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IMPORTANT Mobile phone numbers going plublic

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Pommy
14 yrs ago

This may have been posted before on this site, if so this is a reminder that mobile phone numbers are going public next month. You can register on the "do not call" register to stop marketers sending you advertising materials. These SMS's will cost you money. [b]"DO NOT JUST DELETE THE MESSAGE"[/b] Open it and reply with the word stop. There should be an instruction on how to stop that particular company from sending messages. However, you will be charged for that particular message, If you have registered not to receive these calls, then at least you can report the company to ACMA and complain.
The link is https://www.donotcall.gov.au/

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Thanks for that Pommy. :)

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clay
14 yrs ago

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp



It is the same in Australia.............

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PlanB
14 yrs ago

What do you mean by going public --do you mean they will be listed in the phone book or on the white pages on the net ?

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clay
14 yrs ago

Did you read the snopes link that I posted .............if not why not ................ :P

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Pommy
14 yrs ago

Thanks Clay, I did read the Snopes post however that applies to America. As I have already been caught with this scam and it cost me $28 before I got my phone bill and found out from Telstra what was going on. The do not call site includes mobile phones, so I would rather be safe than sorry.

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clay
14 yrs ago

These SMS’s will cost you money. “DO NOT JUST DELETE THE MESSAGE”



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I can not find anywhere that it says we will be charged for calls..... MADE TO US...............If we make the call then I understand

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clay
14 yrs ago

They will NOT charge us for incoming calls here in Australia

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http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311873

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An extract from this link

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While the email refers to the Australian Do Not Call Register website, it appears to have originated in North America a number of years ago and has been intermittently circulating since that time. The reference to consumers being 'charged' arises from the different charging regime for mobile calls in the USA, where often charges are incurred by mobile phone users for calls they receive. This charging regime does not apply in Australia.



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