engine - 6:36 pm on Nov 28, 2012 (gmt 0)

At last, some action in the UK over these pesky spammers.

Two men who sent millions of spam text messages have been fined £440,000 as the authorities step up the fight against the trade. Christopher Niebel and Gary McNeish were part of a growing industry that sends texts to promote compensation claims for personal injury or payment protection mis-selling. UK: Spam Texters Fined £440,000 [bbc.co.uk]