Dob in SMS spammers
If you’ve ever received unsolicited marketing SMS messages on your mobile phone, you’ll know just how annoying it is — almost as annoying as landline telephone telemarketers and email spammers, but only because there are less of them!
And you can’t just block them, as they usually come from a private number or from randomly generated numbers, so the number is different each time.
Well, if you’re based in Australia, you can do something about it. Communications regulatory body ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) has established a process for reporting such incidents.
Just forward the offending message to 0429 999 888 to have it added to the ACMA database for investigation by the authority.
To read more about SMS spam, click here.
(Thanks to Lifehacker Australia.)
Gail Lipscombe has worked for some of Australia's hottest tech magazines for over 10 years. In her blog, she focuses on demystifying technology, gadgets and the web for average consumers.