Devil in the detail

Issue # 121 November, 2009

The thief in your pocket (see nose118) is still there. Huge money is at stake, and cell content providers that piggyback on the networks are creaming it – not least by playing fast and loose with the official code of conduct regulating provision of such services.

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Submitted by : Jeffrey on 2009-11-02 07:55:15

A member of my family had an experience with Cell C that echoes elements of this one - though thankfully not as bad. He's a very occasional cell user and took up a Cell C contract because of attractive terms and the chance to upgrade his phone. Immediately after commissioning the SIM card, he began to receive a string of SMSs relating to the previous owner's financial woes ... unpaid TV licence reminders, overdrawn account notifications, final demands from lawyers etc etc - many of them delivered in the dead of night. So it seems that this too, was a "recycled" SIM card ... and not very well recycled. With Cell C, it seems that you may inherit the fallout from the previous SIM owner's indiscretions. Caveat emptor.

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