How to make economical calls at the expense of your interlocutor in Megafon

Perhaps all mobile communications users have at least once found themselves in a situation where, due to insufficient funds in their account, they are unable to call another subscriber. And there is no opportunity to replenish the balance in the near future.

This problem is of particular relevance, since sometimes the ability to reach the right subscriber is a vital issue. Especially for such cases, Megafon offers its clients the “call at the interlocutor’s expense” option. Let's look at it in more detail.

Connection (disconnection) and service management

The “Call at a friend’s expense” option does not require a connection. You can manage the service by sending an SMS with a certain text to number 5084:

• ​ON – if the subscriber agrees to pay for incoming calls;
• ​OFF – if the subscriber wants to prohibit receiving calls at his own expense;
• ​STATUS – to find out if the service is connected;
• ​otkaz – disable the service if there are no funds in the account;
• ​zakaz – activate the option to make calls if there is insufficient funds.

To protect yourself from the costs of paying for calls from unwanted contacts, create and edit a “black list” using SMS to number 5084:

• Stop 9ХХХХХХХХХ – disconnect the call at the expense of the interlocutor for this number;
• Delete 9ХХХХХХХХ – remove the user from the “black list”.

So that your family and friends can contact you if your balance is zero, create a “white list” by sending a message to number 5084:

• Yes 9ХХХХХХХХХ – command to allow a call for this number at the expense of the interlocutor;
• Delete 9ХХХХХХХХХ – remove the contact from the “white list”.

How to use a call at the expense of the interlocutor?

You can activate “Call at a friend’s expense” completely free and very simple. To do this, you need to enter at the beginning of the number you want to call (before the number, a simple combination - 000) and press the call button.

After picking up the phone, the owner of the number will be notified by the auto-informer that such and such a person wants to make a call at his expense. To confirm consent to pay for an incoming call, the subscriber will need to press the “1” key, after which he will connect with the interlocutor. If the owner of the number does not want to pay for the connection, he can simply cancel the call.

At the same time, a person who agrees to pay for a telephone conversation in this way should know that the cost of a minute of connection within the framework is 3 rubles, regardless of the current tariff plan. Therefore, if a subscriber is provided with cellular communication services on more favorable terms, then it would be wiser to drop the incoming call and call back yourself.

from Megafon

If you were unable to use the Call at the subscriber’s expense service, then send a request to call back. The service allows you to send a message to the number of any provider with a request to call back. Team and features:

• ​to send a request, dial *144*calling number#;
• ​no connection/disconnection required; the option is automatically available to all Megafon users;
• ​is provided free of charge;
• ​request limit – no more than 5 per day.

It is not recommended to respond to requests to call back from unknown numbers. Reply only to messages from familiar contacts.

Methods by which you can call at the expense of the interlocutor

Subscribers can make a call at the expense of the interlocutor on Megafon using one of three options: “Call me”, “Pay for me” and “Call at the expense of a Megafon friend”. Let's look at each option in more detail.

Call me

To contact the desired subscriber, you will need to send him a short message asking him to call back to the number specified in the CMC. Therefore, such messages are often popularly called “beggars.” To complete the request, dial the following command on your smartphone: *144*+7XXXXXXXXXX#. After this, an SMS will be sent to the phone of the called interlocutor, the text of which will contain a request to call back to the specified number.

The sender also receives a CMC notification that the message has been delivered.

The service is provided free of charge by the mobile operator, and the client can use it both to send requests to Megafon subscribers and to users of other Russian mobile operators.

During the day you can send no more than 5 “beggars”. You also need to be prepared for the fact that when using the option, a mailing list containing advertising is automatically activated.

Pay for me

is an alternative option for the “promised payment”, which cannot always be used due to the limits of the mobile operator. You can throw a beggar by typing the combination on the keyboard: *143*+7XXXXXXXXXX#.

A message will be sent to the subscriber’s phone asking the other party to top up your balance. In this case, the operator does not charge a fee for sending the request. You can use the service even with a minus balance.

A user can send 5 requests per day, and no more than 30 requests per month.

Call at a friend's expense

The “call at a friend’s expense on Megafon” option can be used as an alternative to the two previous methods. Its advantage is that you do not have to waste your time waiting for the other person to see and read the message. You can make a call at the expense of a Megafon subscriber by dialing 000, followed by the number of the called user.

