Subscribers of the mobile operator "MTS" not so long ago, back in the fall of last year, received tempting SMS messages. They contained information about the fact that everyone who received this notification could, by sending a message to a short number, get a chance to win a million. It literally sounded like this: "Send "Yes" to 3737 or visit min.mts.ru." The scam here, of course, was obvious: no one million people had seen it, while the fee for the sent SMS message (if the recipient was naive enough to send it) was already deducted from the account.
Details on how the new divorce from MTS works
So, in the message that the subscriber receives, the operator specifies that sending SMS to the specified number is free. This, of course, could not help but interest the naive user: they say, why not try for the sake of interest, what if something really can be won? However, this was only a screen with which the real deception was hidden. After the same “Yes” was sent to 3737, MTS offered, using their site mln.mts.ru, a divorce even more sophisticated and cunning. So, the operator began a speciala quiz, answering all the questions of which, a person allegedly had a chance to win a huge amount. The only trick is that the answers to these questions had to be sent already to a paid number. And the number of questions (although initially there were 4) was constantly increasing. Thus, the subscriber could lose a lot of money without seeing his million.
How to check operator intentions?
After reading this article, a person will naturally have a logical question: how do you know that the specified action is really a scam? Perhaps bad luck is due to chance, and the lucky ones who have already taken their millions exist, and they are really lucky? The answer to this question will be checking and reviewing the site mln.mts.ru. After a simple analysis and search for information, you can find a lot of dissatisfaction and anger of people towards the operator organizing such events. At the same time, not a single comment from that very lucky person. No one. People have received money and are silent? What is the point, because it is beneficial for MTS that as many subscribers as possible take part in the lottery. Feedback from real winners could attract new players, but such advertising cannot be, because such a scam can be figured out. And, frankly, the operator simply does not want to complicate his life in this way, because there is no point in this. People are so naive that they continue to follow mln.mts.ru - a scam that is being written about so much.
Rumors about viruses on the MTS website
There is information on the Internetthat for some time there was a virus on the official website of MTS. At least the corresponding information was displayed by the browser when visiting this resource. At the same time, the results of the anti-virus check of the site mln.mts.ru were negative. However, this did not make it easier for users, and many of them sowed panic and said that the operator was sending out messages infected with various virus programs. The reason why visitors saw this information was not the virus itself, but negative reviews about mln.mts.ru, which deceived users left on special resources. Some browsers, as well as applications that provide security on the Web, are guided by such reviews and issue a message about a possible threat to the security of the computer. At the same time, there is no threat itself, if you do not plan to take the next quiz.
Scam organizer
Interesting is the information about the true organizer of the scam, in which MTS so actively lures its subscribers. Judging by the information on the official website, this is the Welti company, which, obviously, simply cooperates with the operator. Details, namely how much mln.mts.ru (the divorce in question) brings to both companies, is unlikely to become known to us. However, this does not matter, because the main thing is that you cannot even trust a mobile operator that accepts payment from its subscribers and, it would seem, should be on the same side with them.
Discomfort delivered to MTS subscribers
Of course riskloss of funds in an alleged lottery organized by the operator for its subscribers is not the only danger that awaits, as evidenced by mln.mts.ru reviews, gullible people. In fact, even more annoying is the intensity and frequency with which messages arrive on users' mobile phones. As they write in the reviews, notifications could come not only in the afternoon or early in the morning, but even at night. In addition, the number of messages, despite the complete disregard for this proposal, also clearly exceeded 1-2 pieces. In fact, MTS, using its technical capabilities, made people a real advertising platform out of a mobile phone. After all, a message containing completely useless information will be read by the recipient, because he does not know about its advertising nature in advance.
Can the operator be punished?
When you yourself become a victim of intrusive advertising in SMS, the first thought that comes to mind is the desire to restore your rights, a sense of justice and punish MTS. But, as practice shows, this is not so easy to do. To be more precise, even impossible. The law does not prohibit the operator from sending information, say, about its tariffs, as well as about the opportunities that it can offer to the subscriber. With the correct interpretation and legal formulation, even such an obvious one as mln.mts.ru, a divorce can be regarded as information. You can't prove anything in court. In addition, the same provisions are likely to be found in a typical contract with whichThe client can review if desired. It is impossible to protect your rights using the law in this matter. SMS messages will continue to come with no less frequency.
How to deal with intrusive advertising?
Are there other ways to fight? In particular, in the text of the received messages themselves there is information that, if desired, the client can send "No" and thus stop receiving these messages. If you read reviews about mln.mts.ru, people note that this command is ignored by the operator. And even after sending such an SMS, advertising messages do not stop.
Another way, reported by the MTS call center operators themselves, is the inclusion of the "Blocking advertising messages" function. This service is available in a free mode, it acts in such a way that it allegedly completely blocks the receipt of all messages containing advertising. However, no one guarantees that it will not be turned off automatically in the company. After all, multiple violations in the field of intrusive alerts from MTS have been talked about for more than a year.
Is it legal?
So is the activity of a company that sends out information about its mln.mts.ru service legal? Formally, as already mentioned, the operator has the right to inform its subscribers. In addition, the organization of the action is taken over by another person - the company "Velti". Thus, MTS acts solely as an intermediary providing information. It turns out that in today's conditions it is impossible to prove the guilt of the operator, andtherefore, it is not worth hoping for punishment for conducting such activities.
On the other hand, there is hope that our officials will pay attention to such a hole in the legislation, which allows you to safely pump money out of gullible users. Although, of course, in reality this is hard to believe because of the possible financial interest of the powerful in this scam. And therefore, for the time being, we have to rely on ourselves: our attentiveness, caution and patience. Unfortunately, not all people are able to show these qualities, especially the elderly, as well as children who already have mobile phones. In their naivete, these categories of users are probably suffering the most right now.
Other scams and SMS scams
In fact, paid SMS scams are nothing new or original. They have been operating for many years both in the West and in our country. In addition to various TV quizzes, you can also see a huge number of different advertising sites offering to download this or that content, register, access information and perform a number of other actions for the sent message. The scam of such schemes, as the reviews indicate about mln.mts.ru, consists in writing off funds and not providing the promised access or information.
In addition, a frequent case is the write-off of completely different amounts than originally declared. Another example is when a user sends one SMS, afterwhy the site asks to do this several more times until the subscriber runs out of money on the phone.
Everyone understands that this is a classic divorce, but nothing can be done: formally, the organizers of such schemes operate exclusively within the law. All that can be done is to be careful with the messages sent by the mts ru site. Scam, as practice shows, is quite likely. And we also recommend that you warn your friends and relatives about the dangers to the state of the current balance on your mobile phone when working with such sites and services.
