Australian mobile phone spammer fined A$150,000

A mobile phone marketing company has been fined almost $150,000 over spamming practices that affected thousands of people over the past 12 months. DC Marketing Europe, a company notorious for its “missed call” telemarketing schemes, has been fined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for breaching the Spam Act in July and August last year, by sending unsolicited messages that failed to identify the sender and did not allow the recipient to unsubscribe.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/07/23/1185043033323.html
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;722402668;fp;2;fpid;1
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Missed-call-spam-nets-AU-150-000-fine-/0,130061791,339280432,00.htm

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