SMS Spam ?

[CuriousMike]

I've been getting this SMS message for the past month or two - the phone number it comes from changes so blocking the # isn't helpful.

I've tried googling the message to see if I can determine where it's coming from.
I can't tell - I'm afraid of sending a message of 'STOP' back to it will alert it that i'm alive and cause even more grief.

Any ideas?

 

[Red Storm]

Is your name Mike?

 

[CuriousMike]

Yes. So that's a hint they have some of my info.

 

[Red Storm]

Could it possibly be some friends pulling a prank (there are services for this)? Maybe from something you signed up for?

 

[CuriousMike]

They have my (first) name.

If they want me to click on the link,
a) make the link less "weird german domain looking"
b) give some sense in the SMS as to what the hell the service is.

Aggravating.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

just type STOP?

 

[CuriousMike]

II'm afraid of sending a message of 'STOP' back to it will alert it that i'm alive and cause even more grief.

just type STOP?

Presuming it would work, that'd be great.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Try looking at the link with a virtual machine for fun!

 

[Anonemous]

keep blocking all the numbers?

 

[lothar]

Do you use Sprint?
http://www.dailytech.com/Editorial+...ers+to+Defraud+Its+Customers/article23083.htm
http://www.dailytech.com/FTC+Launch...essage+Spam+Sues+8+Companies/article30079.htm

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Presuming it would work, that'd be great.

I think it will work. It's like those spam emails. Not AS spam as say the Cialis ones, but the ones with the unsubscribe button. Those usually work. I have yet to see an Unsubscribe that instead resubscribes me to 200x more spam. You know those concerts you go into and text a number for a sweepstakes? Yeah they send messages like those, and you can opt out using STOP. Its a bit annoying because they send you like 5 more messages once you opt out but then it finally stops in the end.

 

[you2]

Yea I used to have a headach with sprint sending me sms on my 'dumb' phone will it cost real money (i.e, sprint sales would use sprint customer contact info to contact customers for sales and sprint told me there was no method to opt out; thuogh I could block ALL sms). It might be interesting to see what the url resolves to and see if it is your vendor. I have a lot stories about the crap sprint sales people did (like sending me and charging me for phones I didn't order) - but now i'm on verizon. Verizon also sends me an occasional smm but they don't charge for them

 

[CuriousMike]

Try looking at the link with a virtual machine for fun!

Great idea !

OK, it took me to an MLB At the Ballpark site which is an app I had downloaded ( and I'm an MLB.TV subscriber. )

So, mystery (somewhat) solved.

BTW, yes I'm a Sprint subscriber but I've not had any other issues with spam.

 

[lothar]

Great idea !

OK, it took me to an MLB At the Ballpark site which is an app I had downloaded ( and I'm an MLB.TV subscriber. )

So, mystery (somewhat) solved.

BTW, yes I'm a Sprint subscriber but I've not had any other issues with spam.

The question remains... How the hell did they get your name?

 

[JoeMcJoe]

The question remains... How the hell did they get your name?

When you buy an app on the playstore, you send the developer your name/address/phone#

Great huh???

 

[CuriousMike]

The question remains... How the hell did they get your name?

When you buy an app on the playstore, you send the developer your name/address/phone#

Great huh???

I don't think it was the app purchase; I signed up and paid for the MLB.TV subscription and I'm guessing that when creating an account they asked for my phone # -- for all I know I gave them permission to spam me.

I sent the STOP and it replied that i'd been removed.

I still contend if they would have simply added a "Hi, This is MLB.TV and we're upgrading..." it would have immediately made more sense to me. There was simply no context for what they were telling me.