There are literally hundreds of dialers that are installed upon a computer
by visiting porn web sites. Did you ever download that "free" player to view
a porn video. It was probably a dialer.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"phil" <pvandermeeren0522xyz@yrogers.com> wrote in message
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>I presume that a lot of people must have come across this scam, since it
>happened to me and I am extremely careful on the internet.
> I got my phonebill and see a ONE minute call for 25 $, 1 minute duration
> .Service Romance.
> I complain to the phone Cie. They say ,they can`t do anything.
> They say...I must have been on a website and gotten in touch with this
> Cie.
> I can honestly say,...I have not done that... I am the only user of this
> computer.
> My question is.
> l.- How current is this scam ?
> 2.- Is it possible to successfully fight the Phone cie.?
> 3.-How does this scam work exactly ?
> 4-How can it be prevented.
> Thanks for your help.
> Phil
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