Complaint against: www.Funchatting.com

This is a Consumer Alert! To all Parents of children who have cell phones.

Today I discovered that a company called www.FunChatting.com was sending sexually suggestive text messages to my 11 year old son's cell phone. They send these messages several times per day, and for each message that they send, or to which you reply, they charge you $1.99 to your wireless bill. My 11 year old son states that he unknowingly subscribed to the service when he saw a TV advertisement on the FOX network while he was watching cartoons. The Advertisement instructed him to send a text message to a code number and enter the word "FUN" - what kid watching cartoons could resist that? Well, since that time he has been exposed to scores of age inappropriate lewd text messages, and I am stuck with a very large cell phone bill. When I contacted my cell phone company they said that I would have to pay the entire bill, and that the FCC laws prohibited them from blocking the unsolicited expensive text messages. This is criminal! Shame on TV networks for allowing this company to advertise to our children who are watching cartoons! Shame on our wireless providers for sticking us with charges we did not authorize! Shame on FunChatting.com for praying upon our children and not verifying if the subscriber is 18 years of age or older, or if the subscriber is responsible for paying the bill!

Robin A. Eckert, MD

Medical Director

Laguna Center for Integrative Medicine

105 Crescent Bay Dr., Suite #D

Laguna Beach, CA 92651

(949) 725-0000

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