Last week we reported on an announcement by ACCC Chairman Graeme Samuels, that the ACCC would be taking action unless the Premium Service operators cleaned up their act. Today we have been contacted by a reader who has alerted us to a new scam one shonky operator is using.
Our reader received an SMS which said something along the lines of “who are you, and why did you call me“, of course our reader had no idea who the SMS was from, and thought to himself, ‘who could this be, I don’t recall ringing a wrong number’.
As it is with most of us, curiosity got the better of him, so he replied to say that the sender must have the wrong number, and that they must be mistaken.
Immediately after his reply, he was subscribed to an adult chat service, at which time he was informed that to unsubscribe he would need to reply with the word ‘STOP’. Before he could do this, he had received 2 SMS, no doubt at the bargain basement price of $4 each.
This conduct is clearly misleading and deceptive, and is precisely why the ACCC have been alerted to the actions of some shonky operators.
If you have been subject to a similar scam, please let us know, we are sure Mr Samuels would be interested to hear from us.
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