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Old 04-05-2012, 06:54 AM   #1
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Fight back against spam text messages

In the past 6 months or so, I've noticed a definite increase in spam texts on my cellphone.

Today's NYT has an article on this and some steps to take. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/te....html?src=recg

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Thanks for sharing. DW has been complaining about this lately.
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Old 04-05-2012, 07:35 AM   #3
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We use AT&T. and get at least one or two spam texts per month.
We report them every time, and we've never received one from the same number after reporting it.

To report a spam text to AT&T, forward the message to SPAM (7726).
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Thanks - didn't know that and have been getting more and more of them lately.
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