Verizon Refund for $9.99 Ringaza Ringtone Unauthorized Charge: How to Get Your Money Back

Summary of post
This article is for you if you have been billed by Verizon, Alltel (or any mobile phone provider) for $9.99 subscription to Ringaza (or any ringtone provider) that you did not authorize or knowingly signed up for. I managed to get my money refunded by Verizon for these charges.

How I Fell For This Scam
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I do surveys online to try out new products and get paid doing so, and had positive experience with an online survey site Pandaresearch.com. Last month I clicked on a link on their website promising a free ringtone that brought me to a page requesting me to enter my mobile phone number so that the free ringtone could be delivered to me. I am extremely cautious about these 'free' deals, but have also successfully tried many new products via free trial periods that allow cancellation before the end of the free trial.

Since I didn't have to enter any credit card details, I thought it was safe, and I entered