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| Steve Sobol 2006-03-25, 11:48 pm |
| I just got an unsolicited SMS from Blinko, shortcode 42222. Does T-Mo have
any association with these idiots -- who I see from visiting
news.admin.net-abuse.sightings, have also been spamming people over the Net?
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Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Apple Valley, CA ** 888.480.4NET (4638) ** sjsobol@JustThe.net
Resident of Southern California -
the home of beautiful people and butt-ugly traffic jams
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| Have you contacted TMobile about this? I got a similar/same SMS
SFB
Steve Sobol wrote:
> I just got an unsolicited SMS from Blinko, shortcode 42222. Does T-Mo
> have any association with these idiots -- who I see from visiting
> news.admin.net-abuse.sightings, have also been spamming people over the
> Net?
>
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| Rossco. 2006-03-30, 5:48 pm |
| To cancel, send a text "STOP" to 42222
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| Steve Sobol 2006-04-01, 2:48 am |
| Rossco. wrote:
> To cancel, send a text "STOP" to 42222
I shouldn't have to cancel something I never asked for in the first place.
But the real reason I haven't text'd them yet is because I don't trust them
to stop even if I do. Y'know, like some spammers treat "remove me" requests
simply as verification that your email address is valid, and then send you
more junk.
FYI, semi off-topic for this thread, but: SMS spam is a violation of US
federal law. A recent federal court decision held that the same law that
makes junk faxes and some types of telemarketing illegal also makes
unsolicited text messages illegal.
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Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Apple Valley, CA ** 888.480.4NET (4638) ** sjsobol@JustThe.net
Resident of Southern California -
the home of beautiful people and butt-ugly traffic jams
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| Ameretat 2006-04-03, 5:57 pm |
| The only way to stop you from getting charged by Blinko.com or any third party service provider is to response with Stop or End or call them directly to cancel the unsolicated subscription. Blinko.com is NOT connected to T-Mobile in any way. Companies like this one depend on you to not response and not to notice it on your bill. TMobile will sometime credit you for one month of this service but you want to make sure YOU contact the Third Party Provider to make sure that it is canceled. You can request for the Third Party to be blacklisted but that can't be done until after your bill has been processed so that the Customer Service rep can see the code that was used. Yes, you may not have contacted the Third Party Provider but remember TMobile also didn't contact them or provided them with your #quote:
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y posted by Steve Sobol
Rossco. wrote:
> To cancel, send a text "STOP" to 42222
I shouldn't have to cancel something I never asked for in the first place.
But the real reason I haven't text'd them yet is because I don't trust them
to stop even if I do. Y'know, like some spammers treat "remove me" requests
simply as verification that your email address is valid, and then send you
more junk.
FYI, semi off-topic for this thread, but: SMS spam is a violation of US
federal law. A recent federal court decision held that the same law that
makes junk faxes and some types of telemarketing illegal also makes
unsolicited text messages illegal.
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Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Apple Valley, CA ** 888.480.4NET (4638) ** sjsobol@JustT
he.net
Resident of Southern California -
the home of beautiful people and butt-ugly traffic jams
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| be01107 2007-08-26, 12:38 am |
| If you were charged on your cell phone bill for ringtones or other mobile content that you never authorized and/or you were sent unsolicited SMS text messages and you want to fight back against these companies, get in touch with some class action attorneys.
These fellows are investigating unauthorized cell phone charges and wireless SMS text spam and might be able to help you:
http://www.ClassActionConnect.com/?q=node/680 |
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