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Santob said:
What a sneaky way of collecting phone numbers.
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1080p said:
Yes, Julia I think you may have inadvertently given your mobile number to some spammers by registering. :(
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No. The Do Not Call link was entirely genuine. I even phoned them to make sure the info I had sent was received by them. It was.

It was a genuine mistake by the person in the Premier's Communications Department,just as it was by me to pass it on.

I've also had the experience of returning a call to a number on my phone and being charged substantially for so doing. So the basic premise of the email wasn't entirely silly.

And as far as the Do Not Call register is concerned, I registered the home no. on this when it first started and have found the cessation of telemarketing a great relief.
 
Julia said:
No. The Do Not Call link was entirely genuine. I even phoned them to make sure the info I had sent was received by them. It was.

It was a genuine mistake by the person in the Premier's Communications Department,just as it was by me to pass it on.

I've also had the experience of returning a call to a number on my phone and being charged substantially for so doing. So the basic premise of the email wasn't entirely silly.

And as far as the Do Not Call register is concerned, I registered the home no. on this when it first started and have found the cessation of telemarketing a great relief.
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Julia,

I am on testra prepaid.


I rarely make calls on it.

I do sms to family and friends.

I return calls from big business or govt. offices e.g. BHp/ATSIC/QH where I don't have to pay "sorry mate my mobile is flat can I make a call "

I never use my mobile to make calls.

I receive many calls and speak to them.

I consider my mobile as I do a wrench, if I need it I'll get it out and decide the size.

Many folk feel the world will end if they don't answer their mobile.

I often just let it ring out to confirm my humanity.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
Julia,

I am on testra prepaid.


I rarely make calls on it.

I do sms to family and friends.

I return calls from big business or govt. offices e.g. BHp/ATSIC/QH where I don't have to pay "sorry mate my mobile is flat can I make a call "

I never use my mobile to make calls.

I receive many calls and speak to them.

I consider my mobile as I do a wrench, if I need it I'll get it out and decide the size.

Many folk feel the world will end if they don't answer their mobile.

I often just let it ring out to confirm my humanity.

gg
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gg

a wealth mogul like you on pre-paid ?

Pinching air time from others?

What, no mobile data access ?

I hope it's not old Nokia 5110 with a camoflaouge faceplate and a universal hands free from the Strand Night Markets with a 3db aerial stuck to the centre of the forward control cab.

you should write a "wealth tips" book and go into competition with Kochie or Hans Jakobi...:p:
 
Unless it is from family, I hate it when my mobile rings. Just recently, Westpac have begun calling me to sell me life insurance. I have a westpac credit card, I must have given them my mobile in the application, but I certainly didnt give them permission to call me to sell me products! :banghead:
 
This email has been going around for about 5 years or more, it started in the USA around 2003/4, typically, and now has got everyone here a little bit worried
Even though it states it comes from a Government Department.
Treat it with the disrespect it deserves and delete it.
If you forward it to friends, you are only continuing a spam email, even though you think you are doing the right thing.:banghead:
 
It did come from a government department. The government employee concerned has apologised.
 
Prospector said:
Unless it is from family, I hate it when my mobile rings. Just recently, Westpac have begun calling me to sell me life insurance. I have a westpac credit card, I must have given them my mobile in the application, but I certainly didnt give them permission to call me to sell me products! :banghead:
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Westpac have a history of calling me too about life insurance, in spite of me telling them to take me off their phone list.

Now when they call I say 'Can you hang on just a minute please'?
Then I put the phone down and don't come back to it. Their time wasted, not mine.
 
bunyip said:
Westpac have a history of calling me too about life insurance, in spite of me telling them to take me off their phone list.

Now when they call I say 'Can you hang on just a minute please'?
Then I put the phone down and don't come back to it. Their time wasted, not mine.
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Brilliant:D I've gotta give that one a go...........although I don't remember the last time I've had marketing calls

cheers
 
I fell victim to the Missed call telemarketer.
They callfrom pc just one ring then hang up (zero call cost for them)
I called the missed callnumber to be told i won a prize.
I hung up immediatly then called the communication ombudsman who had lots of complaints, but had no authority to act as it was my choice to call them, they recomended i complain to the Consumer,Trader,Tenecy Tribunal. I did but they told me i could bring the matter to the tribunal but only for the cost of the call.
Talk about low cost telemarketing. I was furious that i was scammed.
 
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