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Spam SMS

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iMetalG5

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I've never gotten a spam TXT in the 2yrs owning an iPhone. Today I got my first one from some place telling me if I owe more than $10k to the IRS to contact them blah blah.

Trying to think of who I gave my # out to in the past week. ATT has my info but I highly doubt they would do anything... but then again is this TXT coming from an email?

I just went to ATT blocking options and clicked block to all 3 options listed... anyone else getting SPAM SMSs since owning the i4. Just wondering where they got my info...better not be ATT.
 
Funny I've gotten that IRS message as well; I got a buddy that thinks it's funny to list my info on spam sites like "win a FREE iPad", etc. Lame. :rolleyes:
 
I got my ip4 2 weeks ago, and I received my first spam text last week from flycell about receiving back your iq score if you reply to the text. I was seriously pissed off and nervous that it would be the first of many more spam, but I haven't received anymore since.
 
Oh, the website is now working for me. I've tried it many times over 3G, but this the first I used wifi and it works perfectly. Thanks.
 
Smart Limits

to block calls and text you need to sign up for "Smart Limits" it costs about $5 bucks a month I think, but if you've been with Cingular/AT&T for a long time they'll give it to you free

Also most spam SMS can be stopped if you reply: STOP
 
Some people actually believe that the IRS would send them an SMS or e-mail stating that they owe $10K or more and even go ahead and pay up. The IRS always starts with a paper letter when there is an issue.
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
But isn't that bad because the spammer is receiving a confirmation that it's a valid number, sort of like asking to be taken off an emailing list?
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But I think it's like being put on the DO NOT CALL list, by law they are not allowed to send you anymore sms.
 
SAD*FACED*CLOWN said:
to block calls and text you need to sign up for "Smart Limits" it costs about $5 bucks a month I think, but if you've been with Cingular/AT&T for a long time they'll give it to you free

Also most spam SMS can be stopped if you reply: STOP
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Thank you for this tip!!
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
But isn't that bad because the spammer is receiving a confirmation that it's a valid number, sort of like asking to be taken off an emailing list?
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SMS spamming is usually done by a "Robo Dialer"....it can determine a land line from a cell number.... land lines get the annoying voicemails while cells get the annoying SMS...how do I know? because at the college I work at we use one to bombard our students with information they should already know!:cool:
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_0_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8A400 Safari/6531.22.7)

AT&T has nothing to do with those spam messages that you received, as their privacy policy rules do not allow them to give your number. Most likely it was jest a random text sent out to a lot of numbers besides yours, looking for a response… I got something like that when I had Verizon, which only happened once or twice.
 
b-rad g said:
But I think it's like being put on the DO NOT CALL list, by law they are not allowed to send you anymore sms.
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What law is this as it pertains to spam SMS? Unless it's an actual law, they're not obligated to comply.

Irish Rose said:
Most likely it was jest a random text sent out to a lot of numbers besides yours, looking for a response…
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Hence why you should't reply to it.
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
What law is this as it pertains to spam SMS? Unless it's an actual law, they're not obligated to comply.



Hence why you should't reply to it.
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Even if it is a law, it is trivial to send spam from offshore where the local government doesn't care about spam, or actually encourages it.
 
mlts22 said:
Even if it is a law, it is trivial to send spam from offshore where the local government doesn't care about spam, or actually encourages it.
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No one cares about the spam laws, even in the country. Any of the people that get caught spamming in the US are always actually charged with something else besides spamming.
 
b-rad g said:
But I think it's like being put on the DO NOT CALL list, by law they are not allowed to send you anymore sms.
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lol, something tells me that the companies offering viagra for 5 cents per pill, or the latest penile enlargers, or free access to naked Jennifer Aniston pics don't care too much about following the rules of the DNC list.
 
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