BarnettE
Well-Known Member
SMS spam from third parties - that is always difficult.
More often than not there is no contact information in the SPAM. When there is a number, it is typically the number for the marketing call center of the spammer. If you phone them, you will either be told that your number will be removed from the list, just to keep you happy, or they will tell you something like: "this is a one time special offer so there is no need to unsubscribe." Either way, you will be spammed again.
You also need to watch out for premium rated numbers. Some scumbags spam you senseless with messages containing these numbers, until you eventually phone them in desperation. That is how they get you.
I have in the past phoned Vocacom, but with limited success. They are obviously not very helpful because the more you get spammed, the more money they make. But a few times I have managed to get the contact details of the spammers out of Vodacom. Phoning the spammers is also the same frustrating exercise: "yes, we will immediately remove your number from that [one particular] list". That is until they create a new list.
The bottom line is, Vodacom could not care less. They can easily implement a "do not spam list" that they enforce on their network, but why would they do that if they can make more money from distributing spam to their customers?
The only solution that I can think of is to find a phone that can automatically delete all SMSs that do not originate from someone in your address book. You will have to add a few special numbers too so that you can get some SMSs, like voice-mail notifications and security messages from your bank. But everything else should just be silently moved to a junc folder and automatically deleted after a few days. If I can find a phone that does that I would be very, very happy.
Barnett
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