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Text Messaging - READ URGENTLY
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2001 3:00 pm
by Grass
The text messages you are recieving are from a company (probably David Sullivan) and utilise a billing system called reverse SMS billing. They can charge whatever they want as the message is going to a premium rate number.
This is a link to a billing company and is not one of the people sending the messages, but they will be the ones collecting the money on behalf of people doing this activity.
DO NOT BE FOOLED AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES TEXT BACK.
Re: Text Messaging - READ URGENTLY
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2001 3:09 pm
by Grass
Seems as though it is being billed by this company who are part of "ChargeIT" a dialer company. Another company associated with them is "Verity International" - the directors of which are currently about to appear at the Old Bailey due to telecom charging fraud.
Re: Text Messaging - READ URGENTLY
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2001 4:46 pm
by toXin
Only applicable to vodafone users... Reverse billing does not affect Orange, One-2-One etc.
Re: Text Messaging - READ URGENTLY
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2001 7:12 pm
by magoo
Why do certain models allow themselves to be associated with rip-off scams? Do they despise their fans so much that they want to see them give their hard earned money to the swollen wallets of DS and his ilk or do the models also get a cut of the ill-gotten gains? I may be a bit cynical but at least I earn my money honestly without ripping off some poor sod who probably hasnt got two pennys to rub together. We all know the models I am talking about as they are made out to endorse all these rip-offs in various publications probably owned by the same person as the company doing the scam.