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- 01-05-2006, 05:49 AM #1Daniel BowenGuest
Not sure if this has been posted yet (I haven't been reading during my
break) but if you received an unexpected lame Christmas joke by SMS, check
your phone bill... it probably cost you $3.50. I got two, and sure enough my
bill arrived today including $7.00 of charges for it, so I'll be ringing my
provider tomorrow.
Much info in the Whirlpool thread:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=446360
Daniel
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Daniel Bowen
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- 01-06-2006, 12:45 AM #2MichaelGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
"Daniel Bowen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not sure if this has been posted yet (I haven't been reading during my
> break) but if you received an unexpected lame Christmas joke by SMS, check
> your phone bill... it probably cost you $3.50. I got two, and sure enough
my
> bill arrived today including $7.00 of charges for it, so I'll be ringing
my
> provider tomorrow.
You ring the "content provider" of the SMS listed on your bill, not your
mobile service provider
- 01-06-2006, 12:49 AM #3MichaelGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
"Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Daniel Bowen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Not sure if this has been posted yet (I haven't been reading during my
> > break) but if you received an unexpected lame Christmas joke by SMS,
check
> > your phone bill... it probably cost you $3.50. I got two, and sure
enough
> my
> > bill arrived today including $7.00 of charges for it, so I'll be ringing
> my
> > provider tomorrow.
>
> You ring the "content provider" of the SMS listed on your bill, not your
> mobile service provider
I read the Whirlpool web site, quite interesting.
I'm interested in the number quarantine situation . . . if I subscribe and
then get disconnected . . . it is claimed that the SMSes will continue and
the next owner will eb charged. Wonder if that is true. I suspect so
- 01-06-2006, 02:38 AM #4KwyjiboGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
"Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> "Daniel Bowen" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>> Not sure if this has been posted yet (I haven't been reading during
>> my break) but if you received an unexpected lame Christmas joke by
>> SMS, check your phone bill... it probably cost you $3.50. I got two,
>> and sure enough my bill arrived today including $7.00 of charges for
>> it, so I'll be ringing my provider tomorrow.
>
> You ring the "content provider" of the SMS listed on your bill, not
> your mobile service provider
Funny how the TIO don't see it that way, and rightly so.
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- 01-06-2006, 04:59 AM #5KwyjiboGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
"Horace Wachope ." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:38:32 +1100, Kwyjibo wrote:
>
>> "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]
>>> "Daniel Bowen" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> message news:[email protected]...
>>>> Not sure if this has been posted yet (I haven't been reading during
>>>> my break) but if you received an unexpected lame Christmas joke by
>>>> SMS, check your phone bill... it probably cost you $3.50. I got
>>>> two, and sure enough my bill arrived today including $7.00 of
>>>> charges for it, so I'll be ringing my provider tomorrow.
>>>
>>> You ring the "content provider" of the SMS listed on your bill, not
>>> your mobile service provider
>>
>> Funny how the TIO don't see it that way, and rightly so.
>
> And funny how the law doesn't see it Michael's way either.
And even funnier how people with an IQ above 30 never see anything Michael's
way.
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Kwyj
- 01-06-2006, 08:21 AM #6budgieGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:59:46 +1100, "Kwyjibo" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"Horace Wachope ." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]
>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:38:32 +1100, Kwyjibo wrote:
>>
>>> "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]
>>>> "Daniel Bowen" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> message news:[email protected]...
>>>>> Not sure if this has been posted yet (I haven't been reading during
>>>>> my break) but if you received an unexpected lame Christmas joke by
>>>>> SMS, check your phone bill... it probably cost you $3.50. I got
>>>>> two, and sure enough my bill arrived today including $7.00 of
>>>>> charges for it, so I'll be ringing my provider tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> You ring the "content provider" of the SMS listed on your bill, not
>>>> your mobile service provider
>>>
>>> Funny how the TIO don't see it that way, and rightly so.
>>
>> And funny how the law doesn't see it Michael's way either.
>
>
>And even funnier how people with an IQ above 30 never see anything Michael's
>way.
Crikey! Are you inferring the law has an IQ >30?
- 01-07-2006, 09:01 AM #7MikeGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
Michael wrote:
> You ring the "content provider" of the SMS listed on your bill, not your
> mobile service provider
Bollocks. They are the scammers.
