Thats 2 less spanners who will annoy us again

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TC · #1 Post by TC » Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:32 pm

2 Spammers who send out texts promoting compensation or PPI claims have been fined £440,000

Lets hope that is a start of getting the message across that they are unwelcome and unwanted

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20528301

Willopotomas · #2 Post by **Willopotomas** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:40 pm

About time too.

blinkey501 · #3 Post by **blinkey501** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:00 pm

I didnt realise the scale of the money being made from this...Personally i do not reply in any way or form to these messages.
I am really glad they have had big fines from this, but i can't help but wonder how much they really made from the scam.

TC · #4 Post by TC » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:09 pm

blinkey501 wrote:I didnt realise the scale of the money being made from this...Personally i do not reply in any way or form to these messages.
I am really glad they have had big fines from this, but i can't help but wonder how much they really made from the scam.

If you respond to one of their texts, they can get paid up to £10 for every response they get

fatboy · #5 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:25 pm

Even if the response is negative ?
Like Blinkey I never used to bother replying but I get so many of the sodding things lately, I've been replying stop in hope of being left alone

TC · #6 Post by TC » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:44 pm

fatboy wrote:Even if the response is negative ?
Like Blinkey I never used to bother replying but I get so many of the sodding things lately, I've been replying stop in hope of being left alone

And what you are doing apart from lining their pockets is also confirming that your number is valid, so chances are the number of texts will increase because they will sell on a valid number to another spammer

fatboy · #7 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:51 pm

Thanks TC, shall delete as they arrive and tell everyone to do the same

randomsquid · #8 Post by **randomsquid** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:39 pm

Good, now they just need to get rid of the Chinese person who keeps trying to probe my back end.

Cathcart · #9 Post by **Cathcart** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:46 pm

randomsquid wrote:Good, now they just need to get rid of the Chinese person who keeps trying to probe my back end.

You not into that then sweetheart?

randomsquid · #10 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:44 pm

Cathcart wrote:
randomsquid wrote:Good, now they just need to get rid of the Chinese person who keeps trying to probe my back end.
You not into that then sweetheart?

Well, they never write, they never phone...

Cathcart · #11 Post by **Cathcart** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:22 pm

randomsquid wrote:
Cathcart wrote:
randomsquid wrote:Good, now they just need to get rid of the Chinese person who keeps trying to probe my back end.
You not into that then sweetheart?
Well, they never write, they never phone...

Feeling like they only ever used you for one thing?....