I have one CDMA Prepaid number which was in my name name and was being
used by my father. Due to the sad demise of my father in September 2010,
that number was mostly unused and also most of the time off. It had a
prepaid balance in excess of 500Rs (recharged on 08-08-2010), at the
that time. Recently I checked that no. and saw that the balance had
almost vanished. Feeling I might be mistaken, I recharged that no. on
10-05-2011 with 150Rs. as i wanted to keep that no. alive (emotional
thing you can say). I checked the balance yesterday and was shocked to
see that nearly half the balance had vanished. I checked the messages
and found out a message stating that I had been subscribed to
Callertunes service without my ever making any such request. They were
cutting Rs1/2 days and were sending message to that effect and asking me
to sms so and so number to unsubscribe. They ate up dont know how many
100's of rupees by these unethical tactics and donno what the overall
impact of the loot must have been on all india basis.
Ref. http://www.rimweb.in/forums/topic/28223-balance-deduction-without-authorization-by-way-of-value-added-services/page__st__30