The Federal Trade Commission announced today that AT&T will pay $ 105 million for hiding extra charges in cell bills . The honest part of the news ? $ 80 million of it will go back into the pocket of people bilked by AT&T.
sooner this year , theFTC go after T - Mobilefor a similar shady business enterprise dealing , a practice called “ mobile cramming . ” T - Mobile and AT&T have both , allege the FTC , billed customers for hundreds of millions of dollars for third - party subscription services that sent text edition of horoscopes , flirting tip , and fun facts — without the customer ’s authorization . And in both cases , they took a sizeable cut of that $ 9.99 monthly fee .
The T - Mobile case is still ongoing , but AT&T has now settle . AT&T will compensate $ 25 million in fine and fees to the FCC and states , and the remaining $ 80 million will go to repay AT&T customers impact by the charges . AT&T articulate in a affirmation that itstopped the practice of mobile crammingin December 2013 .
How to Get Your Money Back
AT&T is hypothesize to notify all current customer move by the mobile cramming case , and the FTC will be contact former customer . need to live now if you merit money back ? The FTC has supply this sample AT&T bill , where the now refundable bogus bang were in the beginning labeled as , ahem , “ AT&T Monthly Subscriptions . ” You canapply for a refund on the FTC ’s internet site .
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