Nokia's new phone becomes a billing killer, automatically sending international text messages

"The newly purchased Nokia phone, in less than 10 days of use, automatically sent 18 international text messages to Finland." The detailed billing statement provided by the mobile service hall shocked Ms. Xie, who lives in Pudong: "At first, I just thought I had mistakenly subscribed to an information value-added service that caused my bill to spike; I didn't expect it to be a problem with the phone." Ms. Xie bought this Nokia 6120 phone during the Golden Week holiday from a 3C store in Shanghai. However, despite not using the phone frequently, she found that the prepaid credit on her account was quickly depleting. After being reminded by a friend, Ms. Xie decided to check her billing records at the carrier's service hall, but the results shocked her: "The detailed statement showed that half an hour after purchasing the phone and inserting the SIM card, my phone sent the first text message to an unknown recipient with the number 00358408030320 located in Finland, Europe. Thereafter, my phone basically sent two text messages of the same length to this number every day, each costing 1 yuan..."