To avoid receiving text message spam, call 888-382-1222 to register with the National Do Not Call List, which will block your number for five years. You must call from the number you wish to block. Or, you can register at donotcall.gov. You can also report telemarketers online at this address.
However, foreign spammers can blast away without consequence using auto dialer software, and not much can be done about it by the FCC. But when you consider the source of the phone numbers being your phone carriers, they are the ones who should be held culpable with severe consequences.
My advice is to call your phone carrier and complain bitterly. Call your elected representatives and complain. Make your voice heard and maybe we can put a stop text message spam before it starts spreading like e-mail spam.
By Tim Hillebrand
