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Telco hit with $100k fine for breaching anti-scam laws

A small telco has been fined more than $100,000 for failing to meet its anti-scam obligations. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

A telco has been fined more than $100,000 for failing to prevent mobile number fraud and reduce scam text messages over a five-year period.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority handed a $106,560 fine to Telnyx after its investigation revealed the firm allowed for at least 4666 texts from companies using their business name as the sender ID, rather than a phone number, without checking they were not scams.

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