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OffferPal Media and SuperRewards and now Google, are powering scams with SMS-subscription offers that trick users into putting long term subscriptions on their mobile phones.
Tap Defense, an iphone game created by TapJoy, contained multiple version of the SMS subscription scam. The SMS offers were being run by Offerpal.
While on other platforms users are offered virtual currency in exchange for answering a quiz or some other seemingly harmless offer. Bu...