![]() What to do when you get a spam SMSįirstly if the message has a link driving you to click it – NEVER CLICK THAT LINK! Besides that, if you’re certain it’s unsolicited spam then: We can generally stop most ‘dodgy’ companies from even getting a single message out, and then we can stop messages immediately if they don’t conform to our stringent standards, like not having an Opt-Out in a message! Oh, and we also don’t allow the use of any bought lists, even if purchased legally. Here at ClickSend,even though we’re multi-channel business communications software, we have SMS at our core and businesses use us to do bulk SMS campaigns, but we have a very strict anti-spam policy, which starts upon sign up. They may have created the software themselves or sadly use an actual company that has poor anti-spam policies in place. Generally using online SMS Gateway software, where they’ll do bulk SMS campaigns. So how do they send out all these messages, surely not a warehouse full of people smashing them out on mobile phones? These companies can be sending millions of spam SMS messages in one go and they only need a small % of these messages to be ‘successful’ for them to have made money. With all spam companies, it’s a volume game where the old adage of ‘If you throw enough ?some will stick’ being their strategy. Most won’t work, but some will and yours might be one. ![]() Randomly generated technology today can generate gazillions of random mobile phone numbers in seconds.ANI automatically identifies and stores your number and matches it with other online digital markers associated with you. Automatic Number Identification in some countries when you call toll free numbers your number can be captured by a system called “Automatic Number Identification” or ANI.Illegal list purchase they’ve purchased a list from a ‘colourful’ company that specialises in scraping the web for people’s mobile numbers and builds lists of people that have not opted-in.Legal list purchase they’ve purchased a list of numbers from a company that you have knowingly shared your details with, but perhaps unknowingly checked, or not unchecked, the opt-in box that would say in the fine text ‘You give us permission to share your data with other third-party companies….’.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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