Alright, before people start shouting about how illegal that is, I am the victim and am trying to research how it could've happened.
I have had a cell phone for 3 years now, been real nice to have when driving back and forth across state 2 or 3 hr drives.
Recently, Sept's bill, I went from my normal 40-70 min of total usage to 356 min. Holy sh!t batman! That took my complete surprise. The bill claims I made almost 60 calls. I began to think about that, that is 2 calls a day average. But, the only 2 places I need to call on my cell phone are my parent's house and my girlfriend across state at college. Both long distance from my home phone, but not on my cell. Now, I am thinking, I go see my gf or she comes up here every weekend. That takes away 8 days of the 30 day month, pushing the call average to 2-3 calls a day. Now, I can specifically remember some busy days where I wasn't near my phone all day long. This is beginning to smell fishy to me more and more. But, I paid the bill for now and pretty much quit using my phone totally.
I get my next month's bill 3 days ago. 256 min !!!
I am already getting worried. I know I pretty much quit using my phone altogether and now I am getting hammered on my phone bill because of this. I have already called my cell phone company and am demanding a detailed bill of every single call coming and going from my phone for the last two months (my phone company got bought out and now doesn't give detailed billing standard, it costs you $3)
So, I am curious how easy or difficult it is to scan for a cell phone number and what I can do to prevent it from happening (again) at all. The phone was a 3 year old Audiovox analog only cell phone, so no digital encryption or anything like it.
Thanks.
I have had a cell phone for 3 years now, been real nice to have when driving back and forth across state 2 or 3 hr drives.
Recently, Sept's bill, I went from my normal 40-70 min of total usage to 356 min. Holy sh!t batman! That took my complete surprise. The bill claims I made almost 60 calls. I began to think about that, that is 2 calls a day average. But, the only 2 places I need to call on my cell phone are my parent's house and my girlfriend across state at college. Both long distance from my home phone, but not on my cell. Now, I am thinking, I go see my gf or she comes up here every weekend. That takes away 8 days of the 30 day month, pushing the call average to 2-3 calls a day. Now, I can specifically remember some busy days where I wasn't near my phone all day long. This is beginning to smell fishy to me more and more. But, I paid the bill for now and pretty much quit using my phone totally.
I get my next month's bill 3 days ago. 256 min !!!
I am already getting worried. I know I pretty much quit using my phone altogether and now I am getting hammered on my phone bill because of this. I have already called my cell phone company and am demanding a detailed bill of every single call coming and going from my phone for the last two months (my phone company got bought out and now doesn't give detailed billing standard, it costs you $3)
So, I am curious how easy or difficult it is to scan for a cell phone number and what I can do to prevent it from happening (again) at all. The phone was a 3 year old Audiovox analog only cell phone, so no digital encryption or anything like it.
Thanks.
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