As promised, the DC-Marketing dirt
When we first came together, Team 4WM decided that our first order of business should be to investigate DC-Marketing, the original scammers behind the infamous missed-call-marketing scheme in 2006.
Originally it was thought that a large European consortium was behind the scheme. However, working with our colleagues in the industry, we’ve uncovered the real low-down.
The whole [...]
Hyarchis responds!
In an unusual twist, Hyarchis has responded to ACMA’s earlier announcement of a formal spam warning. From Secure Computing:
Hyarchis has described the formal warning issued to it by ACMA over alleged SMS spam as a ‘slap in the face’ that sets a dangerous precedent for the entire web marketing industry.
The firm premium SMS marketing firm, [...]
ACMA issues formal spam warning
From Australia.to News:
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a formal warning to Hyarchis Company Limited for alleged breaches of the Spam Act 2003. The alleged breaches were in relation to the sending of commercial electronic messages by SMS, without the consent of the recipient.
Commercial electronic messages can be sent by email, SMS, MMS and [...]