Your call arrives on the other person’s phone, but first he is notified that he will have to pay for the conversation. If he agrees, the called user accepts the incoming call by pressing the number 1. A call at the expense of another subscriber is available even with a minus sign on the phone.

Requests to city network phones are not fulfilled.

The option allows you to make a call at a friend’s expense by contacting a subscriber of any operator with a request to top up your balance even if there are no funds in your account:

• ​to send a message, make a USSD request *143*addressee number#;
• ​activation/deactivation is not necessary;
• ​Use of the service is free;
• ​limit the number of requests – 5 per day, 30 per month.

Before topping up the balance of another number, make sure that it belongs to your friend or relative. Be alert when receiving such messages from unknown contacts.

Cost of service in Russia

There is no call charge for the user making the request.

One request for a Megafon subscriber receiving a call under the “call at a friend’s expense” option costs 3 rubles per minute of conversation within the home region.

An incoming call from another region will also cost 3 rubles per minute, with the exception of Sevastopol and the Crimean Peninsula. For them, the fee will be 10 rubles per minute of conversation.

The fee begins to be charged from the moment you connect with the interlocutor.

Control

All customers can do call barring at their own expense, and all subscribers should know how to answer a call at their own expense.

To ban such calls, you need to create an individual blacklist consisting of numbers that calls are often made for someone else’s money. To add a phone number to the list, the operator does not charge any money, and the process itself does not take much time. You should write a text message on your mobile phone and insert + into the body of the letter. This data must be sent to number 5084. After this, all subscribers who want to make a call at someone else’s expense will be banned from calling.

In addition, you can protect yourself from calls from specific numbers. To do this, you will also need to send a message, but in the body of the letter write + the number of the client whose access you want to restrict. After this, the text of the message is sent via short number 5084.

In order to remove a specific number from the blacklist, you will also need to send a text message to the same number, but write “+-number of the person from the list” in the body of the letter. In order to remove all people from the list at once, you need to send just the “-” symbol in the message. Clients can only add a certain number of numbers to the blacklist, which does not exceed 66.

To receive calls, subscribers will need to lift the handset, as with standard call reception. After the handset is picked up, the subscriber will hear information that the call is being made at his expense. This should be followed by a refusal or acceptance of the call. To refuse, you just need to hang up the call, and to accept, you need to press the number 1.

How to disable services

If the user does not want to pay for incoming calls with his own funds, he can easily refuse the service. There are several ways to disable the “call at a friend’s expense” option on Megafon:

• Through your personal account on the official Internet resource of the mobile operator. To do this, you need to select the appropriate tariff plan item.
• You can disable the service by using the help of employees of Megafon communication stores when visiting them in person.
• By calling the help desk at 0500. In this case, you will need to provide the call center employee with your passport details, which were indicated when concluding an agreement with the mobile operator.

Please note that if you disable the option in mobile operator stores, an additional fee may be charged.

Description of the service and its features

The first two services described are subject to the same terms and conditions and restrictions.

1. You can use the service no more than 5 times within 24 hours.
2. A maximum of 30 requests are allowed within one calendar month (30 or 31 days).
3. Each request is stored on the operator’s servers for no more than 12 hours; if no SMS was delivered during this time, the request is deleted.

The operator provides slightly different conditions for users of the Call service at the expense of the Megafon interlocutor. There are no restrictions on the frequency of use, frequency, number of calls per day, month - you can use this option constantly.

Similar services from the Megafon operator

“Promised payment” from Megafon

By requesting this function, Megafon credits a certain amount to your balance for a certain period. Then you can use the services of your operator without any problems. What amount will be credited to your balance depends on the length of time you use the operator, the region and the number of top-ups for a certain period. The amount ranges from 50 to 300 RUB.

How to activate the “Promised Payment” service:

• to do this, send a message to number 0006 indicating the amount (50, 100 or 300 RUB);
• You can also call the same number and get a top-up from Megafon;
• to receive money on credit, you can send a request with the combination *106#;
• You can also go to the Megafon website www.megafon.ru and place a loan order in your “Personal Account”.
• Find the “Services and tariff” section, select the “Change tariff options” item. Next, click on the “Promised payment” item;
• Then in the “Payments” line we indicate the required amount of money.

