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		<title>Telemarketers scamming Australians about the Do Not Call Register</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unscrupulous telemarketers are offering to list consumers’ phone numbers on the Do Not Call Register for a fee, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). ‘The Do Not Call Register is a free service provided by the Australian Government,’ said ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman, who warned consumers not to provide any personal identification [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/telemarketers-scamming-australians-about-the-do-not-call-register/</link>
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		<title>Photo attached spam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our earlier post, we reported about &#8220;shortened url links&#8221; spam. Another form of &#8220;shortened&#8221; spam has been flooding our mailbox during the last few days. These are the emails with subject &#8220;Your private photo attached&#8221; &#8212; with attached zip files. No, we don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s on those zip files. We really don&#8217;t care even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/photo-attached-spam/</link>
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		<title>Shortened hyperlinks spam on the rise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In its July 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report, Symantec reported that the percentage of spam containing shortened hyperlinks has increased significantly over the last year. The report said that spam containing shortened hyperlinks hit a one day peak of 18 percent, or 23.4 billion spam emails, on April 30, 2010 doubling last year&#8217;s peak levels when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/shortened-hyperlinks-spam-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<title>Spammers use World Cup fever to score</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Communications and Media Authority is warning people to beware of spammers trying to cash in on World Cup fever. The ACMA has reports of various scams purporting to be linked to the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament that offer substantial cash prizes. If recipients attempt to claim the prize they are asked to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/spammers-use-world-cup-fever-to-score/</link>
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		<title>“Spam SMS” boosts fight against spam: ACMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Communications and Media Authority is launching its new reporting tool “Spam SMS” which provides Australians with a quick and easy way to report spam SMS by forwarding messages received to 0429 999 888. The ACMA will launch “Spam SMS” at 11 am on Wednesday 9 June at the Phoenix Youth Centre in Footscray. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/%e2%80%9cspam-sms%e2%80%9d-boosts-fight-against-spam-acma/</link>
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		<title>Virgin Mobile undertakes to train staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile offered this month an enforceable undertaking to develop comprehensive training programs for its staff and to re-examine its email marketing process following an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) into an alleged breach of the Spam Act. The company also undertook to pay the ACMA $22,000 for the alleged violation. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/virgin-mobile-undertakes-to-train-staff/</link>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s Do Not Call Register now three years old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australia&#8217;s regulator for broadcasting, the internet, radiocommunications and telecommunications, today issued a call to those who registered their telephone numbers with the Do Not Call Register (DNCR) in 2007 to re-register. Registrations for the Do Not Call Register are valid for three years. Anyone who signed up when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/australias-do-not-call-register-now-three-years-old/</link>
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		<title>Fighting Online Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce is currently running (1 &#8211; 7 March 2010) its annual scams education and awareness campaign. This news bulletin is a public service of SPAMWATCHERS.COM to assist in creating awareness of online consumer frauds and scams. You should be aware of the following more common online scams in order to protect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/fighting-online-fraud/</link>
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		<title>Verizon.com is world&#8217;s fifth worst internet service provider: Spamhaus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Spamhaus Project, an international spam monitoring and tracking organisation, has issued a damning report on the world&#8217;s top 10 worst internet service providers (ISPs). The report listed Verizon.com as number 5. Verizon in its news release last 11 August announced that is the &#8220;highest-ranked U.S.-based telecommunications company&#8221; in ethical ranking based on study by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/verizon-is-worlds-fifth-worst-internet-service-provider-spamhaus/</link>
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		<title>CommBank&#8217;s subsidiary fails the Spam Act test on two counts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to read yesterday that the Commonwealth Securities Limited (CommSec) was complained against by customers for sending emails after the customers had withdrawn their consent, and that the email campaigns of CommSec did not provide an option to unsubscribe. I said &#8220;surprised&#8221; because I have known the company for many years now ~ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spamwatchers.com/commbanks-subsidiary-fails-the-spam-act-test-on-two-counts/</link>
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