Even when the US FTC was fully staffed and funded, they took no action unless they got tens of thousands of complaints, and even then they were ineffective. And Fatman and Robber in office, they are neither fully staffed or funded. Which programs do you thing got cut first?
The only emails I have reported, are the ones that threatened harm to the recipient. Oh, by the way, they may, doubtfully take action of email spam, but recently, they only take note of text spam, but take no action.?
And I bet even in Canada and the UK, the results are the same. It is like a dog chasing its own tail. Too late, or don¡¯t have jurisdiction.?
You can thank spam calls on the invention of VOIP calls. It allows a computer to make the calls, and they only need humans to close the deal. Text spam is only a few years old.
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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And I¡¯ve just discovered it¡¯s the same in the US:
Mark
In Canada you can forward them to the Canadian fraud centre. Not sure what it achieves but it¡¯s satisfying. Forward smishing texts to 7726
Madeline
?Nothing will stop unsolicited texts, emails or calls.?
I recommend not texting back stop, not unsubscribing to emails from sources you have never done business with, or answering calls from unknown calls. (Unless you are expecting a call from an organization like state agencies or say a doctors office that might not use a known number, or a return call from a business.)
By replying in any way, you are confirming the have a live way to contact you. Blocking email, doesn¡¯t work because they change their e-ddress as fast as they change their underwear. Unsolicited callers spoof the number called from just as fast.
Unsolicited contact is usually from unethical jerks, that don¡¯t care what you say.?
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
On Mar 15, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Joan Sax via <
jsax@...> wrote:
I am getting almost 10 unwanted texts a day asking for contributions to various political causes. I have been checking ¡®delete and report junk¡¯. My daughter says I should first reply STOP before the delete and report junk. Which if any of these methods will stop this infernal text messages?
Regards,
Joan
Brent