AT&T:
AT&T Free Tip: Get weather, movie or restaurant
tips from Google on your phone.
Text HELP to 466453 to get started.
To end Tips send no to 4436
Be careful. I replied by sending "No" to 4436 and got this back:
From: 4436
"Sorry, we did not understand your response. Reply ONLY the word YES to activate the 4 channel/$6 Mobile TV plan"
Did you notice anywhere in the original message anything related to a mobile TV plan?
No, because it was just a free tip from AT&T
The first message is a bait to get you in contact with some vendors and the second message is an attempt to make you subscribe to a mobile TV plan for $4
The only way to stop this annoying messages (which BTW came marked as "URGENT") is to reply with the word "Stop"
I sent Stop to 4436 and got this message back:
FROM: 4436
AT&T AUTO REPLY: You have Opted out of AT&T marketing messages. Please do not REPLY to this message.
How lame for any company to try to trick it's customers to sign in for a subscription this way.
UPDATE: After some time, the messages resumed; I ended up calling customer service and had them remove me from their marketing list. I had to call twice and tell them these messages were in violation to the CAN-SPAM act before the messages actually stopped.
THE CAN-SPAM ACT
In 2003, Congress passed the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act, which makes it illegal to send unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to wireless devices, including cell phones and pagers, without first receiving the consumer's permission. The CAN-SPAM Act works together with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which created the National Do Not Call Registry.
2 comments:
I've opted out three times in as many weeks. Even if you figure out the magic word, it doesn't make it stop.
Thank you for this info. I sent "stop" and hopefully will not get these pointless messages anymore.
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