The Daily Telegraph | Victims of SMS spam scam
The Daily Telegraph Victims of SMS spam scam: "Victims of SMS spam scam
By JOSH MASSOUD
January 02, 2006
UNSUSPECTING mobile phone users are being ripped off for hundreds of dollars a month via premium-rate SMS scams.
Touting anything from horoscopes to weather updates, the messages are being sent unsolicited to handsets at a cost of up to $3 each.
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman told The Daily Telegraph complaints about unwanted texts jumped from 132 to 1807 in the past year.
'The increase is due to the increased popularity of premium-rate SMS services and what appears to be a lack of regulation of these services,' the TIO noted in its latest report.
A TIO spokesman said victims were left with large bills for a service they believe they had not requested. "
By JOSH MASSOUD
January 02, 2006
UNSUSPECTING mobile phone users are being ripped off for hundreds of dollars a month via premium-rate SMS scams.
Touting anything from horoscopes to weather updates, the messages are being sent unsolicited to handsets at a cost of up to $3 each.
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman told The Daily Telegraph complaints about unwanted texts jumped from 132 to 1807 in the past year.
'The increase is due to the increased popularity of premium-rate SMS services and what appears to be a lack of regulation of these services,' the TIO noted in its latest report.
A TIO spokesman said victims were left with large bills for a service they believe they had not requested. "
posted by Adrian Eyre at 9:23 AM
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psst...
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