London - A father has been left with a £1 792 phone bill after his daughter downloaded hundreds of videos – on how to make loom bands.
Ten-year-old Trinity Groves racked up the bill over two weeks after the wifi stopped working in the family home in Shrewsbury. Her father Philip, 35, was unaware his daughter had been using Vodafone’s premium rates for internet access to watch YouTube videos.
Groves was stunned when his September bill revealed he had been charged £1 411.
He phoned Vodafone to protest and cancel his contract, but was dealt a further blow when the company added a £381 cancellation fee. His latest bill, which he received on October 15, stands at £1 792.84.
Groves, a roofer, said: “Now they are threatening to take me to court - it’s frightening.”
Vodafone said it would investigate the matter. - Daily Mail