More SPAM?

"Snapper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed wrote...
>
>> be shafted if they choose to ignore our law. Most obviously with the
>> operations that are entirely overseas based and so arguably dont have
>> any legal obligation to comply with our law and no way thats practical
>> to take any action against them even if the authoritys decide to bother.
>
> What about the companies that they're selling products for here in
> Australia?

yes, they have to obide by DNC register

> We get calls all the time regarding mobile phones. These originate from
> OS,
> usually India or whereever. But the products that they're selling have to
> be
> from here. So why not go those pricks? They are just using the call centre
> as
> their agents.

So are you on DNC register?

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"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Snapper <[email protected]> wrote
>> brian w edginton wrote
>
>>> A query for the techies.....is it possible that spam
>>> can be directed to specific geographic areas?
>
>> You, like me, have had your number plucked
>> out of possibly a random number thingy.
>
> It looks more likely he was targetted geographically.
>
> Its certainly technically feasible for the system to work out
> which mobiles are working thru particular mobile bases.

no its not

"John Henderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> It looks more likely he was targetted geographically.
>>
>> Its certainly technically feasible for the system to work out
>> which mobiles are working thru particular mobile bases.
>
> That suggests Optus is selling the info (about who is where)
> based on its internal location registers. There are some
> legitimate privacy issues in doing this.

load of mass hysteria

>> > That suggests Optus is selling the info (about who is where)
>> > based on its internal location registers.
>>
>> Not necessarily. They could be just delivering the spam SMS
>> to the mobiles that their system knows are in a particular area.
>
> How would they know this?
>
> There used to be a geographical link to mobile numbers when they first
> come out.
> The phone's home cell had the area code in the number, but that quickly
> fell by
> the wayside as the takeup of mobiles got greater.

On GSM, the geographic link was never smaller than state-based

"John Henderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Snapper wrote:
>
>> Rod Speed wrote...
>>
>>> > That suggests Optus is selling the info (about who is
>>> > where) based on its internal location registers.
>>>
>>> Not necessarily. They could be just delivering the spam SMS
>>> to the mobiles that their system knows are in a particular
>>> area.
>>
>> How would they know this?
>
> google for "home location register" and "visitor location
> register".

WHICH SPAMMERS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, YOU FOOLS
>
> John

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:21:41 GMT, "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"brian w edginton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> ....have had a GSM service from Optus for years.
>> I live in a rural area and had never had spam calls or messages.
>> Recently, I was in town (Lismore NSW) on a rare visit.
>> Had a voice call telling me I "might have won a $60 betting voucher".
>> Terminated, immediately.
>>
>> A query for the techies.....is it possible that spam can be directed
>> to specific geographic areas?
>
>no.
>
>a mobile number is a mobile number. its non geographic
>s
>


So, I guess, it was a simple fluke that I got my only spam in several
years while I was in a town area.

Thanks.

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needed, any more.

Michael wrote...

> So are you on DNC register?

I am now.

Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> "John Henderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Snapper wrote:
>>
>>> Rod Speed wrote...
>>>
>>>>> That suggests Optus is selling the info (about who is
>>>>> where) based on its internal location registers.
>>>>
>>>> Not necessarily. They could be just delivering the spam SMS
>>>> to the mobiles that their system knows are in a particular
>>>> area.
>>>
>>> How would they know this?
>>
>> google for "home location register" and "visitor location
>> register".
>
> WHICH SPAMMERS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, YOU FOOLS

THEY DONT NEED TO, YOU STUPID PIG IGNORANT DRUG CRAZED DUNNY CLEANING ****WIT CHILD.

Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Snapper <[email protected]> wrote
>>> brian w edginton wrote
>>
>>>> A query for the techies.....is it possible that spam
>>>> can be directed to specific geographic areas?
>>
>>> You, like me, have had your number plucked
>>> out of possibly a random number thingy.
>>
>> It looks more likely he was targetted geographically.
>>
>> Its certainly technically feasible for the system to work out
>> which mobiles are working thru particular mobile bases.
>
> no its not

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you have
never ever had a ****ing clue about anything at all, ever.

Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> "brian w edginton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> ....have had a GSM service from Optus for years.
>> I live in a rural area and had never had spam calls or messages.
>> Recently, I was in town (Lismore NSW) on a rare visit.
>> Had a voice call telling me I "might have won a $60 betting voucher".
>> Terminated, immediately.
>>
>> A query for the techies.....is it possible that spam can be directed
>> to specific geographic areas?

> no.

Yep.

> a mobile number is a mobile number. its non geographic

Irrelevant to whether it can be done anyway.