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Story: High-tech cops probe premium-rate Internet fraud

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Posted by: mrs johnson (Saturday 18 September 2004, 12:39 PM)

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i have been scammed by premium rate diallers connecting me to a spanish porn site.i have been charged 54 pounds for 4 calls made in the space of 2 weeks!i was unaware of this and feel helpless because bt said all i could do was report it to ictis.i did this but upon reading their site notice that it stated they cannot demand the scammers to repay your money! so whos gonna pay for it coz im not!

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