Spam SMS – why you may pay to reply “Stop”

[WaxLyrical]

The number shouldn't matter, it will block any messages containing that phrase.

Ok I see that setting now. I was blocking the numbers. Thanks bud.

 

[Hamster]

Have you actually confirmed these reply SMS's are being deducted from your free SMS's? These spam SMS's come from shortcodes/longcodes from msg gateways. Any response to these SMS's is at out of bundle SMS rates, meaning it will come off your airtime, not free SMS bundles.

Networks are dodgy like this.

Well it says I used 13 SMS'es this month. One of them was a birthday SMS, the rest were opt outs.

 

[diabolus]

Thank heaven for android , i must have over a thousand spam numbers blocked on my phone .
i would be willing to subscribe to a service that tracks spam numbers , that gets updated periodically .
A small app on the phone would be great .

No need to subscribe, it's free : TrueMessenger

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller.messenger&hl=en

 

[SeRpEnT]

I say name and shame these f*%kers.
Open a website and/or Facebook page and list all the companies that buy from a marketing database and spam via sms.

Shame them all. This behaviour should give companies a bad name and they should actually refrain from this type of behaviour.
SMS marketing is pretty much the same as phishing. Send out a 100 000 sms's and get probably 50 guys that take up your offer.
But do they know that there are much more than 50 people that will get a bad view of their company/brand image because of this?

 

[entrepr]

This is my personal bugbear.

Top spammers to me are MTN itself (the worst by far), VW, Katz Cameras, Turn 'n Tender

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

Stopping spam like a boss!

What's the IAB?

Interactive Advertising Bureau (formerly DMMA) - https://twitter.com/iab_sa. They put a ton of pressure on CellC and the IAB CEO rocks - she phoned and mailed me a couple of times with the CellC issue.

Right now I am onto ABSA and this time I decided to push it all the way to establish how they illegally obtained my contact details for direct marketing (as I have never been a customer with them - https://twitter.com/gerdnaschenweng/status/634283049602142213)

 

[Sodan]

Go to your messages, go to settings, find spam message settings then "add to spam phrases".

Damn, no such setting in Android 2.2

 

[diabolus]

This is my personal bugbear.

Top spammers to me are MTN itself (the worst by far), VW, Katz Cameras, Turn 'n Tender

+1 for MTN , they are terrible. I am blocking almost all communication from MTN these days simply because of all the spam, i am most likely missing alot of vital account related info, but i guess i'll live with having peace and quiet.

 

[SZN]

Damn, no such setting in Android 2.2

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No need to subscribe, it's free : TrueMessenger

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller.messenger&hl=en

 

[Ho3n3r]

Damn, no such setting in Android 2.2

If you're still on Android 2.2, you've got bigger problems than spam...

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

BTW - attempting to lodge a complaint against ANY bank for SMS spam if you do not bank with them is pointless when using the OBS (http://www.obssa.co.za/):

You must be a customer of the bank you are lodging the complaint against.

 

[kianm]

Replying STOP is the only use I have for the 600 "free SMS's" I get bundled with my contract.

But I agree, the senders should pay for the opt outs. What they are doing is the same as these guys at street stops handing out flyers...except they force your window open and shove the pamphlet right into your face.

Imagining that happening

 

[AntiGanda]

You could just block the number, or even better, add them as a spammer on Sync.Me

Not really.

They use very long numbers that change each time.