It’s been going on for months and no matter how many I mark as spam and block they keep coming back with new numbers!

Makes me wonder if someone signed me up for something

  • Izzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    78·
    1 year ago

    How is this not illegal, but sending spam emails is? What a messed up world.

    • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      Illegal in Australia. Obviously doesn’t stop scammers though, but most everything else.

      • Ixoid@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        Regrettably, political parties are exempt from the DNC Register, even in Australia.

        “Registered charities, educational institutions calling students, government bodies and registered political parties are exempt and are allowed to make telemarketing calls to numbers on the register”

        • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          Oh, didn’t know. Guess they realise it’s bad PR. Can’t say I’ve ever had much more than mail drops.

    • TheActualDevil@sffa.communityEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Good news! It is illegal!

      Political campaign-related autodialed or prerecorded voice calls, including autodialed live calls, autodialed texts, and prerecorded voice messages, are prohibited to cell phones, pagers or other mobile devices without the called party’s prior express consent.

      If you think you’ve received a political robocall or text that does not comply with the FCC’s rules, you can file an informal complaint with the FCC at fcc.gov/complaints. If you are receiving texts that you didn’t ask for, report the sender by forwarding the texts to 7726 (or “SPAM”). Campaigns should also honor opt-out requests if you reply “STOP.”

      I file a complaint for single one I get.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    1 year ago

    In my country, I can just report the numbers, and the regulation agencies come down like a ton of bricks on them.

    • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      27·
      1 year ago

      Ah, you have an effective county in this regard. In the US, our lawmakers specifically carved out exceptions for political spam.

    • InfiniWheel@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Technically I should be able to do so in mine too, but they are soo many calls from so many different numbers it doesnt work

  • macisr@unilem.orgEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    No wonder grannies and grandpas fall for those assholes. Regarding your wondering, sometimes sites info leaks because of some vulnerability and they don’t even say. Check if some of the sites you have your phone number on hasn’t been hacked or some shit. It’s surprising how many leaks sites don’t report.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    1 year ago

    Grifters gonna grift. They want that sweet sweet donation money.

    If you have an iPhone, search for your cell provider by name. Many offer free sms spam blocker apps, like T-mobile’s “Scam Shield”.

    You can also log into your carrier’s website to see if there are any free spam blocking features there.

  • The Barto@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    I’m Don Jr I’m here asking for your opinion not money $.

    Should I buy 5 pounds of coke or 8… never mind I’ll just buy 12.

  • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Digging into the FCC’s website reveals that robotexts are illegal without prior consent. However, if they hand enter the message, that’s legal.

    That lines up with my experience the one time I kept getting annoying political texts. There was a human at the other end. They happily removed my number from their list after I threatened to vote for the other team if they kept harassing me. But that was the Democrats.

    You can try some of the FCC’s recommendations, but I would generally assume malice in this instance. The political entities will probably disappear before anything can be done.

    Report Unwanted Calls and Texts

    If you think you’ve received a political robocall or text that does not comply with the FCC’s rules, you can file an informal complaint with the FCC at fcc.gov/complaints. If you are receiving texts that you didn’t ask for, report the sender by forwarding the texts to 7726 (or “SPAM”). Campaigns should also honor opt-out requests if you reply “STOP.”

    • variants@possumpat.ioEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Does it work if it’s always a new number? Nikki Haley sends me one a day. Most of them have some shady link to donate or get free shirts so it’s definitely some scam either way

      • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        For reporting them, probably not. For trying to opt-out with a STOP reply, depends on them playing by the rules. Do you think they will play by the rules? I don’t. I would assume malice. That they would forward your number to a bunch of other lists. You might not get Nikki’s spam, but you’ll get spam from 3 other PACs that are only 2 months old.

  • Swim@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    some of those say they came directly from mr.trump himself /s

  • MrMobius @sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Damn that seems really infuriating. Where I live there’s a government program to forbid anyone to send you ads or political propaganda (and the best part is that you can report those who slip through the net!) It isn’t fool proof but it did decrease the amount of calls from people trying to sell me shit I don’t want.