Mobile phone spam
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Mobile phone spam is a form of spamming directed at the text messaging service of a mobile phone. It is described as mobile spamming, SMS spam or SpaSMS but is most frequently referred to as m-spam.
As the popularity of mobile phones surged in the early 2000's, frequent users of text messaging began to see an increase in the number of unsolicited (and generally unwanted) commercial advertisements being sent to their telephones through text messaging. This can be particularly annoying for the recipient, because unlike with email, it is usually difficult or impossible to delete the message without reading it. In the future, some telcos believe that SMS spam is going to be the next big problem as the fast development of technology allows relatively cheap ways to send SMS spam using the internet.
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- Clampdown on missed call scam, BBC News.
- SMS Spam hits Qatar.
- iDA Singapore :mTouche Fined $150,000.
