MegaFon subscribers very often complain about paid subscriptions and services that come from nowhere. Additional content, connected without the knowledge of the owners of rooms, leads to unforeseen expenses. What to do in such situations? There is a solution to this problem. It consists in disabling all paid options and connecting a ban on paid subscriptions on MegaFon.
Where do paid subscriptions come from?
Many people think that paid subscriptions are connected by a mobile operator. Actually it is not. Subscribers' actions lead to activation of subscriptions. There is a high probability of unwanted options appearing on the number when visiting music and video sites, resources with a "strawberry". Accidentally clicking on an ad - and now the subscription is already activated. The first 20-50 rubles disappeared from the account (and in some cases even more).
Some advertisements belong to decent companies that do not immediately connect a subscription, but offer the subscriber to make a choice - eitheractivate or refuse. But there are also unscrupulous services. They connect additional options unilaterally, so even advanced Internet users often encounter paid subscriptions. Mobile applications are sometimes to blame for connecting additional options. Developers embed a virus in them that sends commands to pay for some content. An effective way to protect your balance is to activate a ban on paid subscriptions on your MegaFon number.
Disabling subscriptions
If money leaves the account in an incomprehensible direction, then first of all you need to check if there are paid subscriptions on the phone number. There are several ways to find out this information:
- Visit the nearby MegaFon communication salon. Specialists will detail, explain what the money is spent on, and, if necessary, disable unwanted options.
- Go to your personal account. It is located on the official Internet resource of the mobile operator. You can also use the mobile application "My MegaFon". The "Services" section contains information about paid subscriptions and you can turn them off in it.
- On the phone, dial a short command 105 and press the call key. The account and service management menu will appear. Next, you need to follow the commands on the screen.
The next step after deactivating additional options is to activate a ban on paid subscriptions on the MegaFon number. The specific name of the service is “Prohibition of paid content short numbers”. Its desirableactivate even if no subscriptions were found. The service will protect against one-time debiting of money. There are services that do not activate a subscription, but withdraw funds from the account for the purchase of supposedly some kind of content.
Service "Prohibition of paid content short numbers"
How to make a ban on paid subscriptions on MegaFon? Before answering this question, we note that the essence of the service "Prohibition of paid content short numbers" is to block access to paid subscriptions, unwanted content. After activating this useful option, you will no longer be able to use paid entertainment SMS messages, commands, voice services created by content providers. Access to the Mood service numbers is also blocked.
The option under consideration, which puts a ban on MegaFon on paid subscriptions, has several features. Firstly, this service does not disable the subscriptions available on the number. For this reason, before activating it, you must first check for unnecessary options and disable them if they are found. Secondly, the service does not apply:
- to service commands, voice numbers and SMS messages from the MegaFon mobile operator (the exception is the Mood service, which was already mentioned above);
- for calls to numbers of this format, such as 8-800-…;
- to pay for parking via SMS 7757, 7377, by short command 377.
Connecting and disconnecting the service
The service "Prohibition of paid content short numbers" is connected absolutely free of charge. There is no subscription fee. A single command is provided to activate the service. The ban on paid subscriptions on MegaFon is enabled by a combination such as526. The service may not be activated immediately. Sometimes this process is delayed for 10-15 minutes.
If desired, the service can be disabled. The command to disconnect is the same as to connect.
Creating a separate account for subscriptions
For those who sometimes use the paid services of content providers, the service of a complete ban on paid subscriptions to MegaFon is not very convenient. Such subscribers are recommended to visit any communication salon. Why go there? In the communication salon, you can create a separate account for paying for subscriptions. You cannot connect it yourself, because there are no methods available to the subscriber - there are no single commands, special buttons for activation in your personal account and mobile application.
When connecting an additional account, 2 balances appear on the phone number - one standard and the second additional. The standard balance is a balance that is familiar to everyone, from which money is debited for communication services. The second balance is calculated only for the services of paid services. Before connecting an additional account, content providers deducted money from the main balance, and after connecting they can no longer do this, because requests from short numbers for debitingthe mobile operator redirects money to an additional balance.
Can an operator refuse to open an additional account?
Mobile operator MegaFon cannot refuse to create a special content account for its subscribers. The fact is that there is a Federal Law (FZ) dated July 23, 2013. Its name is “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Communications””. This document obliges absolutely all operators to create content accounts at the request of subscribers.
Based on the foregoing, we can conclude: the ban on paid subscriptions on MegaFon is connected in 2 ways. The first method is self-activation, which completely blocks the possibility of using paid services. The second way is to issue an additional account in the communication salon. Content balance allows you to use the services of content providers, but only if you have money on it.
