Posted by ME/NJ on 12/9/07 11:48pm
Msg #225240

A first for me

I;ve had junk emails, faxes but today I get 5 junk txt messages on my cell phone. Anyone else have this problem and what have you done to cure it.

My wifes phone got hit today too.

Reply by Laura Vestanen on 12/10/07 12:05am
Msg #225242

I told my cellular provider to block all incoming text messages.

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 12/10/07 12:49am
Msg #225243

If the number showed up on your caller id, then Google it and you might find out some interesting information on it. I did that and one of the sites suggested I file a complaint with the FCC which I did. Of course, my expectations of anything being done are low. Meanwhile, since the numbers are showing up on my caller id on my cell, I stored it in my phone book and assigned a silent ring to it, so when these idiots do call my phone won't ring. So far this has worked. It seems to be only three or four numbers that keep calling. I also had to turn off all incoming text messaging ... Do not reply to any of those text messages. They may give you a choice of subscribing to some service at 9.95 per month and no matter what you answer, yes or no, you get subscribed.

Reply by Dawn/PA on 12/10/07 6:34am
Msg #225249

We have 5 phones on our plan - the majority being teens/young adults and thas happened a few times. I do not want to block texts because I get messages/information from the kids and I text to them as well. I have found that our provider (AT&T) always takes the subscription charge off, although it takes a full billing cycle to see the credit. This was a major problem this past summer. After calling in every month for a couple of months, it has stopped. I hope this helps, especially if you donot want to block all text messages.

Reply by Allison_MI on 12/10/07 7:54am
Msg #225260

Re: good ideas too

Those are some good ideas i will use also, thanks

Reply by Allison_MI on 12/10/07 7:53am
Msg #225259

Re: Friday I had 4 of them

Yes, I got 4 of them this past friday they were all of those, "if you love Jesus share this with others" type of text messages. I didn't know the phone number it came from so, I deleted.

Reply by MichiganAl on 12/10/07 8:40am
Msg #225265

Before you deleted them...

did you make sure they weren't actually FROM Jesus? He does have your cell number, you know.

Reply by jba/fl on 12/10/07 2:57pm
Msg #225365

Spewing coffee! ROFLMAO! n/m

Reply by No/ta/ry/2u on 12/10/07 8:58am
Msg #225267

You can enter your phone number on the donotcall registry.

Reply by Grace Gully on 12/10/07 9:33am
Msg #225275

Have you registered on the no call list both your cell and home number? I was having the same problem until I registered all family and business numbers including Fax lines at the website below

https://www.donotcall.gov/register/RegConf.aspx?B2D6152F-782F-4F4D-A1ED-84143166F215

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 12/10/07 11:01am
Msg #225298

The "do not call" list doesn't work with some of these guys as they are not legit. I did some reasearch and found that some of these are probably off-shore and don't care about any do not call list. The caller id may show 213-452-6539 (one of the many numbers involved), but the caller could be in Nigeria or Mexico. I found out that it is a pretty simple thing to send any number you want for a caller id or have a US number that you san send and receive calls from and still be out of the country. I have been chasing this for a while.