Phone-paid Services Authority

The premium rate telephone regulator, PhonepayPlus, has decided to change its name to the Phone-paid Services Authority.

The new name has been adopted because the organisation thinks that it makes what they do clearer to premium rate users.

This is the second name change, as they used to be ICSTIS (from 1986 to 2007).

Still a bunch of useless FCUKS though....!

PhonepayPlus actually do a decent job of regulating premium rate phone lines. They are quick to act upon complaints from the public and are very effective at rooting out the scammers - and they regulate only by insisting on good service levels and not by regulating content.

Compared to the pathetic Ofcom, the inconsistent ASA or the dreadful ATVOD, I'd say that PhonepayPlus is a marvellous regulator.

I've seen a few news stories recently about phone scammers. I find it amazing how brazen some of these crooks are.

Fortunately the fines from the PSA can be seriously hefty, so those scammers who get caught really are punished.

How about this for a scam?

Quote:I tried to call my insurance company and misdialled area code 01296 instead of 01926. A message instructed me to call 118820. I was then transferred to my insurance company. In order to resolve a technical insurance issue the phone call was 25 minutes in length. For this call 118820 have charged me £94.27 !

(11-07-2017 00:26 )schvall Wrote:  Fortunately the fines from the PSA can be seriously hefty

They have just fined one company a cool £1m (for a premium rate scam).

(11-06-2020 15:58 )schvall Wrote:  

(11-07-2017 00:26 )schvall Wrote:  Fortunately the fines from the PSA can be seriously hefty

They have just fined one company a cool £1m (for a premium rate scam).

unfortunately the fines are never paid. Scammer directors take the company money and hey presto bankruptcy

And then more likely to set up somewhere else and start all over again I assume.
With the riots and protests probably keeping some plods busy they probably can't devote enough time to investigate these crimes. Even if they are fined and don't pay the fine, there has to be ways to bring the full weight of the law down on these bastards and I wonder just how much authority the Phone-paid Services Authority really does have.

Oxygen 8 communications ltd normally get into trouble with phoney pay plus regulator.