Someone is sending me a bunhc of malicious texts...
By Spook619
@Spook619 (335)
February 22, 2009 4:21pm CST
Hi, I'm recieving a bunch of malicious texts from one number. I have locked them all and backlogged them. I've just sent an email to my service provider asking them to block that number from contacting me. Where should I go from here?
3 responses
@MizzLadyB08 (1174)
• United States
23 Feb 09
Your service provider should be able to block that number. I know you do not want to do this but if I was you I will change my number so that you will not get any more text messages like that. That is the only thing I will suggest.
@Spook619 (335)
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22 Feb 09
my custormer service rep said that they can't do anything other than disable my phone and send me a new number, which I'd rather not do as I plan to buy a new one shortly. However they told me to "phone the cops" so they said they'd be droping round tomorrow so take a note of the messages... they're particularly interested in the one which said "Ur numbas gettin put all ova the internet btw and a hink u got the hint wen csa was mentioned to scared to txt bk thought so".
Should be an interesting day tomorrow.
@Downunder_dude (407)
• Australia
23 Feb 09
In most cases if you push your service provider, it can become a legal matter, depending on how long you've been recieving the texts.
It's a form of abuse and as such is against the law.
I had this one number phoning me constantly a few years ago. To this day I still don't know who it was. I'd answer... there'd be silence and then they say random things.
They never abused me, but after weeks of the calls I was so sick of them.
I called my phone company and they started logging the calls for me. Then they handed it over to the police who got the person's details and served them a warning that if the calls continued they'd be charged with harrassment.
