Once again, the scammers are trying to extort money with the help of the SMS Premium service. This time, they try to get the phone users to send a paid SMS-a, in order to "disable" the.

Fraudsters first send a false SMS message informing about the activation of the Local Weather service. The daily cost for maintaining the service is 1.23 PLN (including VAT tax).

In order to deactivate the service the users are instructed to send an additional SMS, under the number 92578, containing the fallowing text: TC.NP.STOP. The fraudsters “forgot” to add that the cost of such an SMS excides 30 PLN.

It is worth blocking the Premium service. In order to do so, the users should fallow the fallowing insructions:
1. Reply to any unwanted texts with “STOP” or “STOP ALL”.
2. Contact your mobile network provider to complain and ask them to add a bar to your phone to stop unwanted premium rate text messages.
3. Complain to the premium rate text company responsible. If it is hard to locate the company, you can use the PhonepayPlus Number Checker, which will provide the name and contact details for the company running the service.