i got spam on my cell phone!

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Black88GTA

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I got a similar message last night while I was at a bar :(. Mine says "ready for a new look? Watch the fat DISAPPEAR in less than a week! This new pillREALLY WORKS! Call (800) 4947185"

From lipmgl13et@netzero.net

Received at 11:54 PM Monday, March 1 :|.

Now, if I was the type of person who has to go to bed early for an early class or work the next day I would have been pissed to get waken up by spam. I thought it was a fluke, but it looks like lots of people are getting it. :(

Sprint user here too.
 

Viper0329

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Originally posted by: shekondar
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).

Cool, I added the yahoo.com and netzero.com domains to my block list.
 

yOyOYoo

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Mar 21, 2001
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Originally posted by: neutralizer
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.

maybe you should turn your phone to vibrate/silent instead of being so annoyingly inconsiderate.

:| it bugs me sooo much when the prof is trying to hold a decent lecture and some goofball has his/her cell phone go off.
 

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Lifer
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Getting spam text msgs on my ATT gsm service...
They say that to stop the messages go to the ATT privacy page; but that just jacks you around.
Finally sent a scathing message about it thru their site--but haven't heard back yet.





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