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What To Do With SMS Spam
by The Wired Pixie
Today when I got home from school I found that I had a message on my mobile phone saying:
"Urgent u've been chosen 2 receive a guaranteed £500 mystery award awaiting collection tel 09066368325 callcost£1.50pmorefrommobile2Bremoved-MobyPOBox734LS27YF"
I told my mum and she told me that the message I had received was SMS Spam and that I was right to show her first.
Just like e-mail Spam you should never send SMS Spam and you should never reply to it.
My mum told me I could find out more about SMS Spam at the WiredSafety Web Site.
I logged onto WiredSafety's UK pages and then the UK Law link and then I went onto SMS Spam.
First of all I went to TPS Online and I registered with them to say that I did not want to "receive unsolicited sales and marketing calls".
Then I filled out a complaint form.
If you have any of these messages do what I did because its better to be safe than to be sorry and those messages just waste your money because when you reply to them it costs a lot.
Where To Make A Complaint
Report suspected Premium Rate SMS scams to OFCOM.
Report SMS spam (as well as unsolicited direct marketing telephone calls, faxes, automated calls, picture / video messages or e-mail) to the Information Commissioner.
Follow
this link for information about the US National Do Not Call Registry >>
See also: SMS & Cyber Bullying & SMS Spam