Getting rid of iPhone text spam?
OK, yesterday I started making money online using surveys. I thought about making a new e-mail so my main e-mail will not get spammed. BUT, what I didn't think of is putting a fake telephone number. Now I keep receiving text message spams. Really short telephone numbers keep texting me (i.e. 66333, 89777, etc). If I reply "STOP" to one of them, another number will text me.
What I thought of doing is blocking any text messages that are not in my contact list. How can I do that? If you can think of something else Please tell me.
If it helps, I have an iPhone 4S.
I know where you're coming from. Be aware that spam text messages can be handled by your telephone service provider. They would only need the phone numbers sending you the messages and they can easily add that to your block list in their database. After that, you will not be receiving anything from them at all.
And I suggest you report these numbers to http://www.callercenter.com as well. Share a warning about these violation and when people see your post, they can learn from your experience. That way, they'd know how to handle such situation in the future.
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