OT: warning about 194040 scam

I wouldn't normally send SMSs into competitions but I saw one on the box the
other day and having a $49 cap I thought why not, I may as well use the cap.
The idea is if you answer a really simple question correctly then you go
into a competition. But that's not what happens. If you get the first
question right they ask you another and another up to 5 questions. The SMSs
cost $2 to both send and receive so by the time you've answered all 5
questions you've already spent $20. And the prizes aren't that great, they
give away something like 3 xboxes per week nationally. I only sent the 1 sms
and stopped there but now they keep sending me messages every week. At first
I though they'd get sick of sending them but they never will because they
make $2 every time they send a message. And they send multiple messages at
once, they never say everything they need to say in 1 message suprise
suprise.

If anyone's got the same problem the solution is to phone 1300 650 521
(local call cost) and tell them that you phoned them immediately after
getting the first message to unsubscribe but they failed to unsubscribe you
hence you want a refund after the first message. I believe they are one of
these companies that rely on people not pushing for a refund so don't argue
when you ask for one. You could tell them that you never sent the first
message and they'd probably give you a full refund.

Anyway, just thought I'd let some people know. BTW, if anyone want to tell
me how stupid I am and how smart they are because they would never enter a
"competition" like this don't bother, I'm not interested. I never imagined
something that is advertised on the major networks would be so dodgy. I also
never imagined that it was possible for a company to charge me for sending
an SMS to me. If anyone's wondering how they can do that apparently it's in
the fine print on the tele and when you first send them a message you are
agreeing to subscribe to a paid service.

Michael