Using the “Promised Payment” service is a useful function for clients of this operator. You can top up your balance within 3 to 5 days, after which they will be automatically written off.

"Credit of trust" from Megafon

You can use it even if you have a negative balance. When the service is activated on your number, the credit amount shifts slightly: calls can be made even with a minus balance. The replenishment amount is calculated in the same way as with . The maximum accrual amount here increases from 50 to 1,700 rubles.

How to connect the service:

• you need to take your passport and go to the Megafon office, where you will contact a consultant with a request to activate the service. The loan amount is calculated for each subscriber individually, after which the function will become active;
• you can send an SMS with the text 1 to number 5138;
• also send a request with the combination *138# or *138#1#.

Each region has its own USSD request. They can be found on the official Megafon website.

from Megafon

To ask a friend to call you:

• dial the following USSD request *144*70000000000#, where 70000000000 is the number of the friend you want to contact;
• then press the call button;
• the subscriber will receive your message, and you will receive confirmation of its delivery.

from Megafon

You can use the service according to the following principle:

• dial the following USSD request *143*70000000000#, where 70000000000 is a friend’s number;
• press the call key;
• A friend receives a message asking him to top up his balance.

Distinctive features

Almost all major operators provide . True, each operator has its own characteristics. For Megafon it is:

1. Possibility of communication only between Megafon subscribers. Thus, you will not be able to contact a user of another operator using this method.
2. The subscriber at whose expense the call will be made receives a warning about this in advance. Therefore, if he cannot or does not want to pay for the call at his own expense, then he will have the opportunity to refuse this. In addition, you will be given the number of the subscriber who is calling you.
3. The distance of subscribers from each other does not matter: your interlocutor may even be in the opposite part of our planet. But the person who asks to pay for the call must only be in their home region, otherwise the service will not work.
4. The daily number of such calls for each person is limited: no more than 10 per day.
5. The call itself is absolutely free.

In addition, if you do not like this service at all and you do not want to be called at your expense, then Megafon solves this problem too. You can create a blacklist by adding from 1 to infinity numbers to it. That is, you can prohibit calls at your expense from a specific subscriber or from all subscribers in general.

Description

Only the MegaFon subscriber himself can answer this question, but at the same time it is definitely worth noting a very useful one. As the name of the option suggests, it allows you to contact another person, provided that the communication will be paid for by the interlocutor.

Thus, the proposed service is an excellent way out of the situation when there are no funds in the caller’s personal account, but he somehow wants to contact the subscriber from the address book. Of course, such an attractive option has a number of features and limitations that need to be taken into account before using it.

Alternative options

There is also another way to get out of a situation when there is no way to call a number, and the situation is critical. Megafon also has such a specific service as sending beggars. This is a request that you can send to someone close to you to top up your balance. Most likely, you will have to wait a little, because the person may not have the opportunity to pull you out of such a delicate situation right away, but then you can call him and thank him for his help, because you always need to stay in touch and the ability to send a call is a natural human need. Therefore, you should not despair in this situation.

Features and Limitations

And now it's time to turn to perhaps the most important thing. The following features and limitations apply:

• the option only works in a combination of MegaFon numbers;
• the service does not function when calling landline numbers;
• if there is insufficient funds, the option is automatically activated;
• making a call at the expense of a friend is only possible if he has a positive balance;
• the call is accepted after confirmation from the second party.

After studying the information presented, you can make a final conclusion for yourself as to whether it is worth using this option if there is no money in your personal account. If the answer is negative, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the list of alternative MegaFon offers.

Alternative solutions

If a conversation using such a service cannot be started, you can call using another route. There are several alternative options, each of which you can choose at your own discretion in case your friend or interlocutor ignores your call attempts.

How to call a Megafon subscriber at his expense

Obviously, the ability to make a call to another subscriber’s number with a negative balance is not limited to this option. Using Megafon, you can also send a beacon, that is, a request to call your number. It is also important when using this service to be in a place where communication is maintained, otherwise you simply will not succeed. Although it is best to monitor the state of your balance in order to avoid such excesses, because it is still better not to get into such situations. Although, of course, this can happen to absolutely anyone, and no one is immune from this.