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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop the ringtones scams going on and costing thousands of £'s of peoples hard earned money for nothing. More details
Submitted by Dawn Shelton – Deadline to sign up by: 11 February 2009 – Signatures: 59
More details from petition creator
It has unfortunately come to my notice that there are a great number of dodgy ringtone companies making a fortune out of unsuspecting mobile phone users, by offering free ringtones to them. The obvious catch to this is that to get the free ringtone you automatically sign up for extortionate charges for paid for ringtones, which are automatically taken through the mobile phone suppliers billing. This is not noticed until your mobile phone bill comes in and by then it is a huge amount of hassle to get the monies refunded, and maybe a county court summons eyc. There are a lot of websites on the net complaining bitterly about this, and I believe it is time for the government to restrict these companies and put down specific laws to prohibit this type of scam, by forcing these companies to get a proper signed contract with people who do actually want new ringtones on their phones. This may take longer for the people to receive the ringtones themselves, but it will also save the unsuspecting public from being charged for ringtones they do not know they have requested.
Current signatories
Dawn Shelton, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Luke Arbuthnot
- Brian George
- B S Osborne
- Dr Mike Ward
- dianne campbell
- Emma
- BRIAN SMITH
- James
- Doreen Shelton
- John Salmons
- s ellis
- Julie Edgar
- Francesca Liebling
- Dick King
- S King
- Kevin Rimmer
- Ben Parish
- Alan Burgess
- G D Taylor
- Andrea Manning
- William Potter
- Alex Cholot
- Charlie McConville
- Neil Miller
- Matt
- thomas james wiseman
- Francis Glibbery
- Jeff
- John Holden
- daniel walker
- John Vining
- Aziz Hoque
- barrie hardy
- Paras Shah
- Jonathan Preston
- Ann & Jack Snowden
- naomi parkinson
- Steve Stupple
- Jonathan
- Mark Davies
- Kerri Booker
- Patricia Smethurst
- sanjeev masson
- Adam Pickering
- Robin Hackett
- W Roberts
- Hannah Grundy
- David Webster
- Robert Horsley
- Michael Gordon
- Brian Varney
- Mathew Parker
- Caroline Webb
- Jeremy Bevan
- Kate Sidaway
- Adam Owen
- Janine Dixon-Wilkinson
- Andrew Mee
