It’s been going on for months and no matter how many I mark as spam and block they keep coming back with new numbers!
Makes me wonder if someone signed me up for something
Lol and they’re trying to sue Gmail for blocking them.
I wish i could block gmail’s \ invited you to view a file “
How is this not illegal, but sending spam emails is? What a messed up world.
Damn good question.
If you sign up for the do not call registry it IS illegal.
Naw, the politicians gave themselves immunity…
Legality never stops a Republican.
Illegal in Australia. Obviously doesn’t stop scammers though, but most everything else.
Regrettably, political parties are exempt from the DNC Register, even in Australia.
“Registered charities, educational institutions calling students, government bodies and registered political parties are exempt and are allowed to make telemarketing calls to numbers on the register”
Oh, didn’t know. Guess they realise it’s bad PR. Can’t say I’ve ever had much more than mail drops.
Good news! It is illegal!
Political campaign-related autodialed or prerecorded voice calls, including autodialed live calls, autodialed texts, and prerecorded voice messages, are prohibited to cell phones, pagers or other mobile devices without the called party’s prior express consent.
If you think you’ve received a political robocall or text that does not comply with the FCC’s rules, you can file an informal complaint with the FCC at fcc.gov/complaints. If you are receiving texts that you didn’t ask for, report the sender by forwarding the texts to 7726 (or “SPAM”). Campaigns should also honor opt-out requests if you reply “STOP.”
I file a complaint for single one I get.
“I will always love you…”
Literal stalkers. Fucking creepy.
Reminds me of messages pornstars send “you”.
hey baby, I made this just for youuuuuu.
$9.95
I wish I had the talent to draw Sexy Nurse Napoleon 😄
I too wish you had that talent so I could witness your glory
Whitney Houston: Excuse me?
In my country, I can just report the numbers, and the regulation agencies come down like a ton of bricks on them.
Ah, you have an effective county in this regard. In the US, our lawmakers specifically carved out exceptions for political spam.
In my country, Politicians are the ones who write the law so they explicitly carved out “Political speech” as exempt in our very lax SPAM laws.
No wonder grannies and grandpas fall for those assholes. Regarding your wondering, sometimes sites info leaks because of some vulnerability and they don’t even say. Check if some of the sites you have your phone number on hasn’t been hacked or some shit. It’s surprising how many leaks sites don’t report.
If you read them from the bottom up, it’s like they’re from a super crazy ex.
Those messages sound pretty creepy ngl
I will always love you…
Grifters gonna grift. They want that sweet sweet donation money.
If you have an iPhone, search for your cell provider by name. Many offer free sms spam blocker apps, like T-mobile’s “Scam Shield”.
You can also log into your carrier’s website to see if there are any free spam blocking features there.
Digging into the FCC’s website reveals that robotexts are illegal without prior consent. However, if they hand enter the message, that’s legal.
That lines up with my experience the one time I kept getting annoying political texts. There was a human at the other end. They happily removed my number from their list after I threatened to vote for the other team if they kept harassing me. But that was the Democrats.
You can try some of the FCC’s recommendations, but I would generally assume malice in this instance. The political entities will probably disappear before anything can be done.
Report Unwanted Calls and Texts
If you think you’ve received a political robocall or text that does not comply with the FCC’s rules, you can file an informal complaint with the FCC at fcc.gov/complaints. If you are receiving texts that you didn’t ask for, report the sender by forwarding the texts to 7726 (or “SPAM”). Campaigns should also honor opt-out requests if you reply “STOP.”
Replying to spam is usually just a way to confirm that the victim is a “life” one.
Does it work if it’s always a new number? Nikki Haley sends me one a day. Most of them have some shady link to donate or get free shirts so it’s definitely some scam either way
For reporting them, probably not. For trying to opt-out with a STOP reply, depends on them playing by the rules. Do you think they will play by the rules? I don’t. I would assume malice. That they would forward your number to a bunch of other lists. You might not get Nikki’s spam, but you’ll get spam from 3 other PACs that are only 2 months old.
Sounds like she’s down bad
Sounds like Gym Jordan’s team was wrong to think they could count on you!
I’m also rather fond of the nickname Dim Moran
That’s a typo of the cleverest variety considering the millions of human-hours of misery and self harm that occurred after
- hundreds of athletes were sexually abused at the school where he was a wrestling coach and
- Jordan became aware of the abuse, and even worse than saying nothing, he also begged victims and their families to deny it as well
Not a typo, I’m deliberately referring to exactly those crimes of his.
referring to exactly those crimes
Thank you for your service.
Next time someone complains about cancel culture, let’s all remember to enlighten them about Gym fucking Jordan, whose ethical bankruptcy has gone unpunished and almost seems forgotten.
Then you got poor Whitney Houston near the bottom
Dolly Parton?
“We both know that I’m not what you neeeeeed…”
I’m Don Jr I’m here asking for your opinion not money $.
Should I buy 5 pounds of coke or 8… never mind I’ll just buy 12.
some of those say they came directly from mr.trump himself /s
Is this not illegal in your country?
Perhaps you could contact some of the politicians sending you these texts and ask them what they’re going to do to make it illegal?
Here’s the fun part- it’s illegal to do that if you put yourself on the national do not call list, BUT- political spam calls and texts are exempt. Something tells me our politicians don’t want that to change.
It’s legal to buy your information from data brokers. No need for someone to sign you up for anything.
