Roland Perry on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 at 1:10 PM said:-
> There
> have been a couple of news stories about ICSTIS getting more
> active recently. eg:
There is a difference between active and effective, which the choices made
about any charges and the wider impact achieved in reducing the frequency
would probably illustrate.
Activity may be in ICSTIS's interest, but effectiveness would be in the
interests of all the individuals affected by the scams.
Ian W
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> Roland Perry
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> Subject: Re: I win too many holidays!
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>
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, at
> 10:19:12 on Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Turner8 <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >I get several phone calls a week at home from a recorded message
> >(usually introducing herself as Sandra) telling me that I have won a
> >holiday.
> >
> >The message doesn't give any indication of who it is from
> and the only
> >contact information is a premium rate number.
> >
> >Do you know what I can do about it?
>
> If, like me, you find they don't give a warning about the
> cost of the premium rate call, then ICSTIS should be
> interested. Enough complaints will force them to "do
> something" eventually, even if the perps are overseas. There
> have been a couple of news stories about ICSTIS getting more
> active recently. eg:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4208873.stm
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4081091.stm
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> Roland Perry
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