Re: [apple-iphone] spam texts

Where did you come up with uce.com? When I go to the website it redirects
me to a Youtube video which is basicly spam itself.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Ellen <itasara@rochester.rr.com> wrote:

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> On Mar 22, 2012, at 5:20 AM, apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> > If you have not registered your phones at donotcall.gov/ do so now. I
> > believe it also covers text messages.
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> I have had a very minimal amount of these texts, so far. I do belong to
> the do not call lists and I am sure some of these places get around it. I
> try not to give out my cell phone number and that helps, but if it is the
> only phone you have, that could be a problem.
>
> I am so fed up with spam and even porn I get on my computer. It is a
> little better but I report the computer spam to my provider or to yahoo
> (where most of the spam is coming from) and to spam@uce.com then I block
> it.
>
> If it is a commercial text some texts say you can just report STOP back,
> and so far that seems to work. Even if it doesn't say that, do it anyway.
> If there is a phone no I sometimes call it on my landline to see if I can
> find out who called it.
>
> What really annoys me to are the occasional voice mail messages or actual
> calls I get and then they waste 5 minutes of my time til I get to the end
> when it says press a certain no. to stop it. I don't listen to my messages
> until after 9 pm most of the time or I just delete them if it is an unknown
> number.
>
> Certain places like charities are not subject to the do not all list!!
> some charities are not registered to legally ask for money, at least in
> NYS. I learned a lot after writing to my congress reps and the attorney
> general. The Robo calls I was getting have finally stopped. One of the
> charities was not registered and I think it was investigated. All of a
> sudden the calls stopped and not just to me but others I know!
>
> Ellen
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