Thursday, November 8, 2007

Unwarranted texts.

I realize that it's become incredibly easy to receive spam and junk in our e-mail inboxes. I don't like it, but if it becomes too overwhelming, I've been known to start a new e-mail account. Today I was sitting at my desk when I heard my phone ringing. I recognized it as a text by the ringtone. Yes, I'm a text-messaging junkie, but that's for another blog. As I looked to see who it was from, I noticed it was a 5-digit number. Odd. I open it and it says, "Brandie@terrymurphy.com (c this) Hey, meet locale singles goto: (www.chairsplacedina.com)" First off, who the heck is Brandie? Second, how did you get my number? Third, how did you know I was single? Fourth, you should really learn how to spell. I really hope that I am not entering the the realm of spam texts. Changing my phone number is much more difficult than changing my e-mail address.

2 comments:

  1. Hey I got this exact text today also. I'm filing a complaint report with the FCC. You should too. Maybe they will look into it. Good luck.
    http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html

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  2. I hate Spam. Terrible, stupid, a waste and you should totally complain. I too change emails if I get spammed but I also have different email addresses. Some I only hand out to friends and family and other for official purposes and another one for newsletters, or promos etc. It works well because the latter gets most of the spam.

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