"JessYates" <JessYates.38za19@no-mx.phorums.com.au> wrote in message
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> googlegroups@sensation.net.au Wrote:
>> Is there an easy way to find out who owns a 19 SMS number? My wife has
>> been hit with the "enter a competition and get subscribed" scam to the
>> tune of nearly $40 on our latest bill - and she's apparently still
>> subscribed! The number is 193 666 but I can't find any reference to it
>> via google.
>>
>> Is it worth trying to contest this? It's time someone steps in and
>> regulates the mobile content subscription industry. Some of the ads I
>> see on TV end up charging you over $50 per month if you don't realise
>> you have to unsubscribe. In this case I don't think my wife was even
>> receiving any meaningful content, just an invitation to enter the next
>> contest - and each invitation msg she received was charged $3.18...
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Jessica Yates, I work for Federal Member Warren Snowdon, and
> found your forum post about premium SMS numbers when I was researching a
> compliant of the exact same nature.
>
> I am still in the process of the finding out more information about
> these companies and highly doubt that they are allowed to keep

More fool you.

> Can I suggest that you send an emal to the Minister for Broadband,
> Communications and Digiatal Economy (Mr Stephen Conroy) with the
> details of your situation so that this issue may gain some momentum and
> some sort of stop can be put on these spaming organisations.

Haha