Stolen mobile used to buy Premium SMS Habbo Hotel Credits

"Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "DavidBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I'm writing this on behalf of my 17 year old daughter.
>>
>> Her mobile phone was stolen last month. Someone used it and ran up a
>> bill of over $400.00. When we received the bill we found that the thief
>> made premium SMS calls on the number 19942226 which were used to buy
>> credits from the Habbo Hotel. We believe that the person was someone
>> from my daughter's school.
>>
>> We're going to make out a police report and the police will require
>> details of the account. Does anyone know the legal situation and the
>> best way to approach it. There are privacy laws, but as this is a
>> criminal act can the police get details of the Habbo Hotel account
>> holder?
>
> Just make a police report and the police will do nothing.
>
> Pay the bill and move on

no, involve TISSC and TIO to attempt to avoid full repayment

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>> Cheers,
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> --
>> DavidBee
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thegoons <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> DavidBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm writing this on behalf of my 17 year old daughter.
>>
>>> Her mobile phone was stolen last month. Someone used it and
>>> ran up a bill of over $400.00. When we received the bill we found
>>> that the thief made premium SMS calls on the number 19942226
>>> which were used to buy credits from the Habbo Hotel. We believe
>>> that the person was someone from my daughter's school.
>>
>>> We're going to make out a police report and the police will require
>>> details of the account. Does anyone know the legal situation and the
>>> best way to approach it. There are privacy laws, but as this is a
>>> criminal act can the police get details of the Habbo Hotel account
>>> holder?
>>
>> Corse the cops can get any details they want when criminal activity
>> like theft is involved.
>>
> but pity that most of the time they couldn't be bothered, same as
> stolen handsets and tracking via IMEI

Irrelevant to his question.

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:17:07 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

> Horry <[email protected]> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> DavidBee <[email protected]> wrote
>
>>>> I'm writing this on behalf of my 17 year old daughter.
>
>>>> Her mobile phone was stolen last month. Someone used it and
>>>> ran up a bill of over $400.00. When we received the bill we found
>>>> that the thief made premium SMS calls on the number 19942226
>>>> which were used to buy credits from the Habbo Hotel. We believe
>>>> that the person was someone from my daughter's school.
>
>>>> We're going to make out a police report and the police will require
>>>> details of the account. Does anyone know the legal situation and the
>>>> best way to approach it. There are privacy laws, but as this is a
>>>> criminal act can the police get details of the Habbo Hotel account holder?
>
>>> Corse the cops can get any details they want when criminal activity like theft is involved.
>
>> Isn't "Habbo" based overseas? They may have an Australian arm,
>> but if my memory serves me correctly, they're based in the UK.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habbo_Hotel
>
>> If that's the case, he may have trouble convincing the cops here in
>> Australia to arrange for the British authorities to obtain and serve a
>> subpoena in London -- when the subject-matter of their investigation
>> is $400 worth of Habbo credit. (I doubt Habbo will cough up their
>> subscriber's details without some form of legal process.)
>
> We'll see...
>
> Its unlikely they would be stupid enough to require anything
> to be served in pomland etc with something so trivial.

Who's "they"?


>> My suggestion would be for the OP to fax a copy of the police
>> report to Habbo's head office, together with a letter explaining the
>> situation and requesting that the credit be refunded (enclosing a
>> copy of the phone bill highlighting the fraudulent purchases, etc).
>
>> He may well get fobbed off, but it'd be a better shot that expecting
>> the cops to start an trans-national investigation over $400.
>
> You havent established that any 'trans-national investigation' is involved with something so trivial.

Huh? It doesn't matter how "trivial" an investigation is. If it spans
more than one country, it's trans-national.

Horry <[email protected]> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Horry <[email protected]> wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> DavidBee <[email protected]> wrote

>>>>> I'm writing this on behalf of my 17 year old daughter.

>>>>> Her mobile phone was stolen last month. Someone used it and
>>>>> ran up a bill of over $400.00. When we received the bill we found
>>>>> that the thief made premium SMS calls on the number 19942226
>>>>> which were used to buy credits from the Habbo Hotel. We believe
>>>>> that the person was someone from my daughter's school.

>>>>> We're going to make out a police report and the police will require details
>>>>> of the account. Does anyone know the legal situation and the best way to
>>>>> approach it. There are privacy laws, but as this is a criminal act can the
>>>>> police get details of the Habbo Hotel account holder?

>>>> Corse the cops can get any details they want when criminal activity like theft is involved.

>>> Isn't "Habbo" based overseas? They may have an Australian arm,
>>> but if my memory serves me correctly, they're based in the UK.

>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habbo_Hotel

>>> If that's the case, he may have trouble convincing the cops here in
>>> Australia to arrange for the British authorities to obtain and serve
>>> a subpoena in London -- when the subject-matter of their investigation
>>> is $400 worth of Habbo credit. (I doubt Habbo will cough up their
>>> subscriber's details without some form of legal process.)

>> We'll see...

>> Its unlikely they would be stupid enough to require anything
>> to be served in pomland etc with something so trivial.

> Who's "they"?

Habbo.

>>> My suggestion would be for the OP to fax a copy of the police
>>> report to Habbo's head office, together with a letter explaining the
>>> situation and requesting that the credit be refunded (enclosing a
>>> copy of the phone bill highlighting the fraudulent purchases, etc).

>>> He may well get fobbed off, but it'd be a better shot that expecting
>>> the cops to start an trans-national investigation over $400.

>> You havent established that any 'trans-national investigation'
>> is involved with something so trivial.

> Huh? It doesn't matter how "trivial" an investigation is.
> If it spans more than one country, it's trans-national.

You havent extablished that Habbo would require anything trans national with something so trivial.

"thegoons" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "DavidBee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> I'm writing this on behalf of my 17 year old daughter.
>>>
>>> Her mobile phone was stolen last month. Someone used it and ran up a
>>> bill of over $400.00. When we received the bill we found that the thief
>>> made premium SMS calls on the number 19942226 which were used to buy
>>> credits from the Habbo Hotel. We believe that the person was someone
>>> from my daughter's school.
>>>
>>> We're going to make out a police report and the police will require
>>> details of the account. Does anyone know the legal situation and the
>>> best way to approach it. There are privacy laws, but as this is a
>>> criminal act can the police get details of the Habbo Hotel account
>>> holder?
>>
>> Just make a police report and the police will do nothing.
>>
>> Pay the bill and move on
>
> no, involve TISSC and TIO to attempt to avoid full repayment

under what grounds?
TISSC dont do Premium SMS
How is this a TIO matter?
>
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> DavidBee
>>> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
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