Texting Scam Settled by NYS AG

By Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.
September 17, 2012Updated: October 1, 2015
A contestant is seen here texting in an early round during the 6th Annual LG US National Texting Championship August 8, 2012 in New York's Times Square
A contestant is seen here texting in an early round during the 6th Annual LG US National Texting Championship August 8, 2012 in New York's Times Square. (STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
In an investigation Game Theory LLC was found to have sent spam text messages to over 150,000 New Yorkers with links that signed the recipients up for texting servicing costing $9.99 a month.

The California-based mobile content company has agreed to pay $500,000 in penalties and exit the text messaging business, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced in a release Saturday.

“There is no legitimate purpose for scams that deceive New Yorkers, and we will continue the fight to protect people’s privacy and their hard earned money” Schneiderman said in the release. “As a result of this settlement, Game Theory is out of the texting business for good, and this corporation will be held accountable for its conduct.”

The recipients of the text messages often paid for the Game Theory texting services they did not use for months before they realized they had been signed up.

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