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My friend just got this on his phone:

Win up 2 $1,000,000 reply Y, No pur req, 16+ 2 enter, Odds dep on #entries Ends 5/4/07. Free entry/Rules at Cingular.com/rules. Reply STOP 2 end.

Fun. Anyone know exctly why he got it? For being idol?

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That would be a textamarketer.. register your cellphone or your friends cellphones on the do not call list, it stopped my texting spam, anyway.

But how does this 'textamarketer' send a free message through cingular? Are they actually affiliated with cingular?

Originally Posted by tavenger5

My friend just got this on his phone:

Win up 2 $1,000,000 reply Y, No pur req, 16+ 2 enter, Odds dep on #entries Ends 5/4/07. Free entry/Rules at Cingular.com/rules. Reply STOP 2 end.

Fun. Anyone know exctly why he got it? For being idol?

Notice the "cingular.com" entry rules URL.

This is spam sent to you by your carrier Cingular. It's shameful but it's also from own your carrier, not some nameless "textmarketer" hiding somewhere.

This is the next nightmare. 3/4's of all email is now crap. The next shoe to drop is your phone getting 3 million text messages a day with advertising garbage about free mortages and Viagra. Yuck.