It’s been going on for months and no matter how many I mark as spam and block they keep coming back with new numbers!
Makes me wonder if someone signed me up for something
Lol and they’re trying to sue Gmail for blocking them.
I wish i could block gmail’s <someuser> invited you to view a file “
How is this not illegal, but sending spam emails is? What a messed up world.
Damn good question.
If you sign up for the do not call registry it IS illegal.
Naw, the politicians gave themselves immunity…
Legality never stops a Republican.
Illegal in Australia. Obviously doesn’t stop scammers though, but most everything else.
Regrettably, political parties are exempt from the DNC Register, even in Australia.
“Registered charities, educational institutions calling students, government bodies and registered political parties are exempt and are allowed to make telemarketing calls to numbers on the register”
Oh, didn’t know. Guess they realise it’s bad PR. Can’t say I’ve ever had much more than mail drops.
Good news! It is illegal!
Political campaign-related autodialed or prerecorded voice calls, including autodialed live calls, autodialed texts, and prerecorded voice messages, are prohibited to cell phones, pagers or other mobile devices without the called party’s prior express consent.
If you think you’ve received a political robocall or text that does not comply with the FCC’s rules, you can file an informal complaint with the FCC at fcc.gov/complaints. If you are receiving texts that you didn’t ask for, report the sender by forwarding the texts to 7726 (or “SPAM”). Campaigns should also honor opt-out requests if you reply “STOP.”
I file a complaint for single one I get.
“I will always love you…”
Literal stalkers. Fucking creepy.
Reminds me of messages pornstars send “you”.
hey baby, I made this just for youuuuuu.
$9.95
I wish I had the talent to draw Sexy Nurse Napoleon 😄
I too wish you had that talent so I could witness your glory
I don’t have the talent, so this is the best I can come up with [without breaking any rules]:
I want a sexy napoleon disguise.
Whitney Houston: Excuse me?
In my country, I can just report the numbers, and the regulation agencies come down like a ton of bricks on them.
Ah, you have an effective county in this regard. In the US, our lawmakers specifically carved out exceptions for political spam.
In my country, Politicians are the ones who write the law so they explicitly carved out “Political speech” as exempt in our very lax SPAM laws.
Technically I should be able to do so in mine too, but they are soo many calls from so many different numbers it doesnt work
So who loves you that you blocked and deleted their number? Lol.
Four dots for an ellipsis? What a monster!
deleted by creator
Someone out there is hurting bad after expressing themselves.
Jose
Si senor
No wonder grannies and grandpas fall for those assholes. Regarding your wondering, sometimes sites info leaks because of some vulnerability and they don’t even say. Check if some of the sites you have your phone number on hasn’t been hacked or some shit. It’s surprising how many leaks sites don’t report.
If you read them from the bottom up, it’s like they’re from a super crazy ex.
Those messages sound pretty creepy ngl
I will always love you…
This is a fantastic way to lose smart voters… maybe they don’t need to worry about that
What makes you think they are looking for smart voters?
Yeah, they definitely don’t need to worry about their non-existent smart voters😂
Grifters gonna grift. They want that sweet sweet donation money.
If you have an iPhone, search for your cell provider by name. Many offer free sms spam blocker apps, like T-mobile’s “Scam Shield”.
You can also log into your carrier’s website to see if there are any free spam blocking features there.
I’m Don Jr I’m here asking for your opinion not money $.
Should I buy 5 pounds of coke or 8… never mind I’ll just buy 12.
Sounds like Gym Jordan’s team was wrong to think they could count on you!
That’s a typo of the cleverest variety considering the millions of human-hours of misery and self harm that occurred after
- hundreds of athletes were sexually abused at the school where he was a wrestling coach and
- Jordan became aware of the abuse, and even worse than saying nothing, he also begged victims and their families to deny it as well
Not a typo, I’m deliberately referring to exactly those crimes of his.
referring to exactly those crimes
Thank you for your service.
Next time someone complains about cancel culture, let’s all remember to enlighten them about Gym fucking Jordan, whose ethical bankruptcy has gone unpunished and almost seems forgotten.
I’m also rather fond of the nickname Dim Moran
Digging into the FCC’s website reveals that robotexts are illegal without prior consent. However, if they hand enter the message, that’s legal.
That lines up with my experience the one time I kept getting annoying political texts. There was a human at the other end. They happily removed my number from their list after I threatened to vote for the other team if they kept harassing me. But that was the Democrats.
You can try some of the FCC’s recommendations, but I would generally assume malice in this instance. The political entities will probably disappear before anything can be done.
Report Unwanted Calls and Texts
If you think you’ve received a political robocall or text that does not comply with the FCC’s rules, you can file an informal complaint with the FCC at fcc.gov/complaints. If you are receiving texts that you didn’t ask for, report the sender by forwarding the texts to 7726 (or “SPAM”). Campaigns should also honor opt-out requests if you reply “STOP.”
Does it work if it’s always a new number? Nikki Haley sends me one a day. Most of them have some shady link to donate or get free shirts so it’s definitely some scam either way
For reporting them, probably not. For trying to opt-out with a STOP reply, depends on them playing by the rules. Do you think they will play by the rules? I don’t. I would assume malice. That they would forward your number to a bunch of other lists. You might not get Nikki’s spam, but you’ll get spam from 3 other PACs that are only 2 months old.
Sounds like she’s down bad
Replying to spam is usually just a way to confirm that the victim is a “life” one.
I guess republicans are dumb enough to be susceptible to this garbage?
Democratic candidates send texts too. I don’t go around handing out my phone number but at some point I must have given it to someone, perhaps Bernie when I volunteered for his campaign. Of course they sold it to more democrats who sold it to more democrats. I reply STOP to every single text I get but there are always more because my number gets sold to someone new.
Charities do this too. Give $100 to your local food bank and you’ll start getting donation appeals by mail from 5 other charities.
It should be illegal.
I dunno about other states but in CT they can get your info from voter registration records. 3 local politicians have lost my vote by sending me crap (I contacted them and told them that)
I vaguely remember donating to the bernie campaign, and now for years I just get a ton of emails and texts. What I didn’t remember was making an ActBlue account. I didn’t have it saved in my password manager, but just for the hell of it I tried logging in recently with a old password I use to reuse, and I had an account.
I removed my phone number, and changed the contact email to mygmail+ACTBLUE@gmail.com. I’m supposed to not get any more texts, and hopefully the emails stop, or at least use the new address for easy filtering.
You’re talking about people who consider Newsmax and “One America News” to be the only reliable news sources and believe that Donald Trump, who managed to spend 4 years indirectly robbing them blind and would not spit on them if they were on fire, is somehow the most persecuted man in all of history.
They would believe just about anything.
some of those say they came directly from mr.trump himself /s
