OT- Spam text messages

[snowcraig2.0]

Anyone here got some of these yet? I have. I wish I could find out how these a holes got my phone number. :realmad:



Spam could spell trouble for cell phones - Forbes.com - MSNBC.com

 

[mj4cy]

I got one sunday morning at 7:30 AM. I about threw the phone out the window I was so mad. I don't even wanna mention how mad mrsjones34 was.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Yeah, I don't even open them up anymore - I seem to get one once a month, and I just delete them. Someone once told me that if you don't actually open them then they don't count against your total and/or won't be charged for them (although I'm skeptical about that statement).

 

[brianhos]

Spam text messages? Don't people have to pay for text messages???

 

[mj4cy]

I'm about to call Verizon and yell at them for giving my number out whether they even did or not. Someone needs to get yelled at!

 

[brianhos]

I better not get spam messages as text, that is what I use so I do not have to carry a pager, so I am hypersensetive to text messages.

 

[psycln11]

Anyone here got some of these yet? I have. I wish I could find out how these a holes got my phone number. :realmad:



Spam could spell trouble for cell phones - Forbes.com - MSNBC.com

How did Kelvin Sampson get your number??

 

[snowcraig2.0]

I told him I was a five stay recruit committed to another school already. He found it immediately. :smile:

 

[bos]

Havent gotten one of those. Better not. They spam everything now. My wife has a blog and the comments portion of it gets spam. Who spams a blog for petes sake.

 

[4429 mcc]

I dont get them (I use Sprint) but the wife does...she has US Cellular.

 

[herbicide]

Just got one this morning.

 

[st8phan]

I had this happen and I just kept getting them... I wasn't able to block the number through my phone but called Verizon and they helped me figure out how to do it. You log on through their website @ www.vtext.com

Once you are logged in, on the left hand side click on "Preferences" then "Text Blocking" and you will see your options.

I was getting tons of text messages from "[email protected]" and in my phone I wasn't able to block an actual email address. However, this worked great and they stopped (or were blocked) immediately.

Hope this helps...

 

[Mrs.ISUFan22]

What's even worse is when your "friends" send your forward texts like the forward e-mails that you get. Do people not know that some of us don't have unlimited texting?

Mrs.

 

[bos]

What's even worse is when your "friends" send your forward texts like the forward e-mails that you get. Do people not know that some of us don't have unlimited texting?

Mrs.

My friends were texting me so much I had to finally just spend the extra 5 a month for unlimited. It was crazy. I kept telling them not to and they did anyway and it was costing a fortune.

 

[Angie]

My friends were texting me so much I had to finally just spend the extra 5 a month for unlimited. It was crazy. I kept telling them not to and they did anyway and it was costing a fortune.

I have unlimited texting, but I still only text most people when I don't want to bother them with a call (after 9:00 or so, for example). It drives me crazy when I get a million texts when I'm on the road for work - I got some while I was in Canada, and they were hugely expensive.

 

[dinger]

I dont get them (I use Sprint) but the wife does...she has US Cellular.

i too use sprint and dont get them. i get forwards though..."send this to 10 people or..." SHUT UP YOURE MY FRIEND WHETHER I SEND THIS BACK TO YOU OR NOT!!!! YOU WOULDNT HAVE MY NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE IF I WASNT!!!!

 

[SlyCy]

I have US Cellular and my plan has free INCOMING text messages and I don't have a text message plan.

By doing free incoming messages, I'm assuming this how the cell phone companies will be washing their hands of any text message solicitation.