Infinitely content

[karenef]

Scanned qr code on sky to be led to infinitely content com? Says about 3 day free trial then charged £39 pm? 

[Jones_The_Cat]

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@karenef wrote:

Scanned qr code on sky to be led to infinitely content com? Says about 3 day free trial then charged £39 pm? 

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Did you use a third party QR code scanner app or did you just use the camera on your phone? 

There are some unscrupulous QR code scanner apps which are known to be dodgy and redirect you to scam sites. 

[xenon81]

There are a lot of fake QR scanner apps which direct the user to something else rather than the intended service. If there is a web address or any other options on screen I would try that rather than the QR code.

[TimmyBGood]

@karenef 

As @Jones_The_Cat indicates, it's the QR app carrying out that redirect rather than anything to do with Sky.

I saw the QR app my wife had downloaded on her phone do the same thing last week (though to a different subscription service) when she was trying to use an 'order and pay at table' facility in a restaurant.

Unfortunately even previously legitimate apps can start doing this if they change ownership.

[TimmyBGood]

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@xenon81 wrote:

There are a lot of fake QR scanner apps which direct the user to something else rather than the intended service.

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To be fair, they are 'real' QR apps, but run by bad people ; )

[karenef]

Yes used qr scanner app on phone. What should I do now? No way on contacting the firm online

[TimmyBGood]

@karenef 

Unfortunately I suspect you'll have to cancel the payment method with your bank.

Any business recruiting subscriptions this way probably isn't exactly scrupulous about customer service.

[Chodley]

And delete the app. You don't need it. All Android and iOS phones can scan QRs direct from the camera

[TimmyBGood]

@karenef 

I note there is an email address near the bottom of this page but given they appear to require a physical letter I wouldn't hold out much hope that way.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Chodley wrote:

All Android and iOS phones can scan QRs direct from the camera

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Far from all Android, though: native QR only arrived with v13 in 2022, largely because so many dodgy apps had emerged.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-easily-scan-a-qr-code-in-android-13/ 

For iOS it landed with v11 in 2017, and older iThings are much more likely to have been updated than 'droids.

[karenef]

Thanks for that. I have deleted the app and contacted the company cancelling the subscription I had inadvertently signed up for

[best+of+the+best]

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@karenef wrote:

Yes used qr scanner app on phone. What should I do now? No way on contacting the firm online

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Hi @karenef this is the information you need to cancel your subscription as long as it's been less than 14 days

I'd also cancel your card in the meantime.

https://www.infinitelycontent.com/terms.html

[Chodley]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

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@Chodley wrote:

All Android and iOS phones can scan QRs direct from the camera

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Far from all Android, though: native QR only arrived with v13 in 2022, largely because so many dodgy apps had emerged.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-easily-scan-a-qr-code-in-android-13/ 

For iOS it landed with v11 in 2017, and older iThings are much more likely to have been updated than 'droids.

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Didn't realise it was so recent on Android

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@TimmyBGood 

Unless I'm mistaken, QR code readers have been available in Android from V8 onwards? ie Google lens preinstalled on Motorola G9... Downloading another app is unneccessary, and potentially hazerdous - as the above posts point out.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Chodley wrote:

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Didn't realise it was so recent on Android

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Surprised me too, so I checked.  Frankly Google messed up bigly on this one, and continues to do so by leaving numerous questionable QR app in its Store: there's now a whole business model in offering those app creators crypto to buy ownership out from under them and then start running malicious redirects after an 'update'.