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Test message scam

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  • 12-06-2009 7:03pm
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    brigadear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭


    Folks, who do you complain to when you get unsolicated texts messages from a company. Some company called zamano has been sending messages for the last month at over 2 euro a pop every day!!. Have no idea who they are are. Can somebody give the name of the website and who of who to complain, cheers.


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    #2
    Thoie
    Registered Users Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    http://tinyurl.com/kpgjfj


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    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Pop the shortcode into the bottom of this page too and it will give you details
    http://www.regtel.ie/


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    Rover09
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Rover09


    It may be helpful to know that the Data Protection Commissioner prosecuted Zamano in the Dublin District Court in respect of numerous complaints about unsolicited marketing messages received in 2007. After a Judicial review by the High Court in relation to a similar but unrelated case, Zamano recently pleaded guilty and made some refunds to users where the Data Protection Commissioner established that "there was no validity in relation to the opt-ins claimed". It is said that as a result Zamano has "considerably improved its procedures in relation to verifying opt-ins claimed by the clients who use its technical infrastructure to send marketing text messages".

    This would seem to vindicate those users who felt that they had never asked for these expensive and pointless text messages, accidentally or otherwise.


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