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.
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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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.
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
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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.
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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.
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.
Those messages sound pretty creepy ngl
I will always love you....
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
This is a fantastic way to lose smart voters... maybe they don't need to worry about that
What makes you think they are looking for smart voters?
Yeah, they definitely don't need to worry about their non-existent smart voters😂
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.
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."
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
Replying to spam is usually just a way to confirm that the victim is a "life" one.
some of those say they came directly from mr.trump himself /s
Damn that seems really infuriating. Where I live there's a government program to forbid anyone to send you ads or political propaganda (and the best part is that you can report those who slip through the net!) It isn't fool proof but it did decrease the amount of calls from people trying to sell me shit I don't want.
Then you got poor Whitney Houston near the bottom
Dolly Parton?
"We both know that I'm not what you neeeeeed..."
Is this legal?
It probably falls under the 'not illegal' category. They got the number somehow, and I would bet it's from some stupid agreement that lets a company sell his number and whoever buys it is allowed to send messages to it.
It's also hard to get harassment charges for these, since realistically it is hard to contact the assholes and tell them to stop sending messages, which is required for most cases. There's also the issue that harassment needs to be a repeated thing (and usually after being told to stop) from the same source/conspiracy. If you could prove all of these different messages were from the exact same organization, or that each entity sending the messages had collaborated, you could possibly get a judge to agree that harassment took place. Then, of course, your issue becomes the question of who did the harassment. If the judge/jury believes that it was a particular individual at the corporation, maybe that person could be prosecuted, but if they only will say that it was the entity, like a PAC or LLC or inc. or whatever, you're boned. No one holds business/political entities accountable.
All that to say... those of us who get these messages are boned, with little legal recourse. I just block the numbers and delete. It seems like it works, because I haven't gotten any messages like OP did for the last year or so. They must reuse numbers to send texts.
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It's legal to buy your information from data brokers. No need for someone to sign you up for anything.
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.
Wow, I sure would hate to get a text from Jim Jordan.
The Dems do this too. Certainly discouraged me from making donations.
I was thinking there's no way only one side is doing this.
During the 2022 cycle I made the mistake of donating to a lefty cause, and this year I was getting up to twenty (20) grifting emails a day. Just a few well-crafted email filters later, it’s down to zero. For texts, as soon as one comes in it’s “block and report as junk”. I’ll keep this up until I have every fucking number in the US listed as junk I don’t care.
God damn, you should probably try to sue for that torture!
Welcome to !privacy@lemmy.ml - you'll learn not to share your phone number with strangers.
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I get none at all -> I wonder if someone signed you up to receive all of that. Make sure to "thank" them:-P.
I have blocked 100's of these stupid things and God I hate it so much. I think I made it worse when they were saying end=stop on them and I did that for a few and got the whole I unsubscribed message, but they always seem to get worse after that
Someone registered for all Republican campaigns.
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