Nuisance calls: 'There's a dirty trade in people's personal information

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th June 2015 12:54.

People who get fed up by cold callers and nuisance text messages are being urged to register their complaints officially. According to...

Emoticons in texts can rack up huge bills

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 7th February 2015 12:23.

*People using the little icons that denote happy, sad or other emotions in their text messages could be racking up big bills, the BBC has learned. *...
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When I receive a text message on my mobile (BlackBerry) it tells me when I received it not when it was sent which may have been hours earlier. This anomaly is giving me grief.

When I open an email on my laptop it tells me when the email was sent even if I don't open it for hours/days/weeks....

Eye care firm warned ‘Stop nuisance text messages’

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th January 2015 19:55.

An eye care company has been warned by the Information Commissioner’s Office to stop sending out nuisance text messages or face further action.......

I have 2 accounts with this shower of shits, both of which are by arrangement and underpinned by a Tomlin Order. I'm sure if I had found this site earlier I could probably have contested both, but that is by the by.

Anyway, I just want to check that a Tomlin order can not be altered in...

Payday loan ad banned for '£1,000 night out' offer

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th June 2013 16:05.

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a payday lender for sending text messages that encouraged people to borrow £1,000 for a night out. The......

Not sure where to exactly post this so I am going to start here unless I find a better topic.

So I wanted to know what the recourse is for recovering money lent between family or friends etc.

If you lend family or friends money and one side of the party fails to uphold...

hiya i remember seeing a nimber to stop auto sms text messages somewhere , anyone know what it is ? think its along the lines of somthing like 1471 tho obviously it isnt that

It looks like some outfit called SRJ are attempting to phish from my Android mobile.

I've blocked their number (it's an 020 3xxx xxxx one) with the phone's built in call blocker but that doesn't stop texts.

Now they're sending texts but it just says "SRJ" and the...

I've had a very annoying run in with Natwest.

I currently have text alerts set up on my account it tell me if I go over my O/d or a certain amount on my accounts. I've done this to make sure bills are paid and I wont get any charges.

In the past it worked well, but yesterday...

PPI texts must stop, says advertising watchdog

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 12th December 2012 18:39.

A company based in India has been ordered to stop sending text messages about PPI and accident compensation to UK consumers. The Advertising...
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The Indian text pest bombarding Britain with 500,000 spam messages a day

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th December 2012 17:55.

This is the man who plagues half a million Britons a day with illegal spam texts telling them they are entitled to a refund for...

Spam text message pair are fined £440,000

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th November 2012 18:49.

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...
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After years of trying to get HSBC to admit Hardship in my case after Heart attack, and my hours reduced from 48 to 16 hours per week, lies told to OFT that I had not submitted an I&E a few years ago, and since I payed just over the monthly Interest amount but missed two as away, they tried to say...

Watchdog orders compensation over premium rate texts

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th September 2012 08:07.

*Mobile phone users who were misled into signing up for premium rate text messages will receive compensation, the regulator has ordered. * The......