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Beware Roamtech Solutions -PRS- is on the prowl!!!
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muganda
#1 Posted : Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:29:31 PM
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I consider myself a techno-conservative, hence I've never subscribed to any PRS service, not one. I recently began receiving spam messages from a shortcode 2554, so I naturally called Safaricom asking to stop.

Imagine my surprise when they informed me I've been contributing 30/= for each spam message! A quick search on Twitter shows several other innocent culprits...



It appears they had some shortcode *699# and 6999 which were used for election updates. But Uhuru is now president, so the hungry vultures are roaming, on the prowl. Mobile subscriber beware!
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mmarto
#2 Posted : Friday, April 19, 2013 8:46:27 AM
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I almost sued such a firm. I used to receive 3 such messages per week for about 2 years i.e about 6k. Do you call this daylight robbery? I can swear too that i never subscribed to any such service.
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washiku
#3 Posted : Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:31:07 AM
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But I always see Mlefu advertising the code (His signature is dial *699#). Maybe he has interests in the same and thus he may advise...
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seppuku
#4 Posted : Friday, December 06, 2013 2:27:51 PM
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Until the 3 weeks ago I was receiving daily messages from these thieves. The whole time I kept saying to myself I will call Safaricom to unsubscribe, but every time it slipped my mind or found me too busy to be bothered. When I finally called them, they insisted that I must have subscribed myself somehow, but they unsubscribed me anyway. Now this morning, I receive the a message from the same number, 21026. I call Safaricom again, this time they ask me to call Roamtech. I try to reach them but it turns out I got one digit wrong, so I end up calling someone else. Anyway, I unsubscribe myself. I am still going to try to reach them and give them a piece of my mind.
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kivairu
#5 Posted : Friday, December 06, 2013 3:47:15 PM
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Dial *100#
Choose 'Premium Rate Services' in the drop down menu.Navigate the rest of the menu and stop the subscriptions.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein.
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seppuku
#6 Posted : Saturday, December 07, 2013 10:25:11 AM
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kivairu wrote:
Dial *100#
Choose 'Premium Rate Services' in the drop down menu.Navigate the rest of the menu and stop the subscriptions.


I already did that. What bothers me is that this is the second time I am getting subscribed without my consent.
Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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a4architect.com
#7 Posted : Saturday, December 07, 2013 12:31:35 PM
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i think the mobile phone shop atendants subscribe you at the point of buying the phone. Maybe they get a cut from the code guys.
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a4architect.com
#8 Posted : Saturday, December 07, 2013 12:34:52 PM
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kivairu wrote:
Dial *100#
Choose 'Premium Rate Services' in the drop down menu.Navigate the rest of the menu and stop the subscriptions.


@kivairu..thanks for the advice. Just unsubscribed from a few unknown codes.
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masukuma
#9 Posted : Monday, December 09, 2013 11:15:51 PM
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i once subscribed online!! via a game!! on nation.co.ke they just require to find out if it is your phone and send you a txt msg. you get that msg and key in that code somewhere and umepatikana!! it sliced me 30 bob daily for useless things. I found out who they were and wrote them an email - they removed me from their nonsense. kwanza i wajanja sana - if you don't have credo today they kata 60bob kesho!! so hutaponea!!
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akowally
#10 Posted : Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:26:36 AM
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Also beware of some of these "Kill a roach", "Win an iPad", "Download sijui nini" ads on websites. They take you to some page where you need to put your phone number e.t.c. then baam, the spam messages kick in.
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