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First Lawsuit Against Cell-Phone Spammers

Posted by timothy on from the go-cat-go dept.

BMcWilliams writes "The PR machine at Verizon Wireless hasn't made any noise about this yet, but the carrier last month filed a lawsuit against some Rhode Island spammers who targeted its cell phone customers with over four million text-message ads for ephedra, penis pills, mortgages, etc. The timing of the lawsuit is interesting, given that the FCC is in the process of hammering out rules governing cell-phone spam. I am told the Verizon litigation is the first of its kind in the USA. My story about the lawsuit, and a copy of Verizon Wireless' complaint, are available here."

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  1. Luckily for us... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Most of the readers at hackingthemainframe.com don't have cell phones!

  2. Targetted Ads by mindaktiviti · · Score: 5, Funny

    So when do you get my 0.50 cent coupon for a Big Mac when I walk by a McDonalds?

    Big Brother, where art thou? :(

  3. Rules by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >>the FCC is in the process of hammering out rules governing cell-phone spam

    Why is this taking so long? There should be two rules:

    1) don't spam
    2) reread rule #1

    Failure to obey rule 1 results in summary execution by lethal injection.
    Failure to obey rule 2 results in execution by being forced to go to a Britney Spears concert.

    1. Re:Rules by Creedo · · Score: 2, Funny

      You inhuman beast! Your second penalty is in direct violation of the Geneva Convention!

      If you allow Britney Spears concerts to continue, then the terrorists have won.

      --
      All that is necessary for the triumph of good is that evil men do nothing.
  4. Re:txt msg spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    vIa.gra

    It's v1a.gra, idiot.

  5. Re:txt msg spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Those spammers will always find new ways to reach the public.

    -- visit www.enlargeyourpenis.com --

  6. a friend wants to know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    This question isn't for me. It's for a friend. A guy I know wants to know if the "penis pills" really work.

  7. Geez! by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Funny

    For the last time, my girlfriend and I are both happy with the length of her penis already (zero inches by the way)! Stop sending her these messages!

    1. Re:Geez! by Fuzzums · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do you want a morgage on that penis or perhaps does the penis want a diploma?

      --
      Privacy is terrorism.
  8. True story: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    A female friend of mine was complaining that she never knew when her cell phone rang at work, when she would turn the ringer off and set it on vibrate mode. In the middle of the lunchroom she exclaimed "It would be so much better if it vibrated longer and harder."

    *crickets*

    *LAUGHTER*

    She was a redhead, and her face went from incandescent to radioactive when she realized what she had said.

    That having been said, I'm sure there are probably some women out there who wouldn't mind frequent calls, depending on the phone.