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Lancashire company fined £850k over millions of nuisance calls

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The National Advice Clinic, based in Lancashire, which also trades as the Industrial Hearing Clinic or the Central Compensation Office, made nearly 6 million calls between October 2014 and April 2015 about noise induced hearing loss claims.


http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/lancashire-company-fined-850k-over-millions-of-nuisance-calls-1-7602285
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  • cajef
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    About time they clamped down on these scammers.
  • SpammyTheSpammer
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    I did not hear about that....
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  • Altarf
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    cajef wrote: »
    About time they clamped down on these scammers.

    This won't do it.

    The fine won't be paid. The company will be closed down, and the directors will pop up with a new company doing exactly the same thing tomorrow.
  • Malthusian
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    The fine won't be paid. The company will be closed down, and the directors will pop up with a new company doing exactly the same thing tomorrow.

    Exactly this.

    Cold calling will only stop when those responsible are personally prosecuted under the existing laws against aggravated trespass, with the caller, the directors and anyone responsible in between held jointly liable.
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