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I'm probably going to open up a big can 'o worms here but... I read this (click here) in our local paper today and, well, it just flat bothers me. I've never heard of receiving advertising on cell-phones unless it's in the form of spam, but about halfway down the article says:

"Mobile ads today are mostly blasted at the mass audiences, with a few carriers offering limited targeting based on users' age, gender, ZIP code and other characteristics."

Mobile ads today!? Does anyone get any of these things? Getting embedded ads on webpages (like gmail does) is one thing, but getting them on my cellphone? What a waste of my money!

Ok I'm done.
 
I've entered my cell phone on the Federal "no-call" list. Hopefully, that will be enough. I've received two adds on my phone other than from my carrier.
 
I've had several cellphone "text" versions of the internet pump-and-dump stock spam scams. Apparently they're just emailing tons of numbers and hoping they go through - and cingular/ATT won't block 'em (T-Mobile and others do block them).

That garbage is bad enough, but... this sounds like what they showed in that movie "Minority Report" where all the billboards recognized the individual walking by. Makes me want to make a tinfoil hat!
 
GregW said:
I've entered my cell phone on the Federal "no-call" list. Hopefully, that will be enough. I've received two adds on my phone other than from my carrier.
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I did too - but it's supposedly a waste of time. It's already illegal for telemarketers to target cellphones. This stuff isn't based on the phone call, it's based on sending ads to the phone through their digital network and not to a phone number.
 
aerog said:
GregW said:
I've entered my cell phone on the Federal "no-call" list. Hopefully, that will be enough. I've received two adds on my phone other than from my carrier.
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I did too - but it's supposedly a waste of time. It's already illegal for telemarketers to target cellphones. This stuff isn't based on the phone call, it's based on sending ads to the phone through their digital network and not to a phone number.
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Really?? I got a telemarketer call yesterday on my mobile,
I should have paid more attention to who it was from...
 
get 4-5 calls a day on cell phone from 904-342-6602....look em up on internet and they come up all over as a contracted telemarketing firm.....I told them to stop and they just hang up.....if there's anyway to turn em off let me know...otherwise I just ignore the number...also get lots of odd caller ID's like 9966 or Unknown's...most telemarketing.

another warning re: text messaging...was getting a daily text message giving a new Movie title and one line description. One day I notice I get a message stating that if I don't send STOP as a text retrun message I will begin getting charged monthly for the service...

IT's ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!!
 
BIBBER said:
get 4-5 calls a day on cell phone from 904-342-6602....look em up on internet and they come up all over as a contracted telemarketing firm.....I told them to stop and they just hang up.....if there's anyway to turn em off let me know...otherwise I just ignore the number...also get lots of odd caller ID's like 9966 or Unknown's...most telemarketing.

another warning re: text messaging...was getting a daily text message giving a new Movie title and one line description. One day I notice I get a message stating that if I don't send STOP as a text retrun message I will begin getting charged monthly for the service...

IT's ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!!
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Can't you report them to the FCC?
 
I haven't had any of this happen. But my question is, where do you get a cell phone that is just a phone?? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

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BIBBER,

If you have your phone listed on the national do not call registry, go to their site and report the 904-342-6602 number. If you're not on the list, get on the list and they have 31 days to stop.

If you think you're on the list, go to their site and verify it. It took me 2 tries before it worked.

https://www.donotcall.gov/

Marv J
 
Telemarketing calls to cellphones is illegal! I'd imagine if the marketers have done business with you in the past they can make the case that they're just continuing business (that's how they get around the "do not call list" too).

There's nothing wrong with adding all your numbers to the "do not call list" but again, cold-calling by telemarketers to cellphones is just plain illegal and they're opening themselves up to fines.

The FTC is the appropriate agency to contact: click here
 
Marv...thanks
I just registered and will confirm per email as instructed we'll see if it helps...we finally just elected to go unlisted on the home but even the random dialers find that occasionally...
 
Man, you guys have serious problems...we don't get any unwanted calls on either our home phone or our cell phones...I'm on the "national do not call list" for the home phone, nothing on the cells...
 
I got my first "pre-recorded" cell phone add call a couple days ago. STILL has me po'd.
 
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