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**KYR** · 10-07-2008, 08:39 PM

Sliiiiiightly off-topic, but I believe note-worthy.

Here in Aus, many people have recently been the victims of an SMS scam.

The common thread to it is that all of these people sent a vote via SMS to a Big Brother competition on TV. Unbeknownst to them, the producers sold a database of their mobile numbers to some yet-to-be-revealed company who then sent unsolicited SMS's out from a 1900 number at a cost to the recipient of $19.95.

The communications ombudsman said there is nothing he can do. The telco's don't want to do anything because they obviously get a cut from this scam.

Just be careful with these SMS voting competitions.

10-07-2008, 08:39 PM	#11
KYR Bringin' Back The Sexy Posts: 8,470	Sliiiiiightly off-topic, but I believe note-worthy. Here in Aus, many people have recently been the victims of an SMS scam. The common thread to it is that all of these people sent a vote via SMS to a Big Brother competition on TV. Unbeknownst to them, the producers sold a database of their mobile numbers to some yet-to-be-revealed company who then sent unsolicited SMS's out from a 1900 number at a cost to the recipient of $19.95. The communications ombudsman said there is nothing he can do. The telco's don't want to do anything because they obviously get a cut from this scam. Just be careful with these SMS voting competitions.