If your phone company doesn't sort it immediately, call the TIO.
It worked for me. Don't waste your time.
- 01-07-2006, 11:10 AM #8Dean CollinsGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
yep, this is what the TIO is set up for. With only 4 carriers the should
have pulled this immediately as a scam and then had the carriers do a bulk
refund.
this messing around is bull****.
Dean
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Michael wrote:
>> You ring the "content provider" of the SMS listed on your bill, not your
>> mobile service provider
>
> Bollocks. They are the scammers.
> If your phone company doesn't sort it immediately, call the TIO.
> It worked for me. Don't waste your time.
>
>
- 01-08-2006, 11:02 PM #9Daniel BowenGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
"Simon Templar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Daniel Bowen wrote:
>> My mobile provider billed me. The bill contains a billing enquiries
>> number. The information on the bill contained no information about how to
>> contact the content provider (which remember, I didn't request). All it
>> had was: "2 19900025 MT $7.00".
>>
>> So I rang the mobile provider. They credited the $7 back to my account,
>> and gave me contact details for the content provider.
>>
>> Daniel
>
> Maybe the details of the content provider should be posted here so they
> get the message that ripping people off will not be tolerated.
There's a couple of different companies involved, as one provided the SMS
services for another. Sorry I don't have the direct link/details handy just
now, but the Whirlpool thread on this topic makes for interesting reading...
if you look through it, they tracked the culprits down.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=446360
Daniel
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Daniel Bowen
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.danielbowen.com/
- 01-09-2006, 10:21 AM #10MJTGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
Daniel said....
> My mobile provider billed me. The bill contains a billing enquiries
> number. The information on the bill contained no information about how
> to contact the content provider (which remember, I didn't request). All
> it had was: "2 19900025 MT $7.00".
I'm coming into this thread late. I'm curious as to how you can receive
an unsolicited message and then be charged for it.
Or am I reading this wrong? If so, what's the go here?
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- 01-10-2006, 05:02 AM #11Daniel BowenGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
"MJT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Daniel said....
>> My mobile provider billed me. The bill contains a billing enquiries
>> number. The information on the bill contained no information about how
>> to contact the content provider (which remember, I didn't request). All
>> it had was: "2 19900025 MT $7.00".
>
> I'm coming into this thread late. I'm curious as to how you can receive
> an unsolicited message and then be charged for it.
>
> Or am I reading this wrong? If so, what's the go here?
Nup, you got it. Weakness of the premium SMS system, I'd say.
Full details/more reading:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=446360
Daniel
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Daniel Bowen
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.danielbowen.com/
- 01-10-2006, 08:40 AM #12Dean CollinsGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
Premium is an opt-in only service....this company will be closed down and
prosecuted unless they can document and produce where people have opted-in
for this service.
the weakness is that the TIO aren't taking the carriers to task over the
fact they are shirking responsibility.
keep pluging guys and lets not throw out the baby with the bathwater as
premium sms is a great technology.
Dean
"Daniel Bowen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "MJT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Daniel said....
>>> My mobile provider billed me. The bill contains a billing enquiries
>>> number. The information on the bill contained no information about how
>>> to contact the content provider (which remember, I didn't request). All
>>> it had was: "2 19900025 MT $7.00".
>>
>> I'm coming into this thread late. I'm curious as to how you can receive
>> an unsolicited message and then be charged for it.
>>
>> Or am I reading this wrong? If so, what's the go here?
>
> Nup, you got it. Weakness of the premium SMS system, I'd say.
>
> Full details/more reading:
> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=446360
>
>
> Daniel
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> Daniel Bowen
> Melbourne, Australia
> http://www.danielbowen.com/
>
>
- 01-10-2006, 10:12 PM #13MJTGuest
Re: Christmas joke SMS scam
Daniel Bowen wrote:
>> Or am I reading this wrong? If so, what's the go here?
>
> Nup, you got it. Weakness of the premium SMS system, I'd say.
>
> Full details/more reading:
> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=446360
Ah, yes. I got the same message on 22nd Dec, too.
And I just checked my account via the online service and "calls yet to
be billed"
22 Dec 05:30 pm MWAYTS Add 19900025 to my personal
address book 19900025 MT 00:00:00 3.18 3.50
Total for 04xx xxxxxx $3.18 $3.50
Yep, the pricks stung me for $3.50.
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