Selling cell phone numbers

There is only one way for you to get SPAM on your cell phone- if your
number was sold to a telemarketer. There is no way for SPAM to sent to
your cell phone without this happening first. Getting SPAM on your
Internet e-mail is one thing, but getting it on your text messenger
means that they got your cell phone number.
Some folks cry that it isn't legal- there are enormous loop-holes. In
the next hour or two many of you will have already heard some of this on
the national news. Some of you have just finished hearing about it
before this post was written.

[posted via phonescoop.com]

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and what's your point?



"William Bray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
There is only one way for you to get SPAM on your cell phone- if your
number was sold to a telemarketer. There is no way for SPAM to sent to
your cell phone without this happening first. Getting SPAM on your
Internet e-mail is one thing, but getting it on your text messenger
means that they got your cell phone number.
Some folks cry that it isn't legal- there are enormous loop-holes. In
the next hour or two many of you will have already heard some of this on
the national news. Some of you have just finished hearing about it
before this post was written.

[posted via phonescoop.com]

411 will make this happen even more so. From what I have seen a lot of
folks do not like the idea of their phone numbers being made public for
the reasons stated below. The problem is that this is already
happening. The 411 concept will make it easier for everyone to make
money off your cell phone. SPAM has just begun.

"mikey" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> and what's your point?
>
>
>
> "William Bray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> There is only one way for you to get SPAM on your cell phone- if your
> number was sold to a telemarketer. There is no way for SPAM to sent to
> your cell phone without this happening first. Getting SPAM on your
> Internet e-mail is one thing, but getting it on your text messenger
> means that they got your cell phone number.
> Some folks cry that it isn't legal- there are enormous loop-holes. In
> the next hour or two many of you will have already heard some of this on
> the national news. Some of you have just finished hearing about it
> before this post was written.
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]
>
>

[posted via phonescoop.com]

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 23:31:43 -0000, [email protected] (William Bray)
wrote:

>There is only one way for you to get SPAM on your cell phone- if your
>number was sold to a telemarketer.

I don't understand. Why couldn't I just start emailing my filth and
perversions to:

[email protected]

or

[email protected]

?

Wouldn't that be another way?

William Bray wrote:

> 411 will make this happen even more so. From what I have seen a lot of
> folks do not like the idea of their phone numbers being made public for
> the reasons stated below. The problem is that this is already
> happening. The 411 concept will make it easier for everyone to make
> money off your cell phone. SPAM has just begun.


No doubt. Yet, this is where I find it difficult to understand the
logic behind a cell company selling their very soul for a few bucks. If
this pans out as you suggest, I can't even imagine the call load on CSRs
across the globe.

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On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:53:49 -0000, [email protected] (William Bray)
wrote:

>411 will make this happen even more so. From what I have seen a lot of
>folks do not like the idea of their phone numbers being made public for
>the reasons stated below. The problem is that this is already
>happening. The 411 concept will make it easier for everyone to make
>money off your cell phone. SPAM has just begun.

And as chicken little said the sky is falling.

>"mikey" <[email protected]> wrote in article
><[email protected]>:
>> and what's your point?
>>
>>
>>
>> "William Bray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> There is only one way for you to get SPAM on your cell phone- if your
>> number was sold to a telemarketer. There is no way for SPAM to sent to
>> your cell phone without this happening first. Getting SPAM on your
>> Internet e-mail is one thing, but getting it on your text messenger
>> means that they got your cell phone number.
>> Some folks cry that it isn't legal- there are enormous loop-holes. In
>> the next hour or two many of you will have already heard some of this on
>> the national news. Some of you have just finished hearing about it
>> before this post was written.
>>
>> [posted via phonescoop.com]
>>
>>
>
>[posted via phonescoop.com]

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To send an email reply send to
GSMthemobilestandard ( yahoo.com

They absolutely can send you SPAM without knowing your number. Just
send to every number there is (from 000-000-000 to 999-999-9999) using
all the gateways that the cell companies use. Not very efficient, but
it would get us all!

Ray

William Bray wrote:
>
> There is only one way for you to get SPAM on your cell phone- if your
> number was sold to a telemarketer. There is no way for SPAM to sent to
> your cell phone without this happening first. Getting SPAM on your
> Internet e-mail is one thing, but getting it on your text messenger
> means that they got your cell phone number.
> Some folks cry that it isn't legal- there are enormous loop-holes. In
> the next hour or two many of you will have already heard some of this on
> the national news. Some of you have just finished hearing about it
> before this post was written.
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

> They absolutely can send you SPAM without knowing your number. Just
> send to every number there is (from 000-000-000 to 999-999-9999) using
> all the gateways that the cell companies use. Not very efficient, but
> it would get us all!
>

Except for me! :-)
N9WOS is SMS free!

I have been advised that the 411 issue will be broached before it is
launched. Apparently folks will have the option from the very beginning
to turn this down. And yes, I intend to say no.

Group Special Mobile <look@signature_to.reply> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:53:49 -0000, [email protected] (William Bray)
> wrote:
>
> >411 will make this happen even more so. From what I have seen a lot of
> >folks do not like the idea of their phone numbers being made public for
> >the reasons stated below. The problem is that this is already
> >happening. The 411 concept will make it easier for everyone to make
> >money off your cell phone. SPAM has just begun.
>
> And as chicken little said the sky is falling.
>
> >"mikey" <[email protected]> wrote in article
> ><[email protected]>:
> >> and what's your point?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "William Bray" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> There is only one way for you to get SPAM on your cell phone- if your
> >> number was sold to a telemarketer. There is no way for SPAM to sent to
> >> your cell phone without this happening first. Getting SPAM on your
> >> Internet e-mail is one thing, but getting it on your text messenger
> >> means that they got your cell phone number.
> >> Some folks cry that it isn't legal- there are enormous loop-holes. In
> >> the next hour or two many of you will have already heard some of this on
> >> the national news. Some of you have just finished hearing about it
> >> before this post was written.
> >>
> >> [posted via phonescoop.com]
> >>
> >>
> >
> >[posted via phonescoop.com]
>
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> To send an email reply send to
> GSMthemobilestandard ( yahoo.com

[posted via phonescoop.com]

N9WOS wrote:
>>They absolutely can send you SPAM without knowing your number. Just
>>send to every number there is (from 000-000-000 to 999-999-9999) using
>>all the gateways that the cell companies use. Not very efficient, but
>>it would get us all!
>>
>
>
> Except for me! :-)
> N9WOS is SMS free!
>
>
Yeah, me too. Took it off all my phones (Thankfully, Cingular sent me
SMS at midnight of first day and I was clued in). I wouldn't have cared
except the contract says I gotta pay for 'em all whether I asked for 'em
or not.

What is the '411' concept?