death to spammers! in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20465060 en Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:29:06 EDT Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:29:06 EDT Re: death to spammers! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20471169 fuziwuzi :
said by taar See Profile :

said by fuziwuzi See Profile :

They should also do something about the spam txts that automatically deduct minutes off of pay-as-you-go plans. My Mom, who is definitely not a technically inclined woman, was distraught to learn that simply by reading the txt messages she was getting she was having all her minutes she'd purchased used up. One message alone deducted 100 minutes. I told her to simply not read ANY txt messages, nobody she knows is txt'ing her so just ignore them. I set her phone to not alert her to incoming messages.

So spammers have made what could be a useful system (txt'ing) into something that must be ignored.
I dont think it matters if you read them or not. Once it is delivered to your phone, you are charged.
No, at least on my Mom's the minutes are deducted only when you open the message. I've looked at these messages, the charge isn't from the carrier but somehow these spammers are generating messages that when opened transfer minutes from the recipients account to the spammer's account. I don't know how it works but I called the carrier (Trackfone) and they said there was nothing they could do about it. For instance, one message I looked at, as soon as I clicked the "Read" button, 20 minutes were deducted from my Mom's account. These are not standard text messages, obviously... they've figured out how to swindle minutes (which turns into money) from unsuspecting users.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20471169 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:17:23 EDT Re: death to spammers! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20469920 taar :
said by lefty1 See Profile :

said by fuziwuzi See Profile :

They should also do something about the spam txts that automatically deduct minutes off of pay-as-you-go plans. My Mom, who is definitely not a technically inclined woman, was distraught to learn that simply by reading the txt messages she was getting she was having all her minutes she'd purchased used up.
I dont think it matters if you read them or not. once it is delivered to your phone, you are charged.
I don't have a pay-as-you-go phone, but I NEVER read text messages, and I don't get charged for them.
Are you sure you do not have a TXT plan included with your voice plan? I could have sworn you get charged the second it hits your phone whether you read it or not. I could be wrong though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20469920 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:36 EDT Re: death to spammers! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467187 lefty1 :
said by fuziwuzi See Profile :

They should also do something about the spam txts that automatically deduct minutes off of pay-as-you-go plans. My Mom, who is definitely not a technically inclined woman, was distraught to learn that simply by reading the txt messages she was getting she was having all her minutes she'd purchased used up.
I dont think it matters if you read them or not. once it is delivered to your phone, you are charged.
I don't have a pay-as-you-go phone, but I NEVER read text messages, and I don't get charged for them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467187 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:26:57 EDT Re: death to spammers! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465638 taar :
said by fuziwuzi See Profile :

They should also do something about the spam txts that automatically deduct minutes off of pay-as-you-go plans. My Mom, who is definitely not a technically inclined woman, was distraught to learn that simply by reading the txt messages she was getting she was having all her minutes she'd purchased used up. One message alone deducted 100 minutes. I told her to simply not read ANY txt messages, nobody she knows is txt'ing her so just ignore them. I set her phone to not alert her to incoming messages.

So spammers have made what could be a useful system (txt'ing) into something that must be ignored.
I dont think it matters if you read them or not. Once it is delivered to your phone, you are charged.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465638 Sun, 11 May 2008 14:25:41 EDT Re: death to spammers! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465568 en102 : Just as email has its general use, spammers and marketers have 'ruined' it. Many sms can be sent to phonenumber@carrier.com
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"Anything worth having is worth cheating for." WC Fields]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465112 Sun, 11 May 2008 11:53:33 EDT death to spammers! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465060 fuziwuzi : They should also do something about the spam txts that automatically deduct minutes off of pay-as-you-go plans. My Mom, who is definitely not a technically inclined woman, was distraught to learn that simply by reading the txt messages she was getting she was having all her minutes she'd purchased used up. One message alone deducted 100 minutes. I told her to simply not read ANY txt messages, nobody she knows is txt'ing her so just ignore them. I set her phone to not alert her to incoming messages.

So spammers have made what could be a useful system (txt'ing) into something that must be ignored.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465060 Sun, 11 May 2008 11:39:58 EDT