MELBOURNE, Oct 24 (Bernama)-- Two companies and three individuals have been hit with penalties totalling A$15.75 million (RM49.14 million) for contravening the Spam Act, the first court action taken against unsolicited SMS messages.
The fines were handed down in the Federal Court in Brisbane on Friday.
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I hope the relevant authorities here will take similar punitive action to curb these invasive spammers. I kept getting annoying SMSes through my cellphone on almost daily basis. Be they "mau lihat awek cun", " nasihat cinta", "nombor bertuah" and many more.
Source: Bernama.com
