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Killing Unwanted Text Messages from Yahoo! Alerts?

Posted by Cliff on from the dealing-with-phone-spam dept.

Creighti asks: "When I first got my new cellphone I immediately received several automated Text Message 'Alerts' from Yahoo and MSN which recurred on a daily basis. My guess was (is) that the previous owner of my cell phone number signed up for these things. Six months later I'm still getting unwanted text messages from Yahoo! Alerts. I managed to get rid of the MSN messages by signing up with MSN (gack), registering the phone number as mine, and de-selecting all text messages. I've tried the same trick with Yahoo. I've tried filling out the Yahoo! Help form that appeared to apply (interestingly enough, the Yahoo Help entry I've used several times to request they stop sending the unwanted alert appears to have been removed, but clicking the 'No' button on this page would work). I've even tried emailing abuse@yahoo.com. Anyone else getting text-message spammed by Yahoo! (or any other service)? Any suggestions for what I should do next to try and get Yahoo! to stop sending these unwanted messages?" Why aren't the text message preferences deleted when the cancellation notices comes thru?

4 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. well duh by GreenJeepMan · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Any suggestions for what I should do next to try and get Yahoo! to stop sending these unwanted messages".

    Have you tried turning off your cell phone?

  2. heres a good idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    install linux on your phone so you'll be guaranteed no features what-so-ever and never have to worry about turning on your phone except recompile your kernel in 36 hours. voice communication will be available in kernel 2.6

  3. One option by boatboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    You may consider posting a message about it on Slashdot...

  4. You can't even get back in! by Tsuzuki · · Score: 0, Troll

    I signed up for Rocketmail in about 1997. It was a really rocking free webmail system, especially once Hotmail was getting really popular.

    Then Yahoo bought it and my Rocketmail became my Yahoo!Mail account. I forgot to log in for three months because it's not one of my main accounts, and Yahoo had deactivated the account. Since it's a Rocketmail account, they refuse to activate it again.

    Now, I don't want to abandon my Yahoo profile (I use it for groups, etc). However, there's no way to attach a primary e-mail account to this address because I have to sign up again to get one. Like everyone else, mailing for help doesn't work - they made me change my password and I was no better off than before. If there's a person at the other end there, they're not awake.

    Never mind opting-in entire mailing lists (also the fruits of a buyout) for loads of spam. Screw you and the horse you rode in on, Yahoo...