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US Cell Phone Users Discover SMS Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-only-gonna-get-worse dept.

The Llama King writes "It's a bigger problem in Europe and Japan/Asia, but as SMS text messaging or "texting" becomes more popular in the United States, its users are discovering that spammers like it too, according to this Houston Chronicle story. Cell phone companies are trying to stem the spam flood before it starts, worried that users will turn off their phones, thus denying providers revenue."

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  1. Re:sad thing is I don't even want to disable SMS. by Surak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    At least you're incoming SMSes are free. :) That's the same for all U.S. mobile users.

    (Yeah, yeah, I know. Incoming anything in Europe is free, I can't understand you stupid Americans, etc. BITE ME!)

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