******** billing by Vodacom airG Gold

<p>I have a Vodacom prepaid account and am always aware as to my balance, so when airtime started to disappear unexplainably I contacted Vodacom to find out where this airtime was going. They informed me that I had subscribed to airG. I didn’t even know what airG was, but was told to send STOP ALL WC to 30333, which I proceeded to do. It happened a few times where I was being billed, and this was for something I did not subscribe to. </p> <p>I received the following SMS on a few occasions:<br /> Welcome to Vodacom airG! First day FREE then R2/day. Click here to continue:http://airg.com/vcga or Click here to Unsubscribe http://live.vodafone.com/unsub<br /> <br /> I didn’t understand why I received such an SMS to begin with, because I had never clicked on any link in any browser on my phone. I thought that if I clicked on that link, it would send a signal to the server stating that my number is real and they would bill me, so I never clicked. A few weeks down the line I realised that they were deducting R2/day, even though I had never officially clicked a link to agree to their services, and neither did I click on the “Click here to continue” link. To this very day I have no clue what services airG offers, all I know is that they have ****** money from me. I started doing some investigation on airG and a simple Google search will bring up MANY complaints with the same issue as mine, ******** billing. After discussing my issue with a friend, he too realised that they were billing him R230 per month and was completely unaware of it due to a debit order system of his cellphone account. airG can be *****ing MILLIONS from unsuspecting cellphone accounts and they need to be held accountable for this ********** behaviour, Vodacom should be equally held liable for this.</p> <p>I found that airG is based in Canada, so I emailed all the contacts stating that a ******** act has taken place and ******** billing has been happening on my account. I also opened up a case with Vodacom, to which I have yet to get a response. I then received an email from Cilliers Niemann, with the title of Business Solutions Support – Africa. I explained the ******** happenings and he wanted my cellphone number, which I was reluctant to give at first because I thought I would have additional billings done to my number. He then proceeded to acknowledge that they had indeed billed me, and tried to call me – four times in a row and later another three times in one afternoon. By him trying to call me so many times raised several flags, it showed that they knew they were guilty – especially when he wanted to refund the amount that they stole from me. He has subsequently tried to call me a total of twelve times, each time I did not answer as I was not prepared to speak to him. He has also admitted that they know which app caused the ******** billing and has subsequently stopped advertising on that site – which again, proves guilt. I have everything documented in emails, and there is proof that they have ****** from me. Had I not contacted them, they would have happily have kept my money that they stole from me, just like they can be doing to several other million subscribers - *****ing millions from unsuspecting cellphone accounts. I did not accept their offer of refunding the money they stole from me.</p> <p>I consulted with an Advocate of the High Court, and he confirmed that the actions of airG is ******** and **********. I have opened a case of ***** against airG at the local SAPS.</p> <p>In a nutshell, I have been ********ly billed for services that I never subscribed to. I never clicked on any link acknowledging acceptance of a service that is billed daily. The acts that has been committed by airG is ********** and Vodacom is equally to blame for allowing funds to be released to them.</p> <p>If this has happened to you, please comment below, be sure to check your cellphone statements, you could have had a few thousand rand ****** if you not careful.</p>