Text Messages question...
I keep getting text messages from different people. They say 26/F wants to chat, or 34/M and so on. I ignore them, but is there a way to prevent getting them?
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Acehole said:
I keep getting text messages from different people. They say 26/F wants to chat, or 34/M and so on. I ignore them, but is there a way to prevent getting them?
You may want to quit ignoring them and find out who they are coming from, because at $0.10 per message received, that can add up.
They are probably coming from the texting date line that you sent a message to while you were drunk last weekend with your friends.
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That was a useless bit of advice. But I expect that from some on here. Does anyone have any intelligent info. to help me out with.
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Acehole said:
That was a useless bit of advice. But I expect that from some on here. Does anyone have any intelligent info. to help me out with.
It wasn't intended to be useless. It was partially intended to help, and partly to make you laugh. Geesh.
I have never been hit with unsolicited text messages to any of my cell phones (no matter what carrier) unless I had originally sent a message to that service in the first place, or if it was from the carrier directly, which is a free message. Thus, if this is happening to you, you need to call VZW and have them address it, or at least guide you in how to address it. Those charges could add up quick.
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You may also have passed along your phone # to a dating service, perhaps? Or someone else did as a joke? Or, quite possibly, it's just spam. I'd follow SForsyth01's advice, tout suite.
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Cool, Thanks to both of you. I was just curious as to if this was happening to anyone else. Thanks!
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You're signed up for a premium text messaging service. Kind of like Jamster but it's txt messages. I will bet $10 that your next bill will show you being charged between $0.50 to $1.00 per message.
Reply with "Stop" and they should stop. If not, go to vtext.com and block the address they are coming from.
Reply with "Stop" and they should stop. If not, go to vtext.com and block the address they are coming from.
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Do you have your AOL instant messenger forwarded to your phone? If you do you most likely are getting IM's from bots on your screename.
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