For the past couple of months, I have been receiving text messages from various email addresses, sending links to porn sites. I can't figure out how to block these. I'd like to just block all messages from emails, since they keep changing the email address, and no one I know texts from email. Any solutions?
Thanks!
Best answer by ds329a
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That's a Awful Solution how does the consumer not know if the Spam texts from Email are coming from Cricket connections - $15 to change the Phone Number is not a solution it is not even a Bandaide on the Problem after all our legitimate contacts have the number - FIX THIS or I see a Class Action coming your way
Charging People to Change a Number is not a solution it is a Huge Problem - How do we know it isn't a Cricket Partner sending the Texts? You would get $15 each time you betrayed your customers and all our Legitimate Contacts have the Existing Number - YOU NEED TO FIX THIS or I see a Class Action lawsuit coming your way - You cannot charge people for something they didn't BREAK
THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION - Charging people for your Faulty Software is Unbelievably Negligent
So I'm guessing this didn't get resolved? I have the same problem and paying $15 to change my number? I think I'll just shift to another service provider instead.
So, according to this response on another forum and this response to a different question on this forum, if you can block your own phone number it should stop you from getting text from email addresses. Goto your messaging app, send a text to your phone number and then block it. Im not positive this will work, but it's better than paying 15 bucks and its free to try.
THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION!
I receive these at least once a week, from a throwaway random email address, usually as group text to many phone numbers almost identical to mine. The text or link usually has Chinese characters (which is a guess, since I do not speak Chinese). Obviously I delete and do not reply, but the real solution needs to be that Cricket customers MUST have the ability to turn off receiving text messages from email addresses!
Please, fix this. It is annoying, and potentially harmful to people, especially children. I do not know what the links go to, obviously, but you need to fix this.
This is turned into a major problem with the last two weeks for me. I get five of these today! I also saw how AT&T has a way to solve it. Which means that Cricket does too. Cricket, give us the solution!
HELLO CRICKET...FIX THIS ISSUE... we know it can be done because your parent AT&T has done it.
What's taking so long. This issue was reported in February of this year. It's now almost November. Do you care so little about your customers? This is shameful. I think we should contact the FCC about your failure to address this issue. They're really interested in stopping robo contacts.
Looks like this problem has been going on for well over a year now and its still not fixed???!!!
This issue has just recently started for me. So now what?? Nothing I guess. I guess we just sit here and take it like we take everything else. Im so exhausted. Im tired of my phone nor being MY phone. Being tricked by apps to agreeing to give out my info without my consent. Forced to wait thru the lamest, ripoff, fake, fauty product, commercials so I can proceed in what ever it is that Im trying ti get done. Hell, I moved from California because I was wasting half my life on the freeway and now Im spending twice that just messing with my phone!!! Im litterally on the edge!....If I have to change one of my 8000 passwords and user names again, I swear somethings getting shot.
This whole planet has gone to shit. Im ready to dump this cell phone BS altogether. I dont control the damn thing anyway. I dont even answer it when it rings. WTF ARE WE DOING???
ya, lawsuit..count me in.
Dont delete the messages, just block the contact. keeo the messages to enter as evidence in a lawsuit. Heres the link for the CANSpam Act : https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business. Since these are using using the email to text gateway on Cricket's (AT&T) systems, this law applies. Each violation is $43k, so the more messages you keep as proof Cricket did nothing is another $43k fine theyll have to pay. Report them to FTC and FCC
I have the same thing happening to me. Got 2 texts from an gmail address and clicked on one and it was a porn site with a dancing girl showing her boobs. When I tried to send it the spam # it wanted the senders phone # It doesn't have a phone # if sent thru gmail address…. Not many have my cell # and how did they get it anyhow and with no support from Cricket?
I have the same thing happening to me. Got 2 texts from an gmail address and clicked on one and it was a porn site with a dancing girl showing her boobs. When I tried to send it the spam # it wanted the senders phone # It doesn't have a phone # if sent thru gmail address…. Not many have my cell # and how did they get it anyhow and with no support from Cricket?
Been getting 2-3 spam texts a day for about a month. Got 3 today from gmail and others I have no idea who they are. Cricket needs to make this stop. Been with them for 5 years, but not much longer.
Changing your number would do nothing, these Spammers do just that... Spam every number at once... I along with 20 of my nearest number neighbors are simultaneously receiving these spam texts because they send it to every number in a brute force email attack that no on stops. You would figure that if Gmail can have spam filters the Cell Phone companies could too if they insist on hosting texts as email links.
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