It’s illegal to send unsolicited, or spam, commercial text messages to a wireless device unless the sender gets your permission, according to the Federal Trade Commission.ĭon’t despair. They’re often originating from a computer and being delivered to your phone - at no cost to the sender - via an email address or an instant messaging account.īesides being painfully annoying, spam texts pose the risk of exposing you to identity theft, installing malware on your device, and accessing your personal information. Most spam text messages aren’t coming from another phone. Whoever is sending you a spam text message is likely trying to defraud you. That’s aggravating enough, but it gets worse. They show up as unwanted and unexpected text messages on our phone screens. They’re about as welcome as robot calls and junk mail - spam text messages.
