I signed up to SMS.ac about 2 years ago, I think, but haven’t had any use for it. Then a few months ago these messages started arriving. And I ignored them, as I have never, and would never, sign up to something that can charge me for things completely out of my control. I never agreed to updated terms and conditions, and this “premium broadcast service” was not even an option when I first signed up.

Thanks for the 5th Finger link too - at least I have someone to sue if I get no joy. It would be worth paying the filing fees just to get a decision that what they have done is illegal. A class action would be just around the corner - perhaps a large firm may be interested if there was some sort of register of all people who had received unsolicited, costly SPAM.

Let’s see how we go…

I too just ingnored these SMS’s as I thought replying would just confirm my mobile number and I would receive more SPAM SMS’s.

Well Vodafone after a lengthy discussion said they can do nothing but refund me $2.00 for the month and to call 5th Finger in Australia on 02 8307 7830 an automatically will remove me. Well 2 days later I just received a new message and I had 3 other friends do the same.

5th Finger is now owned by NINEMSN.COM.AU so they are one of the worlds biggest spammers now!

I’ll try the TIO approach with Vodafone that looks like the only approach. Ha ha I even sent a note to Today Tonight current affairs program to look in to it as it’s also their competition.

I think the things is SMS.ac have hit critical mass now, many people would have signed up years ago **I’m not one of them** and would just be in the too hard basket, or know not to respond to spam. Little do they know though that they get charged for receiving them.

So people can be educated.

Thanks

April

Assuring to know I’m not the only one in the bad ship smsac! Personally I don’t mind the junk email I receive - however I do resent the ‘pain’ that I have caused to others within my community of friends and clients - and the hassle it has caused in my own personal relationship with the girlfriend. Case in point: Girlfriend receives spam message stating: “Check out who’s connected to SMS.ac in Andy’s location” followed by some lovely but lonesome pictures of single women of my age! It took some explaining. And, needless to say, I don’t know any of these women, however flirtingly (though ‘SparkleHK’ looks cute)!

To deactivate your account is nigh on impossible. I found that, after going through the various steps, the “Deactivate my Service” button (the last stage of the procedure!) was (magically) not responding. However, judging by the above war stories and many more I’ve read on the dubdubdub, I’m wasting my breath anyway - as my existing and new contacts will continue to be spammed and, like me, some scammed.

So let’s hope that one day a legal action will eventually ring the neck of sms.ac in much the same way as they’ve been ringing ours - and our mobiles.