[Gllug] Internet dial-up scam

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Wed Apr 7 09:48:30 UTC 2004


On Wed 07 Apr, Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 09:29:53PM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> >    The programme seemed to imply that there has been a recent surge that is
> > being dealt with, please report any suspicions.
> 
> And WHO will do WHAT exactly?
> 
   It seems that several culprits have already been initially cut off by the
Premium Rate regulatory authority (presumably part of OFCOM or whatever they
call themselves now) and then prosecuted. BT and others are not enforcing
bill payments at present as long as they are notified about the problem
ASAP.

-- 
Chris Bell

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