams). As the old saying goes, "Forewarned is Forearmed".



11.    "Cramming": When monthly charges pop up on your telephone bill for optional services that you never authorized such as voice mail, paging, or club membership, it's called "cramming."

You may be asked to return a missed call because it’s 'Your lucky day' and you’ve won a trip to Las Vegas.

When the call is made, an automated system is activated and you are unknowingly enrolled in a club or program, and the charge is placed on your phone bill.

The crammer might not even need to do anything except simply pick your phone number out of the blue and place charges on your bill through your local telephone company, claiming that you agreed to purchase some services.

Look at your bill closely every month. Charges for optional services should be itemized and show the name of the company providing them and its phone number.

If you did not authorize the services, call that number and insist that they be canceled and the charges removed from your bill.

Also, consider putting a third party block on your phone service. It's often free and it does not let any third party add charges to your phone bill.

REPORT THEM TO THE FCC, FTC AND YOUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
www.fcc.gov
www.ftc.gov
www.naag.org - List of all States Attorney Generals and websites

11.    "Cramming": When monthly charges pop up on your telephone bill for optional services that you never authorized such as voice mail, paging, or club membership, it's called "cramming."

You may be asked to return a missed call because it’s 'Your lucky day' and you’ve won a trip to Las Vegas. When the call is made, an automated system is activated and you are unknowingly enrolled in a club or program, and the charge is placed on your phone bill.


The crammer might not even need to do anything except simply pick your phone number out of the blue and place charges on your bill through your local telephone company, claiming that you agreed to purchase some services.

Look at your bill closely every month. Charges for optional services should be itemized and show the name of the company providing them and its phone number. If you did not authorize the services, call that number and insist that they be canceled and the charges removed from your bill.

Also, consider putting a third party block on your phone service. It's often free and it does not let any third party add charges to your phone bill.

Messages sent several times from 888-430-2739. It looks as if they are charging me $9.99 per month. I have never signed up for anything.

In order to stop the charges you will have to go to www.loveaphorisms.com and it will tell you how to stop any further texts and charges. I hope this helps.