Cell Phone Ringtones: Don’t Get Scammed

I was happy with the free that my cell phone came with, but eventually I became tired of all the included ring tones and decided that it would be nice to download something I really like. I mean I’ve heard my friends’ phones ringing with personalized tones, a different one for each and every friend that calls, but the cost of premium adds up pretty quickly. I decided I’d be supremely happy with just one new default ringtone if and only if I could find something I really liked.

That’s when I thought of the artist I’d like to have as my ringtone. I decided that if I could even find a Skinny Puppy ringtone I would pay to download that. I thought it was quite unlikely that I’d be able to find a ring tone by this group amongst all the more popular err culture songs that are hot right now. But alas I was able to find not just spam websites with ‘skinny puppy’ links but a cell phone ring tone site that had samples and download links for three different Skinny Puppy songs.

I was so excited to find the ring tone I’d been in search of that I quickly click-clicked and was on my way to downloading the ring tone to my T-Mobile cell phone –or so I thought. When I went to complete the final download portion I got an error page. After trying several more times with no luck I finally gave up. I resolutely decided I’d get my $2 back some other time and worst case scenario: was just out $2.

Then I got my cell phone bill. Not only had I been charged for the ring tone that never worked, but there was a $10 recurring charge –set to occur each and every month. It turns out that in the fine print of the ringtone site I’d visited there is a clause stipulating that downloading

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