We're used to junk e-mails in our inboxes but now we have to worry about it on our cell phone? If you've got text messaging you've likely received at least a spam text message or two and unlike junk e-mail which is just annoying, junk text messages actually cost money! Verizon claims to block billions of spam text messages a month, as do the other major cell phone carriers.
How are these spammers getting your number? Sometimes websites or companies you do business with sell your information to a 3rd party, other times it's just the luck of the automatic dialers the spammers use to blast people with their junk. Putting your cell phone number on the Do Not Call Registry won't help the problem since that only prevents telemarketers from calling you, not texting you.
The only way to really stop spam text messages, is to block all messages from an e-mail address. Spammers normally use a different e-mail address to target you each time, so blocking individual senders wont help. If you choose to do it that way, you'll still be able to get regular phone to phone messages.
What's your experience with spam text messages? Have you had any luck stopping spammers from targeting you?
