Today a person is everywhere surrounded by tempting offers to take part in the prize drawing, download any "free" information from the Internet, upgrade a mobile phone - for this you need to send an SMS message to a short number. Before you send this SMS, you need to know some details.
Instructions
Step 1
Before sending SMS messages to short numbers, you need to familiarize yourself with the exact cost of such a service. In most cases, an advertisement for a service displays a significantly lower cost of an outgoing message. So that in the end your cell phone balance does not go into a huge minus, call the customer support service of your cellular operator. After connecting with the manager, dictate a short number to him and ask about the cost of an outgoing SMS message. If the amount matches the announced price of the message in the advertisement, you can send an SMS (if you really need it). If the real cost of the message exceeds the previously announced price, then it is better to refrain from sending SMS to this number (you risk incurring significant losses, usually such scammers are not limited to one message).
Step 2
After you have specified the cost of sending an SMS message to a specific short number, do not rush to pick up the phone. Try to carefully study all the clauses of the user agreement (usually on websites it is marked as "User agreement"). Yes, you have to read a lot of information, but this is the only way you can avoid possible financial losses in the future (some services, after sending an SMS message, issue a paid subscription to the subscriber without his knowledge, for which a certain amount will be debited from the phone's balance within a month).
