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Two men who sent millions of spam text messages have been fined £440,000 as the authorities step up the fight against the trade. Christopher Niebel and Gary McNeish were part of a growing industry that sends texts to promote compensation claims for personal injury or payment protection mis-selling. The information commissioner is trying to stop spammers and blaggers. It says they are fuelling the trade by selling information without permission.
It is the first time the watchdog has used its powers to levy fines for this sort of case.....Read more here: BBC News - Spam text message pair are fined £440,000
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