Ais Scam

[crusty]

Just lately the balance on my 12call card has been mysteriously disappearing. Normally I get a balance warning just after making a call, but now the AIS no.02271900 will randomly send me a message requesting me to replenish my account. This is now happening on a daily basis within 6 hours of topping up my account and having made just a couple of local calls. Does anyone else have this problem and is there a contact to report this ? Methinks Wacky Tacky is up to his old tricks or running short of moolah

[justinnsamui]

I have seen Thai girls transfer credit from one phone to another, your missus may be stealing it!

[saintofsilence]

what type of phone is it sounds like you may have a data drain

[little_muppet]

check on ur edge or gps it might be on all the time.

i use monthly paid package 200 B, call free 200 mins in any provider . after the 200th mins charge 1.50 B/ mins. i think its pretty suit me coz some month i only paid 245 B lol

[Totster]

I have seen Thai girls transfer credit from one phone to another, your missus may be stealing it!

*140 is the balance transfer access - it will send an SMS to the sender and recipient detailing the transfer. The sender must call from the phone number the balance is being transferred from, so it is unlikely this is happening.

Data drain is more likley

totster

[xen]

I don't know if it is connected but when i used 12Call i would recharge with 100 and get a credit of 80 on my phone. It is quite common from what i hear, Not a great deal of money but it all adds up But it was the <deleted> attitude of AIS that made me change to DTAC .

[The Vulcan]

You can check your GPRS as follows:-

*129# for checking status

*129#1 turns it on

*129#2 turns it off

Hope this helps

[sbk]

moving to mobile phones forum, I believe this has been covered there already

[dantilley]

*140 is the balance transfer access

How does it work exactly? I've seen women selling credit on the street by On Nut, guess they must be doing it by using *140 somehow, never managed to peer at their screen for long enough to figure out exactly how it's being done though...

*140*[RECIPIENT'S PHONE NUMBER]*[CREDIT AMOUNT]# would be my best guess, is this correct?

[crusty]

I don't know if it is connected but when i used 12Call i would recharge with 100 and get a credit of 80 on my phone. It is quite common from what i hear, Not a great deal of money but it all adds up But it was the <deleted> attitude of AIS that made me change to DTAC .

Thanks guys but I have just returned from the AIS counter at Tesco/Lotus and they can see on their computer, I was billed for a "Promotion Buffet' at Baht 199. Gawd knows what that means or how it got there, but it meant everytime I inserted B100, it would be automatically deducted until the B199 was paid off. They have now removed me from this promotion and while I was there I told them to remove me from their annoying SMS promotion messages at 6am every morning. Perhaps in my sleep I pressed the wrong button. Apparently this is not uncommon, as my staff told me there was a big stink over it on Thai Channel 9. Beware !

[joe84330]

sounds like data drain as mentioned above. you might have push notifications turned on or a dozen other things if you have a smart phone.

[dantilley]

Thanks guys but I have just returned from the AIS counter at Tesco/Lotus and they can see on their computer, I was billed for a "Promotion Buffet' at Baht 199. Gawd knows what that means or how it got there, but it meant everytime I inserted B100, it would be automatically deducted until the B199 was paid off. They have now removed me from this promotion and while I was there I told them to remove me from their annoying SMS promotion messages at 6am every morning. Perhaps in my sleep I pressed the wrong button. Apparently this is not uncommon, as my staff told me there was a big stink over it on Thai Channel 9. Beware !

Ah, those counters will do that will they? I'm going there today...

[joe84330]

I don't know if it is connected but when i used 12Call i would recharge with 100 and get a credit of 80 on my phone. It is quite common from what i hear, Not a great deal of money but it all adds up But it was the <deleted> attitude of AIS that made me change to DTAC .

Thanks guys but I have just returned from the AIS counter at Tesco/Lotus and they can see on their computer, I was billed for a "Promotion Buffet' at Baht 199. Gawd knows what that means or how it got there, but it meant everytime I inserted B100, it would be automatically deducted until the B199 was paid off. They have now removed me from this promotion and while I was there I told them to remove me from their annoying SMS promotion messages at 6am every morning. Perhaps in my sleep I pressed the wrong button. Apparently this is not uncommon, as my staff told me there was a big stink over it on Thai Channel 9. Beware !

oops, looks like i was writing that out my response while you were posting. so much for data drain but at least you got it sorted. for now.

