How to protect yourself from paid subscriptions operators

The infinite love of money, and imperfection of laws allowed the Russian mobile operators and their partners to turn phones into real minefields. Only undermined them our wallets with you.

Paid subscription - it is a real evil. They appear suddenly. To activate them, only one random tapa on the screen, then your account will be daily gut to a certain amount.

Where are the paid subscriptions

Let's say you want to listen to music on your phone and enter the appropriate request to the mobile browser. Search displays a list of relevant sites. Going to one of them, you saw the cover with a transfer offer for listening. Close it can not be.

After the tapas on the stub you chipped off to the side of the mobile operator, what clearly tells your browser.

The picture is made correctly. Not exactly dressed young lady with a musical instrument well distraction. White text on a light gray background is more difficult to see. Another tap and you have a paid subscription. 30 rubles per day, or 900 rubles a month. Subscriptions, by the way, can be as much as necessary. You understand the scale of the problem?

Some more or less technically savvy people may resent: "Yes, what idiot would be to look for SO music? "This question is a good indication of the immaturity of thought.

In Russia, 146.5 million citizens. Not all of them versed in the art. We can not forget about the children and the elderly.

mobile operators, of course, represent the care of their customers and pretend to try to change the situation. What they did not come up: the application with which you can check for subscriptions, the new tariffs with the illusion of protection from subscriptions and so on.

But what about the changes in the process itself? Why not make a confirmation of the consent withdrawal more explicit? For example, by sending SMS?

The problem is that the operators are profiting from paid subscriptions, and imitation of customer care - this is the typical hypocrisy. Bees against honey.

How to protect yourself from paid subscriptions

The only sure way to protect yourself from paid subscriptions - is to create a VAS (content) account.

Federal Law of July 23, 2013 № 229-FZ "On Amending the Federal Law "On Telecommunications" obliges operators to create desired subscriber separate account to pay for content services of third parties. Withdraw funds from the main account to pay for content-based services of third parties, involved service provider, in this case is impossible.

Simply put, after the creation of content-account operator no longer be able to write off the money for paid subscription services to partners from your main account. You just have to keep the balance of the content will remain zero account.

So make sure you do not connect the content Autorecharge account from the main account. service provider may impose this service and then the whole thing becomes meaningless.

Note that a content score protects from paid subscriptions for service provider partners. If a paid service provided by the service provider, the money behind it all will still be charged to the main account.

How to create a content score

Unfortunately, the procedure is different for different operators, and can even vary depending on the region. In one case will send a USSD-request, and the other will have to go to the salon with a passport. Call customer support of the operator and ask for clear instructions. It is your right, guaranteed by law.

Support phone (toll free in Russia):

1. "Beeline" - 8,800,700 June 11.
2. "Megaphone" - 8,800,550 05 00.
3. MTS - 8,800,250 08 90.
4. Tele2 - 8800555 June 11.

How to protect your children, parents, grandparents

1. If you can help them create a VAS (content) account.
2. If the creation of such an account requires a visit to the salon connection, and a person can not go to come and decorate it for the new number in his name.
3. Monitor the account of another party via personal cabinet. This way you can check for paid services and disable them if necessary. However, it is less reliable option.