SMSGOV.com is using Wikipedia for Fraud

Wikipedia is being used for FraudSMSGOV.com is using Wikipedia to try and lend credibility to their pretend organization. It is NOT affiliated with any government organization nor is it related to the SMS/800 database. It’s articles are completely made up with just enough truth to sound good. It hides it’s identity claiming to be in the Netherlands to avoid prosecution for what it’s doing. The only phone numbers on the website are 800-X00-0000 for their phone and fax. I’ve written about most of that before, but now they are using Wikipedia to give their fake organization credibility.

I’ve removed their listing under “USA and Canada RespOrg tools” on the “Toll-free telephone number” page repeatedly but they keep putting it back and are even claiming that my removing their fake organization is vandalism. I’ve started a discussion about this in the Wikipedia Discussion section (on the bottom of the page). I wanted to let people know about this because hopefully that will help to keep Wikipedia from assisting the SMS in their fraud.

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    Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
    December 1, 2008 at 2:41 am

    I found out some more interesting things about smsgov.com. I may need to write up a seperate post but this was too good to wait.

    Smsgov.com claims to be the home of the Tollfree Advisory Committee (TAC). There simply is no “Toll Free Advisory Committee”. There never has been. It’s made up out of thin air. Do a Google search on that name in quotes and you’ll find only ONE mention of it anywhere on the entire worldwide web. Not one blog post or mention of it anywhere by any member of this organization because there are none!

    See for yourself on Google!

    Bill

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