Mobile phone subscription trap: How to protect yourself

If you fall into a subscription trap on your cell phone, it can quickly become expensive. To prevent this from happening in the first place, we show you in this article how to protect yourself against subscription traps on your mobile phone.

Block third-party providers on your cell phone

The best way to protect yourself against unwanted costs and subscription traps is to block third-party providers from your mobile operator. Then they can no longer use WAP billing. This practical tip shows you how to block third-party providers.

• By blocking third-party providers, nobody can charge money on your mobile phone bill. So you can prevent any unwanted subscription in advance. Attention: If you want to book something with your mobile phone bill afterwards, this is no longer possible. To do this, you must have third parties activated again.
• You can block third-party providers via your mobile operator's hotline. This is usually free and doesn't take long.
• If you fell into a subscription trap before the block, it is not affected. So act sooner rather than later.

Subscription trap - what to do if it is already too late?

If you accidentally subscribe, you don't need to panic. Here we explain step by step how to cancel it. Then don't forget to have third parties blocked for your mobile phone number.

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