Those surreptitious charges for flirting tips, yoga lessons and psychic services, long a problem on landlines, have become a costly nuisance for mobile phone users — and a new focus for regulators.In the last two years, regulators have found that hundreds of thousands of mobile phone users have been charged for “premium text” services that they did not authorize, a practice known as bill cramming.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/business/ftc-takes-aim-at-unwarranted-cellphone-charges.html
U.S. Accuses Company of Adding Mobile Fees
Those surreptitious charges for flirting tips, yoga lessons and psychic services, long a problem on landlines, have become a costly nuisance for mobile phone users — and a new focus for regulators.