Image via WikipediaDon’t you just love it when you get a phone call just as you’re in the middle of dinner? …or when you’re working on an uber-important project? We used to get those calls on our landlines but now those sneaky telemarketers are tracking us down on our cell phones. Even worse, they also clutter our phone’s inbox with text messages. If you pay for each message you get, that can get pretty costly.
So, I say fight back! Here’s what you need to do…
- Register Your Phone. Get your phone on the “do not call” list by registering your cell phone number at www.donotcall.gov.
- File a Complaint With The FCC. Visit www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html to tell them that your mad as heck and you’re not gonna take it any more! You might also want to tell your cell phone carrier that you’re none too pleased about that spam that you’re getting and find out what they can do to help. Tell them you want those unwanted charges removed from your bill, especially if you do not have a text messaging plan.
- Be Careful. Remember when you downloaded that cool mobile game to your cell phone? …or when you just had to have the latest ring tone from Neil Diamond (ok, well maybe not that ring tone, but you know what I’m getting at)? Whenever you download anything, even software that helps you to be more productive, you take a chance of increasing spam and this can possibly lead to ID theft. So, be careful and only download from a site that you trust.
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