Crikey, we need a deterrent not something like that.
by John Hawes on July 22, 2014
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"An Indian call-centre operator has been fined by a London court for breaching Data Protection laws, but despite his operation bombarding UK cell phones with spams, his punishment amounts to little more than a slap on the wrist.
Jayesh Shah of Pune, India, is believed to be behind a large-scale operation sending SMS spam to UK phones, taking advantage of the PPI claims confusion, itself the result of a long-running scam pulled on UK consumers by banks.
His operation, which apparently routed spam SMS messages from US-based servers via an office in Goa to the UK, is claimed to have produced up to 500,000 texts per day, looking for gullible leads to sell on to claims management firms."
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500,000-per-day SMS spammer gets just £4,000 fine
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Too right, Jasper...in a lot of cases the 'disinsentives' for this sort of behaviour are far too low. NOt sure why...perhaps it is the perception that nobody has been hurt, etc.
Either way...the penalties in this area really need to be toughened up IMHO.
Regards, Baldrick
Either way...the penalties in this area really need to be toughened up IMHO.
Regards, Baldrick
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Maybe that with there being an element of "self inlflicted" it does not matter so much. Nobody is actually hurt as such but the punishments should certainly fit the crimes.
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