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You've gotta love the interweb and folk like del hombre 'El Gringo' over at The Scream's forums. He not only dug deep, but presented the evidence well.
I thoroughly recommend checking it out: Mobile Privacy Service: £1.50 con to use TPS - That's the service run by scammers who themselves send out unsolicited crap (mostly of an 'adult' nature and often without any indication it's a premium message from a company, not a person).
I guess it'll have to be an open letter instead, so here goes:
Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Now, is there any chance of having my money back? Oh, and why did you do this twice to me? That's not cricket is it?
Hopefully you'll do the gentlemanly thing and give me my money back and compensate me generously for the huge inconvenience. I mean it is obtaining goods by deception, isn't it? Although in my case I wasn't deceived, I simply was unfortunate enough to have a mobile phone and live in the UK.
I might pop in to Oxford or Marlow at some point, I have friends in the area. I might stop by. Maybe with Thames Valley Tonight or maybe just with friends.
Cheers dud, (no I didn't make a spelling mistake)
Anthony
http://freshplastic.vox.com
I've just received a letter from the company that overlooks premium rate phone services in the UK, PhonepayPlus. I say 'company' as that's what they are, they're not a Government regulator - no, they're a non-profit making company made up of the companies they regulate.
Now to the letter I received and why...
The main points in the above are:
- PhonepayPlus received 90 complaints
- Spread Media were found in breach of the Code of Practice
- The company were Fined £20,000
- 'A 6 month bar on premium rate services promoted by reverse billed SMS...'
- Those wishing to get their money back need to handover their full name and address as well as a copy of their phone bill to the fraudsters (contacting them either by premium rate phone number or by snail mail)
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand £20,000 isn't enough but on the other, other companies have gotten away with just £500 fines for similar breaches. The letter is a bit sketchy as regards to the details and how they came up with their conclusion as well as their fine. Instead they leave most of the juicy bits for the website HERE. It looks like Spread Media weren't the only shady company involved in this - I'll be delving deeper into this at a later date.
What exactly will the 6 month 'bar' mean to the company and the guy that runs it? Maybe he just needs to set up another company (he's had lots of practice). Where does it leave this little gem? That's way too funny and will need its own post!
Do PhonepayPlus really think it's a good idea for those of us scammed to hand over our full names, addresses and phone records to a company that clearly can't be trusted? It's bad enough they stole money from us, should we set up friends, family and colleagues for a future scam? And would you want to hand over your details to a man who's just lost £20,000 partly because of you? Yeah, I figured not!
Thinking out loud... there were 90 complainants - how many more were conned and:
- didn't realise it
- thought they'd subbed to the service when drunk
- thought their friends had subbed to the service for a laugh
- thought their kids had subbed to the service (and gave 'em a right rollicking over it)
- had no idea who to complain to
- sent STOP and couldn't be bothered to complain as they didn't have the time to chase it up?
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