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| J Lunis 2007-09-14, 7:33 am |
| In the last week I and my wife have received spam text messages on our
cell phones. All have been offers of sw for "up to 80% off." SO far
this is an annoyance, but I fear it is just the beginning.
Since I pay for each test message, where do I complain about this? BTW,
do I pay for incoming as well as outgoing text messages?
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| In article <SSuGi.116$0L1.52@newsfe06.lga>,
J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the last week I and my wife have received spam text messages on our
> cell phones. All have been offers of sw for "up to 80% off." SO far
> this is an annoyance, but I fear it is just the beginning.
> Since I pay for each test message, where do I complain about this? BTW,
> do I pay for incoming as well as outgoing text messages?
https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
is the best you can do now, since the cell providers aren't.
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| mcp6453 2007-09-14, 12:33 pm |
| J Lunis wrote:
> In the last week I and my wife have received spam text messages on our
> cell phones. All have been offers of sw for "up to 80% off." SO far
> this is an annoyance, but I fear it is just the beginning.
> Since I pay for each test message, where do I complain about this? BTW,
> do I pay for incoming as well as outgoing text messages?
I just received my first spam text message. If it continues, and unless
there is a way to block it, I'm changing my number. It came in during
the middle of the night, which is disruptive to sleep. (I leave it on in
case of an emergency from a family member.) My cell phone number is not
published anywhere (that I know of), so some cell phone company employee
must have sold the database.
I'd love to know if there is something we can do to stop the problem.
I'd be happy with being able to enter the telephone numbers that are
authorized to send me text messages.
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| Evan Platt 2007-09-14, 12:33 pm |
| On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:38:50 GMT, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>My cell phone number is not published anywhere (that I know of), so some cell phone company employee
>must have sold the database.
Yes. That's certainly the cause.
It couldn't possibly be something as simple as the fact that most
likely your NPA-NXX (Area code and first 3 digits of your cell phone
number) are registered to a cell phone company, and a spammer simply
spammed random (or all) numbers in that NPA-NXX...
Yes. Must be the cell phone employee sold the database.
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| J Lunis 2007-09-14, 3:33 pm |
| Kurt wrote:
> In article <SSuGi.116$0L1.52@newsfe06.lga>,
> J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
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> is the best you can do now, since the cell providers aren't.
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Thanks, I understand that. I would like to have a number to call and
complain, hoping enough people call in, Cingular/ATT will find the spam
is not as big a problem as the complainers.
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| Evan Platt wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:38:50 GMT, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
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> Yes. That's certainly the cause.
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> It couldn't possibly be something as simple as the fact that most
> likely your NPA-NXX (Area code and first 3 digits of your cell phone
> number) are registered to a cell phone company, and a spammer simply
> spammed random (or all) numbers in that NPA-NXX...
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> Yes. Must be the cell phone employee sold the database.
Don't ask me why, but I seem to be able to phrase things in a way to get
a rise out of the FCC. I just complain like everyone else does, but the
issues I raise make it into the next meetings.
This issue, if presented properly, would get a rise out of them, I
think. It would require the headers if available. So maybe someone could
tell me?
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| Evan Platt 2007-09-15, 7:33 am |
| On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:35:42 -0400, vey <junker@ericvey.com> wrote:
>This issue, if presented properly, would get a rise out of them, I
>think. It would require the headers if available. So maybe someone could
>tell me?
What headers? The headers from a cell phone text spam?
And what would you think those would tell you?
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