Luck of the Irish
For legal reasons we have been asked to remove this post about the McConnon brothers.
We have decided to simply comply and let others speak for us.
Telechoice bad customer service
We’ve just had word from Carl that Telechoice in Warringah Mall are behaving badly. Here’s what Carl has to say:
I just wanted to alert everyone to the most appalling customer service I’ve just experienced at the Telechoice branch in the Warringah Mall (Shop 175-176).
On 26 February, we purchased a Virgin Mobile pre-paid card and USB [...]
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 [...]
New Wixa Front 194060.com
TMG Company, the guys who brought the Australian public the ‘Wixawin’ and Woolworths scams that were recently featured in the media, have responded to public pressure….
…. by changing their marketing.
They’re not using the ‘Wixawin’ brand so much anymore, instead relying on a lot of smaller, less well known names. One of the bigger ones is [...]
Telstra’s Premium Rate Policy
We know we expose ourselves to a lot of pressure, harassment and danger to “fight the 1000 pounds Gorilla” - but sorry, bringing out the truth is our nature!
Now you won’t believe this:
Secrets about Telstra’s Premium SMS Policy
As you are aware, Telstra cashes in heaps for delivering premium SMS. Now that’s the way it works: [...]
Wixawin in the News
In an earlier post outlining our issues with the Wixawin campaign, our position was that they used misleading tactics (i.e. the Woolworth’s campaign) that presented their campaigns as authorised by the companies featured in their marketing.
Today Tonight had a piece on Wixawin last night, that highlighted this misleading marketing in addition to their poor customer [...]
More on Wixawin
Wixawin are just all over the place at the moment!
One of their more hardcore campaigns revolves around ‘winning’ a $500 gift voucher to spend at Woolworths.
As usual, the landing pages are non-compliant with carrier guidelines. Even worse, they don’t state what you have to do to claim the $500 voucher.
Now we have no objection to [...]
Wixawin in the UK
Looks like the Brits also have trouble with Wixawin.
We knew they were international, but had only tracked Spain and Canada so far.
The forum thread in the link above has multiple people complaining about Wixawin’s deceptive business practices.
New Scam: Wixawin
We all deal with advertising on the sites we visit. It’s annoying, but just part of the price we pay to have free access to the vast array of information on the internet.
However, some of these promotions are nothing but scams.
Case in point: Wixawin, the ‘Free iPhone’ scam.
You’re sure to have seen their ads around [...]
New DC-Marketing info coming!
Our inaugural post brings something special.
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 information [...]
