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What you achieve by
reporting premium rate scams here on Grumbletext and to ICSTIS, the
regulator
Reporting on
Grumbletext:
By reporting any premium rate scams you receive on
Grumbletext, you'll get revenge
on the people who sent/communicated them to you. If you post the communication you received (text/voicemail/TV or print advert) up
on the site, then lots of people quickly find us in Google for relevant searches.
The more people find us before
they respond to these texts, the less money
they waste in doing so, and therefore the less
money the people responsible for sending them make.
It's that simple, and you don't have to spend long reading peoples messages
here to work out that this really works.
By the way, you may not be aware that you can report
automatically on this site, and formally to the regulator
below, via text message. When
you get a spam text, simply forward it to our number
07810 83 83 83 (normal text cost) and edit it so that it
starts with the word SPAM. It'll
get posted up here and automatically forwarded to ICSTIS.
Reporting your
complaint to ICSTIS, the premium rate regulator:
When you post your message up on Grumbletext,
your report of the premium rate communication you received and what you think about it,
we automatically prepare you a copy of your complaint
which
you have the option to send to ICSTIS, the Premium Rate
regulator.
ICSTIS has the power to fine the companies who send these things
out and they do so.
Having
said that, because virtually nobody has ever heard of ICSTIS
(their own research revealed this) in my opinion they rather
underestimate how much of this stuff is out there - so when
you get the option, please launch off that complaint to them.
Their fines broadly reflect the number of people they
think have fallen victim.
That said, significant progress has been made recently and I believe ICSTIS have now successfully argued for, and received, the upgrades to their regulatory powers which they must have in order to do the job properly - see 1) ICSTIS TO GET GREATER POWERS TO TACKLE UNSCRUPULOUS FIRMS and 2) Ofcom recommends measures to improve Premium Rate regulation in the UK.
If a lot more
people find ICSTIS, and lodge formal complaints to them,
via us, than in the past when no-one knew about ICSTIS
and we didn't exist as a conduit, then I
believe we should see ICSTIS's impact on rogue premium rate businesses increase significantly in 2005.
The ICSTIS website is at http://www.icstis.org.uk/icstis2002/default.asp
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