Are you aware of this scam going on social networks and various other sites where in they ask you to take a quiz to compare your IQ with Miley Cirus or take a personality test . The user take the quiz  and at the end is asked to enter his/her phone number to see the results.

Most of the unsuspecting users just give their phone numbers without reading the fine print.In the fine print is the clause that you are agreeing to a charge of $9.99 being applied to your phone account on recurring basis.  Once you enter the phone number and say yes, you get to see the results of quiz and an additional charge of $9.99 in your bill which you might miss.  The parents of the teen age kid might dismiss this is some extra charge on kids phone and continue to pay unsuspectingly.

One of the name involved in this is Gamer Data.

A friend of mine saw these two new charges in his monthly bill. Look at the two records below.

GamerData Scam

These are charges by same company , Gamer Data but under different names. In the lengthy bill they appear at the end and he might have missed it but since his monthly bill increased by $20 and since he does engage in any fancy stuff, he decided to dive in details.

He was wondering as to when did he subscribed this premium service and talked to me about this. After I explained home about the various scams are taking place on internet , he gave a call to T-Mobile , his carrier and explained the situation. T-Mobile acknowledged that there are scams similar to Gamer data are going on and have received numerous complaints and credited the amount.

I did not understand one thing in this whole episode. If mobile carrier companies are aware that is a scam , why do they allow it to be billed in first place ?

Anyways this is a waring to all of you that do not give out your phone nos to any unknown sites or social network  else you might be next victim.