Spammers Start Abusing Cell Phones 266
slimyrubber writes "Just when you thought that spam couldnt get any worst, Cell phones are becoming the latest target of electronic junk mail, with a growing number of marketers using text messages to target subscribers. Is cell-phone spam likely to evolve into something that big, something approaching the scale of e-mail spam? Not if you help to kill SMS spam where it starts. Hopefully."
the worst (Score:5, Funny)
What Next? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hmm. (Score:2, Funny)
I seem to recall that spammers don't exactly care about what's legal or not... or at the very least the ones that chose to page me and wake me up at 2AM with their important messages of where I can get a good mortgage and how to enlarge my penis.
You know what this means! (Score:5, Funny)
Sausages! (Score:4, Funny)
And this happended just when I thought my wursts couldn't get any more spam...
Re:the worst (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In the UK... (Score:2, Funny)
I also get ones from "Lust" saying that someone has a secret crush on me and to call a premium rate number to find out who...hmm, not bloody likely
Re:Hmm. (Score:2, Funny)
Obviously, this is not one of our more effective laws, eh? My cell phone company has Mr. Robot call me every month when my bill becomes past due.
Re:You know what this means! (Score:2, Funny)
And the top dummy number will be "8675309@jenny.com"
spam about cellphone spam! (Score:4, Funny)