The provided URI scheme 'https' is invalid; expected 'http'. Parameter name: via

I am trying to make a WCF service over basicHttpBinding to be used over https. Here's my web.config:

<!-- language: xml -->
<service behaviorConfiguration="MyServices.PingResultServiceBehavior"
         name="MyServices.PingResultService">
    <endpoint address="" 
              binding="basicHttpBinding" 
              bindingConfiguration="defaultBasicHttpBinding"
              contract="MyServices.IPingResultService">
        <identity>
            <dns value="localhost" />
        </identity>
    </endpoint>
    <endpoint address="mex" 
              binding="mexHttpBinding" 
              contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
...

<bindings>
  <basicHttpBinding>
    <binding name="defaultBasicHttpBinding">
      <security mode="Transport">
        <transport clientCredentialType="None"/>
      </security>
    </binding>
  </basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
...
<behaviors>
  <serviceBehaviors>
    <behavior name="MyServices.UpdateServiceBehavior">
      <serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true" />
      <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
    </behavior>
  </serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>

I am connecting using WCFStorm which is able to retrieve all the meta data properly, but when I call the actual method I get:

The provided URI scheme 'https' is invalid; expected 'http'. Parameter name: via

Try adding message credentials on your app.config like:

<bindings> 
<basicHttpBinding> 
<binding name="defaultBasicHttpBinding"> 
  <security mode="Transport"> 
    <transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None" realm=""/> 
    <message clientCredentialType="Certificate" algorithmSuite="Default" />
  </security> 
</binding> 
</basicHttpBinding> 
</bindings> 

Adding this as an answer, just since you can't do much fancy formatting in comments.
I had the same issue, except I was creating and binding my web service client entirely in code.
Reason is the DLL was being uploaded into a system, which prohibited the use of config files.

Here is the code as it needed to be updated to communicate over SSL...

Public Function GetWebserviceClient() As WebWorker.workerSoapClient
    Dim binding = New BasicHttpBinding()
    binding.Name = "WebWorkerSoap"
    binding.CloseTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)
    binding.OpenTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)
    binding.ReceiveTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10)
    binding.SendTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)

    '// HERE'S THE IMPORTANT BIT FOR SSL
    binding.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.Transport

    Dim endpoint = New EndpointAddress("https://myurl/worker.asmx")

    Return New WebWorker.workerSoapClient(binding, endpoint)
End Function

Change from

<security mode="None">

to

<security mode="Transport">

in your web.config file. This change will allow you to use https instead of http