Charged 39p for receiving a text on my landline from BT?

[Ginchy]

On my last bill in June I was charged 39p for a call from a bumber ending in 1111. I looked it up and on May 15th I receved an answering machine call from BT which I couldn't even understand. Why did sky charge me for this I never done anything to warrant this message or ask for it?

[Mark39]

I imagine you unwittingly accepted the text message.

[Ginchy]

Thanks for the reply Mark.

So does this mean if I accept it I then have to pay for it and the person who sent it gets the 39p?

It's a scam in other words!

Yes?

Is there a way to set something up so that you never ever get these texts sent to you?

[Ginchy]

Just realised I never mentioned that it's my landline this happened on not a mobile is it the same thing?

[Mark39 · Accepted solution]

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@Ginchy wrote:

Just realised I never mentioned that it's my landline this happened on not a mobile is it the same thing?

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That's ok, it's what I understood 🙂

If you call 0800-587-5252 I believe it gives you an option to stop receiving landline text messages.

[Ginchy]

Thanks Mark for the explanation and the solution cheers!