"John Savage" <rookswood@suburbian.com.au> wrote in message
news:071231000094747.31Dec07$rookswood@suburbian.c om...
>A friend received six unsolicited SMS adverts over a three week period.
> Each SMS showed its sender as 19966664 and invited the recipient to reply,
> but she has been warned about scams so deleted each without replying.
>
> Subsequently, her Vodafone bill shows she was charged $6 for each of
> the received SMSs. On ringing Vodafone she was told she has to text the
> word STOP to the originating number, viz., 19966664, in order to have the
> advertiser desist, and as far as trying to get a refund of her $36 she
> will have to ring 1300737728 and ask them.
>
> Something seems wrong with this picture. Presumably Vodafone has a
> business agreement allowing them to collect fee for service on behalf of
> another company. It seems, then, that this company must be misrepresenting
> having provided a service, in order for Vodafone to be collecting a $6
> fee.
>
> Shouldn't it be the responsibility of Vodafone to go after the scammer?

No