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Spammers Start Abusing Cell Phones

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."

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  1. Probably a bit offtopic... by Firefly1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ...but the following excerpt from the BW article caught my attention:
    Says one young man: "If my girlfriend sends me an e-mail note, I spend hours agonizing over what I think she really means."
    From that statement alone, one could infer that said girlfriend has issues with being open (and maybe honest)... and that, in turn, leads readily to the conclusion that "Houston, this relationship has a problem."
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    - White Knight of the Order of Mihoshi Enthusiasts