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I've received the following email from a usually reliable source.

FYI Here is something you must all do if you have not done it already, how bad is it that if you are not on the register, you get the charge for them making the call. YOUR CHOICE........... This is for Australian phone numbers! REMEMBER: Mobile Phone Numbers Go Public next month. REMINDER all mobile phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS Below is a link where you can enter your phone numbers online to put an end to telemarketing calls https://www.donotcall.gov.au/ Melinda Leighton Office Coordinator and Security Administrator Communication Services | Department of the Premier and Cabinet Level 2 | 100 George Street | Exec Bldg | Brisbane Queensland 4000 T: 07 322 58851 (Ext 58851) | F: 07 3225 8614 E: melinda.leighton@premiers.qld.gov.au | communication.services@premiers.qld.gov.au |
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How come this is the first I've heard of this ?

There has been nothing on the news or the papers to my knowledge.
 
Surely not! And we have to pay for incoming calls from these people? :eek::mad: Cant believe that can be true.
 
Sounds pretty unlikely to me.

There is no way you would have to pay for a call you didn't initiate.
 
I hadn't either. But have registered my mobile on the Do Not Call register anyway.
 
OK, these are very reasonable responses. Might be a 'have'.
I've just sent an email to the person quoted. Will see if I receive a reply.
 
some sanity required....how can someone else call you and the call is charged to you....just think about it ??/
the calls are charged to the device of the caller...no ifs, or buts.....
there is no way they could be charged to the receiver !

only reverse charged calls with the receivers consent..can be sent that way
when I first saw it with the QLD gov....I thought oh yes, they would be silly enough to try a stint like that
this ..do not call thing has been around for ages.....I am not registered....I just hang up on them, or have some fun if I am not too busy
 
The email did come from the Premiers Dept. Communications Section.

Could it be that a charge is incurred if you receive a message, asking you to call xxxxx number, so you do that, thus incurring a charge?

Dunno, hardly ever use my mobile.
 
I suspect once again, you can blame the yanks for this one. Over there incoming mobile calls are billed. This was probably just taken from an email over there and converted into aussie style.
 
Julia...the text message is charged to the sender...again not the receiver...
but of course if you call the number you will be charged...that bits normal
cheers
 
gordon2007 said:
I suspect once again, you can blame the yanks for this one. Over there incoming mobile calls are billed. This was probably just taken from an email over there and converted into aussie style.
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Yes, that is what happened, according to the Premier's Communication Dept.
Another good reason to vote Labor out tomorrow, perhaps.

Kincella, I realised the text message wouldn't incur a charge. I was thinking about returning the call which a lot of people might do. Moot now, anyway.
Apologies again for not checking before posting.
 
I remember hearing about a mob who would call your mobile for a second and hang up, this would leave their number as a missed call on your mobile. When you call them back as soon as it connects you are charged something like $100.

I make a point of not calling any missed call or text that I don't know for sure who it is.

cheers
 
Prospector said:
It happens with some text messages!
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I can attest to that. I went through so much trying to stop "3rd party downloads" being sent to my mobile. It would start up in batches every few months and I'd have to call my service provider to get them to stop. Every time they were from a different mob.

I asked my provider how they keep doing it, they said I must have joined a subscription........that is impossible as I hadn't. I asked what is there stopping them from just sending them out to anyone they wanted, they said it's illegal but not impossible(my provider couldn't find any text or call from me to them that would have initiated the subscription either). They also said they spend so much time reversing these charges from their customers and dealing with these type of complaints it's become a real problem for their call centres. After about 2 years of going through this every few months they seem to have stopped (knock on wood).

I say they need to ban these kinds of subscription services and plug the hole for this type of thing happening, as it seems to have gotten out of control.

cheers
 
Do Not Call is a legitimate website by the federal government.. if it had said the address, and then when you rolled over it was http://202.178.324.22/~scam or similiar, then it would probably be just another phishing scam to harvest telephone numbers.

I have a feeling somebody just hates telemarketing, so has used this hoax email to turn people's fears to their own advantage to sign up on the register. If you hate telemarketing calls, then it's probably not a bad idea - although Westpac recently breached this register, and of course just received a light tap on the wrist by our limp wristed authorities.
 
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