Eight-year ban for text dupe firm

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%A Netherlands-based company has been fined £250,000 and banned from operating in the UK for a record eight years after duping consumers with a text message quiz competition.

JJP Mobile B.V. sent spam texts and emails to consumers without their consent, marked correct answers as incorrect and failed to show evidence that prizes existed, the UK premium rate regulator PhonepayPlus said.