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In some cases it definitely seems to be the carriers making money. I’ve never really had any issues at all with SMS spam in the UK and Europe - but I’m current
by Reason077 3y ago
In some cases it definitely seems to be the carriers making money.
I’ve never really had any issues at all with SMS spam in the UK and Europe - but I’m currently in Thailand where it’s awful! When you buy a new SIM card at the airport, the spamming starts within an hour or so. I count 18 sent yesterday alone, once every hour or so during the day.
I believe it is actually the carrier (true.th) sending them as they all follow a similar format and seem to arrive with a somewhat predictable regularity.
They even have an automated number (*137) you can call and supposedly turn off spam, but it doesn’t work: “System will cancel spam SMS within 24 hour. Thank you for using!”. Yeah right.
Only solution on iOS seems to be to disable notifications for SMS from unknown senders in System Settings. Then, at least, they only annoy you when you actually look at the messages app.