Re: Cell phone email spam problem
"Louise Bremner" <trap_for_junk_mail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> MonkeyBoy <somewildmonkey@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> For the last four months or so I have been receiving email spam on my
>> Docomo cell phone. There appears to be two types: One has no text in
>> the body, but contains an attachment (which I believe is a gif image,
>> but that does not display on my cell phone). The other type has text
>> in the body which is random sentences (all in English). Prior to this
>> I have never received any spam on my cell phone at all.
>>
>> I've also been receiving what I believe to be the same type of spam on
>> two other email accounts I have on PC's. Those spam emails are also
>> the same two types I mentioned above. However, on my PC, the
>> attachement does get displayed as a gif image, which shows text that is
>> promotional material for stock investments.
>>
>> What I would like to know is if other people are receiving these types
>> same type of spam emails. It could just be that my email addresses
>> are on someone's machine that is generating these spams.
>
> I get them on my main email account--GOL's filter often doesn't flag
> them as spam because either all the advertising is in the attached
> image, or the random text doesn't have anything to latch onto.
>
> > Louise Bremner (log at gol dot com)
>
I have that problem with people Skyping out of the blue, only worse if you
have to pay per text message that bites.
There oughta be a do not call center to place your number in similar to
ftc.gov/donotcall
I try so interested to find that
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