i got spam on my cell phone!

Bootprint

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And lunchen meats are so hard to clean off, I really hate that fat stuff. It starts to leave stains after a while.

 

TitanDiddly

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Originally posted by: Bootprint
And lunchen meats are so hard to clean off, I really hate that fat stuff. It starts to leave stains after a while.


I saw on one of those nutty 'use household items for purposes they're not meant to be used for' shows on TLC once. It said un can use spam for cleaning.

(and peanut butter for shaving)
 

Mallow

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lol, funny for me, bad for you :p

<mallow looks at his 4 year old cell phone w/o text messaging and eMail>
 

shekondar

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Originally posted by: minendo
Just got one myself from yoouhzr7@hotmail.com.

Subject: look good for summer! get EPHEDRINE now! Guaranteed to work or your money back! Call (800)-494-7185
Lemme guess...Sprint.
I got the same one Friday. :|
They just better not try to charge me for it...
 

neutralizer

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i've been getting some on my att wireless, but it costs nothing to receive... it's just annoying when it goes off in class.
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: shekondar
Originally posted by: minendo
Just got one myself from yoouhzr7@hotmail.com.

Subject: look good for summer! get EPHEDRINE now! Guaranteed to work or your money back! Call (800)-494-7185
Lemme guess...Sprint.
I got the same one Friday. :|
They just better not try to charge me for it...

Found out my sister got the same exact message yesterday also. Both of us use sprint.
 

Viper0329

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Originally posted by: shekondar
Originally posted by: minendo
Just got one myself from yoouhzr7@hotmail.com.

Subject: look good for summer! get EPHEDRINE now! Guaranteed to work or your money back! Call (800)-494-7185
Lemme guess...Sprint.
I got the same one Friday. :|
They just better not try to charge me for it...

I just got the same @#@$ msg. This has got to fvsking stop...now. We've got to come up with a way to beat the sh!t out of these spammers.
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: shekondar
Originally posted by: minendo
Just got one myself from yoouhzr7@hotmail.com.

Subject: look good for summer! get EPHEDRINE now! Guaranteed to work or your money back! Call (800)-494-7185
Lemme guess...Sprint.
I got the same one Friday. :|
They just better not try to charge me for it...

They charge me for it and I cancel my service on the spot.
 

PunDogg

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Originally posted by: SoyBoy004
i've been getting some on my cingular phone, each message received is 10 cents...

i would contact customer service to see if you were getting charged, cuz if you were i would demand that they stop, cuz thats your money. otherwise i would switch

DOgg
 

Hammer

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elfenix, do you have sprint? i got my first ever text message spam on my cell phone this morning.
 

cmdavid

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Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: shekondar
Originally posted by: minendo
Just got one myself from yoouhzr7@hotmail.com.

Subject: look good for summer! get EPHEDRINE now! Guaranteed to work or your money back! Call (800)-494-7185
Lemme guess...Sprint.
I got the same one Friday. :|
They just better not try to charge me for it...

Found out my sister got the same exact message yesterday also. Both of us use sprint.

me too. same message, same time, same provider...
:(
 

edmicman

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is there a sprint phone text message mailing list? or are they just stringing numbers together @spintstextmessageaddress.com and hitting everyone? nothing on verizon yet, but if i start getting those damn messages that flood my inbox on my phone i'm gonna be pissed
 

MrBond

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There was a thread over at the SA forums yesterday about this same email. It looks like (most) Sprint users are getting this email messege, as the person who posted the thread was on sprint and several people chimed in later saying they were on sprint too.

Text spam is already a problem in the UK. This sounds like the first big spamming here in the US. Hopefully they track the person down and sue them (but chances are they're smart enough to cover their tracks with zombie PC's doing the spamming).

I'm guessing they're "wardialing" the numbers, it'd be the most effective solution, unless there's a clause in your sprint contracts saying they can sell your number to third parties.

Verizon charges their users for incoming text messeges if you don't subscribe to the $2/mo texting plan, but they also have the ability to block all SMS messeges from people not on your contact list.
 

Aves

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Originally posted by: edmicman
is there a sprint phone text message mailing list? or are they just stringing numbers together @spintstextmessageaddress.com and hitting everyone? nothing on verizon yet, but if i start getting those damn messages that flood my inbox on my phone i'm gonna be pissed

It wouldn't be hard to get a list of all the NPA NXXs that a telco uses for wireless and just send the message to every user in the range.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out since typically you are charged for incoming text messages beyond what's included in your contract.
 

shekondar

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It looks like Sprint has a way to block incoming messages (at least for the newer SMS-capable phones; don't know if it works with the regular e-mail)...
Go to www.sprintpcs.com and log in to your account, then go to "Text Messaging", select "Settings & Preferences" from the menu on the left. You can select which types of messages you want to be able to receive (web messages, email, "TAP" messages), or you can block specific phone numbers or email addresses (up to 20).