A COMPANY and a businessman have been hit with penalties totalling $6.5 million over a mobile phone dating scam, in a joint case that has now netted more than $22 million in fines. Scott Mark Moles and Jobspy Pty Ltd were penalised $2.5 million and $4 million respectively for contravening the Spam Act with unsolicited SMS messages that "preyed" on lonely hearts across the country.
One victim of the scam bought chocolate and flowers, hired a hotel room and waited at the airport for a date that never arrived.
Moles and Jobspy worked with companies Mobilegate Ltd and Winning Bid Pty Ltd, which were penalised $8.5 million in October as part of the same court action instigated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Former Winning Bid director Simon Anthony Owen, current Mobilegate director Tarek Andreas Salcedo and Winning Bid employee Glenn Christopher Maughan have also previously been penalised a total of $7.25 million in the same case. More dating tips: DatingPros.co.cc |
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