[Totster]

*140 is the balance transfer access

How does it work exactly? I've seen women selling credit on the street by On Nut, guess they must be doing it by using *140 somehow, never managed to peer at their screen for long enough to figure out exactly how it's being done though...

*140*[RECIPIENT'S PHONE NUMBER]*[CREDIT AMOUNT]# would be my best guess, is this correct?

Dial *140 press call - follow the instructions, menus are in thai and english

totster

[Tropicalevo]

Thanks guys but I have just returned from the AIS counter at Tesco/Lotus and they can see on their computer, I was billed for a "Promotion Buffet' at Baht 199. Gawd knows what that means or how it got there, but it meant everytime I inserted B100, it would be automatically deducted until the B199 was paid off. They have now removed me from this promotion and while I was there I told them to remove me from their annoying SMS promotion messages at 6am every morning. Perhaps in my sleep I pressed the wrong button. Apparently this is not uncommon, as my staff told me there was a big stink over it on Thai Channel 9. Beware !

Ah, those counters will do that will they? I'm going there today...

I got the girls at the counter to stop all Thai spam messages to my number. Really quiet now

Also - if you have an account with them you can store all of your phone numbers with them (in case you loose your phone).

[Totster]

Thanks guys but I have just returned from the AIS counter at Tesco/Lotus and they can see on their computer, I was billed for a "Promotion Buffet' at Baht 199. Gawd knows what that means or how it got there, but it meant everytime I inserted B100, it would be automatically deducted until the B199 was paid off. They have now removed me from this promotion and while I was there I told them to remove me from their annoying SMS promotion messages at 6am every morning. Perhaps in my sleep I pressed the wrong button. Apparently this is not uncommon, as my staff told me there was a big stink over it on Thai Channel 9. Beware !

Ah, those counters will do that will they? I'm going there today...

I got the girls at the counter to stop all Thai spam messages to my number. Really quiet now

Also - if you have an account with them you can store all of your phone numbers with them (in case you loose your phone).

you can stop it straight from the phone there is a menu that says summat like aislive(can't remember exactly), can be switched off straight from there

totster

[crusty]

Thanks guys but I have just returned from the AIS counter at Tesco/Lotus and they can see on their computer, I was billed for a "Promotion Buffet' at Baht 199. Gawd knows what that means or how it got there, but it meant everytime I inserted B100, it would be automatically deducted until the B199 was paid off. They have now removed me from this promotion and while I was there I told them to remove me from their annoying SMS promotion messages at 6am every morning. Perhaps in my sleep I pressed the wrong button. Apparently this is not uncommon, as my staff told me there was a big stink over it on Thai Channel 9. Beware !

Ah, those counters will do that will they? I'm going there today...

Aaagggghhh ! They cancelled the Baht 199 "Promotion Buffet" I had been debited and paid for, but did not credit my 12Call account !

[lomatopo]

IME (~ 6 years) One-2-Call is brilliant with account management, communication and customer service. I have a recurring GPRS package and they always send an SMS a few days before it will expire/renew, just to give you a heads up to make sure you have enough credit, then they send an SMS when the package renews.

I understand that not everyone has had similarly positive experiences.

[TheLaughingMan]

You can check your GPRS as follows:-

*129# for checking status

*129#1 turns it on

*129#2 turns it off

Hope this helps

I just got the iphone 4 and right away started draining minutes, not jailbroken , EVERYTHING turned off in options, Ive been keeping minute usage down on an iphone for 4 years so know all the tricks but... the iphone 4 still was leaking. So I called those numbers and it looks promising, it seems a feature that you can dial to turn it on and off except the numbers for me (AIS) were:

*129# to check

*129*1# to turn off

*129*2# to turn on

[lomatopo]

FWIW you can review your current calling plan, all promotions and make changes by dialing *777 (press 1 for English); you can call customer service at 1175 (press 2 for English-speaking CSRs). You can also review your account, and make changes, on-line using the e-Services link (top right corner of web-site; you request a PIN, it gets sent to your phone (this works even if you are roaming internationally), then you log-in, where you can do many things with your account.

January, 2011 promotions

edited to add:

you can check current balance and expiration: *121# SEND and current data status: *139# SEND

*140 Options

Edited January 10, 2011 by lomatopo