First, let’s look at a little in theory. SMS-sending can be legal and illegal. That is: either you agreed to receive such messages, or not. And you could agree without even noticing it.
For example, you refilled the account through special machines. A couple of times pressed under the long boring text “I agree”, entered their number, threw a couple of bills. Congratulations, with a 90% chance you signed up for a promotional SMS.
But there are also cases when you never left your mobile number, and spam still come. It is possible that your mobile operator is not quite respectable. And, maybe, he sells numbers to advertisers. Let’s start struggling with annoying ads.
Call those who sent an SMS
By no means by the number that was in the SMS!
Find the firm on the website, phone or Internet address. Look for their phone or email and ask not to send you promotional SMS and remove it from the database. They are obliged to do so by law.
An alternative to this method can be the use of a special service: smsnenado.ru. You need to fill in the SMS information that you received and the service will do everything for you. They will contact the author of the mailing and ask him not to do it again. Big minus – you need to write a new application for each SMS. But it happens that they come in 5 pieces per day. But nothing can be done. ¯ \ _ (ツ) _ / ¯
Call the operator
Call your operator and leave a complaint about the SMS. Also ask to exclude you from all advertising mailings. And do not be fooled by the suggestion to include the option “Stop SMS-spam” and the like. Why do you have to pay for the operator’s poor performance?
Do not expect this method of high results. As a minimum, promotional SMS from the operator you will stop receiving. In my case for the Ukrainian operator life it worked. I advise you to write emails, write in all social networks and call. It is worth them zadolbat just like you zadolbali promotional SMS.
Black List Programs
Another way to combat unwanted SMS can be applications for the phone. There are special programs that will not miss unwanted messages on your phone. And such applications in the maritime market. Choose what you like. We present a pair for Android.
But iPhone users are more difficult. Similar applications are not allowed in the AppStore. But you can create a contact, for example, with the name Spam. Disable notifications for this contact and add spammer numbers to it.
But this method does not work at all, if the field “Sender’s number” indicates a name, not numbers. The program simply can not determine the number to add it to the black list.
The method of the evil customer
Do you like to receive promotional SMS? And you have not even been asked permission. So you can use his own weapon against the enemy. Having received an advertising SMS from the next taxi service or pizzeria, make an order from them. Order pizza for $ 50-100 or call a taxi to leave from one end of the city to the other. One “but”, make an order on someone else’s address.
After you make an order, with a calm heart, add the service number to the black list so that they can not reach you. This method must work. Would you want to advertise your services to such an evil customer?
Just do not be so scoff at the firms that you use or will use. Most likely, they will bring you to the black list.
Complaint to the authorities
If none of the above methods help you, then it’s time to become a German. That is, complain to the relevant authorities. In the Russian Federation, the law prohibiting sending spam has come into force since the end of October. A fine of 100 000 rubles.
The complaint can be submitted to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), Roskomnadzor or to the prosecutor’s office. But remember that together with the requirement to stop the dispatch, FAS can transfer your personal data. For example, name and phone. What consequences this can have, one can only guess.
Conclusion
In order to avoid receiving unwanted messages, you need:
- Call the operator and ask to unsubscribe from all mailings;
- Ask to remove you from the database of those who sent you an SMS;
- Install the application “Black list”.
And, for the future, you should not give your phone to the right and left to any firms, banks, shops. And be careful when entering your mobile number on various sites. Carefully read what you agree with. And never follow the links that come to you in SMS.
