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Australia: Scammers Abuse 'Do Not Call' Angle

Stuart Corner writes on iTWire.com.au:

Australia's criminal fraternity is nothing if not ingenious: scammers have seized on the publicity surrounding the new Do-Not-Call register to try and extract money from citizens to have their name listed in the register.

...Communications minister, senator Helen Coonan, has issued a statement warning consumers about scams where people were door-knockers are offering to list a person's number on the Do Not Call Register, for a fee. "I am aware that the Australian Communications and Media Authority have received reports of scammers charging as much as $79 to sign people up to the service," she said.

posted by Fergie @ 5/27/2007 10:44:00 PM