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Catherine Furze

Furious sports fans hit out after being charged five times by BT Sport

Sports fans are being warned to check their bank accounts, after a 'technical issue' left some families £100 out of pocket earlier this week.

BT Sport has apologised to customers after 'technical issues' led to customers being charged up to five times their regular £25 fee for their monthly passes, leading to an angry deluge of social media posts, with many people saying they had been shocked to see five separate debits from their bank account.

@hannasnowdon said on Twitter : "You have taken my monthly payment today but you keep taking it! You have taken it four times so far today! Please help can’t get anywhere with online chat," while @KeeKee74690889 asked: "Care to enlighten me why you’ve taken 4x £25 payment from me within the last 2 hours? Are you going to keep taking them every 30 minutes for the rest of the day? I have 0 emails from bt."

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