It all comes from Arizona. Ive never been to Arizona. My phone number isnt anywhere near Arizona. One year, I replied STOP to every text. Nothing stopped. Now I just cuss them out and block them, but it still persists. I wrote an email to the Arizona Republican’s main office and demanded my number be removed from thier canvassing. Crickets. More spam. 3 today alone. I am so tired of this shit. It doesnt help that I think conservatives are pieces of shit and I am a member of a marginalized community that they are targeting with hate and discriminative laws.
Edit: I named the wrong F agency. It looks like the FCC might be a better option: https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/115002234203-Unwanted-Calls-Texts-Phone
If you get an unwanted text message, there are three ways to report it:
Copy the message and forward it to 7726 (SPAM). This helps your wireless provider spot and block similar messages in the future.
Report it on the messaging app you use. Look for the option to report junk or spam.
Report it to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov
So they pass the buck to other people who don’t care and don’t even have the power to do anything about it. Then they give you a link to report fraud, which is an entirely different crime.
Political campaigns are exempted from most of those regulations. For example, the DNC list doesn’t protect against them.
Are you responding literally “stop” or are you editorializing like “please stop for the love of Satan”? The former is supposed to be seen by the system and you’re supposed yo be automatically unsubscribed. The latter goes to a person and that person may try to engage you. At least, when I’ve done text-banking, that’s how it worked. A less reputable system may try to engage you regardless. If you get sent to a person it’s also up to the person to decide if and how they talk to you. If I saw something that made it clear the person didn’t want to talk, I would tell the system to unsub them, others might try to be persistent.
That’s how it SHOULD work. But I’ve replied with just stop or unsubscribe depending on their chosen system’s keyword. I just received a nearly identical message from a different number. Maybe Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries were just determined at that time, but it definitely wasn’t handled the way it should have been.
Make complaints to your congressman’s office. Those texts are illegal and should be reported.
Clearly the only way to be sure is to destroy Arizona.
I am getting the same crap from the Republicans. Don’t get me wrong, I could care less regardless of party, but it’s ridiculous.
In my case, since I moved to a VOIP service for voice and text, I just keep adding these to the blacklist, and don’t hear from any of them again, but they do keep coming from other numbers.
Unfortunately they respond to engagement.
PNW has a large snowbird population so AZ has been trying to get PNW Rs to switch their registration to AZ to help it be more reliably red.
Take the SIM card out of your phone
This is not remotely helpful.
Why? I did it a decade ago, and its been extremely helpful for both reducing spam and increasing security
That is akin to amputating your leg because you’re tired of stubbing your toes.
Saves money on socks, too.
Get involved in politics and vote them out. Once they are gone they won’t have the funds to harass you.
Oh, I suppose i should uproot my life and move to Arizona to take part in AZ politics?
Its like, you must of read my post, but your comprehension skills leave a lot to be desired.
