PhonepayPlus
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Die ersten Beschwerden darüber gab es am 10. September - also vor 10 Tagen!PhonepayPlus, the phone-paid services regulator, has launched an investigation following 31 [in Worten: einunddreißig] complaints from members of the public. (...)
The complaints relate to an email which resembles an invoice for computer equipment. The email encourages recipients to call 070 prefixed numbers which are charged up to 50p per minute from landlines, and potentially considerably more from mobile phones. [vergleichbar mit 0137]
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Due to the very serious nature of the alleged breaches of its Code of Practice, PhonepayPlus has invoked its emergency procedure to bar access to numbers associated with the service with immediate effect.
The bar on access applies to all numbers on which the service has been operating. In addition, all revenue payable to the service provider has been withheld by the network operator pending the outcome of the investigation.
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