There are several ways companies get your number and some of them are legal. ‘Legal’ Spam How do they get your number and how do they send? This one below is an absolute cracker, in some ways you have to admire it. This has all come to head recently in Australia where an ‘interesting’ yet official political party has been sending out millions of unsolicited text messages.

An emergency message from an official body.

A message from an official political party.

NB Anti-spam laws, and their severity and how rigorously they are enforced, differ globally. Generally, any unsolicited text message is considered spam, but there are several reasons and instances when an unsolicited SMS may not ‘legally’ be considered spam. Here are actual examples of a spam SMS and a legitimate marketing SMS that I’ve received recently

Lack of the ability to Opt-Out or STOP, all marketing SMS messages by law should allow you to Opt-Out/STOP.

Promoting something too good to be true, remember it always is!.

They will have a link (which you should never, ever click on) and they’ll be driving you to click on it by joy ‘To claim your prize click….’ or fear ‘To stop legal proceedings click….’.

Classic examples are a bank, the taxation department, a claims company, a lottery.

From a company/institution that you would never normally hear from, or have never heard from, via text.

From a number you’re not familiar with (this may not always be spam, but it’s a good sign).

Some of the key traits of a spam SMS include: This is different from marketing messages you may have opted-in to receive and can generally, easily opt-out of (more on that in a bit). You will generally have absolutely no idea who the message is from or why you received it.

How to stop receiving spam text messages foreverĪny unsolicited/unwanted text message you receive is considered spam.

How do they get your number and how do they send?.

Let’s dive right in, this is what we’ll cover: If you hate spam text messages as much as we do, and boy we do, then you’ll love this simple checklist on how to stop receiving them forever.

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