I am a post paid subscriber. Before traveling abroad on 8th aug '18 i had availed international roaming @rs149 pm only to ensure that i get otps sent by sms by banks and similar institutions for enabling financial transactions. I have a local sim for my personal use while in the us since aug 8 and between that and skype calling, thus use of my cell for calls while on international roaming has been completely unnecessary.
For the months of aug, sep and oct i have been billed correctly but the latest bill (Nov) shows an abnormally high figure rs 2949.00. On verifying the billing details on the vodafone app and a subsequent phone call to customer care, i was informed that i have been charged for 2 calls of 7 min each, to one unknown number and another call of 5 seconds duration to yet another unknown number all on 14th nov!! However, please note that these calls were not made by me and hence i should not liable to pay for these. Further, on verification with 'truecaller' app, i note that both these numbers are reported as spam numbers and i wonder why vodafone systems didn’t prevent such calls in the first place to/from a spam number!
My family members and i have been vodafone customers for many years now and we are taken aback by this unprecedented billing despite prior planning and availing of a roaming package. I am very alarmed that my number is noted as having made these calls and that vodafone has no safeguards in place nor a way to address a known customer’s request for help when scrutiny into the account shows clearly that this is some misuse of my number by someone else or a glitch in your system.
On 25th oct'18 i had requested vodafone to enquire into this erroneous billing and send me a revised and corrected bill so that i can keep up my payment schedule. But till now (01-12-'18) vodafone has not even acknowledged the email or corrected the bill.
Jan 6, 2019
Complaint marked as Resolved
Vodafone India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Verified Support
Dec 05, 2018
Vodafone India Customer Care's response Hi Sivasankaran!
That's not the experience we want you to have :( We will call you shortly and get this sorted out!
Regards,
Vodafone India
Dec 15, 2018
Updated by Sivasankaran Nedungat Hello Vodafone,
Disappointed that I have not heard from you regarding my complaint despite assurances above. To the contrary, I have seen a reminder email to pay my bill!!!
Please note that I will not be paying this bill until this matter is satisfactorily resolved. Awaiting an email or call on my local US number provided above.
Thanks
N Sivasankaran
Thank you for your response. However as advised earlier, I am not taking any voice calls on my India mobile until 21 Dec when I am back in the country. You can try WhatsApp call or email. Please note I am still in the US and our present time zones differ by almost 12 hours.
My Chicago local number is +[protected].
Look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Sivasankaran
Thank you for your response. However as advised earlier, I am not taking any voice calls on my India mobile until 21 Dec when I am back in the country. You can try WhatsApp call or email. Please note I am still in the US and our present time zones differ by almost 12 hours.
My Chicago local number is +1(312)8689188.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Sivasankaran
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