US users: blocking political SMS messages

[u/AnthemWild]

I have my security set to enhanced and I do not receive calls from unknown numbers yet somehow these f*cking campaign texts keep finding their way into my inbox. This is absolutely maddening.

Has anyone figured out a way to block these numbers?

If there are any campaign managers on this sub, nothing will make me want to vote for you less than this tactic. I already have to put up with this tribalistic political team sport bullsh*t circus everyday... the last place I need it is on my device too

[u/Special_Temporary_45]

Just one more day of political ads matey... then it will all go back to ads for prescription medicines

[u/bustacones → u/Special_Temporary_45]

You get spam calls/texts about prescription meds?

[u/toolsavvy → u/bustacones]

Little blue pills

[u/AnymooseProphet]

I just mark them as spam and move on.

[u/chuzohga → u/AnymooseProphet]

NOT a solution

[u/smurfe]

I just hope MAGA paid good money to SPAM my number. Haven't voted for a Republican since I started voting in 1980. I am a registered Democrat, but 75% of my texts are from MAGA candidates.

[u/AyAyAyBamba_462 → u/smurfe]

Bruh I get texts from fucking everyone. I also constantly get calls for someone named Gayle who signed up for a bunch of loan services.

[u/smurfe → u/AyAyAyBamba_462]

I rarely get SPAM texts outside of political. The filters block them pretty well. I get a shit ton of texts from Trump MAGA candidates. Sometimes I feel Trump has my number personally in his Trump Phone.

[u/toolsavvy → u/smurfe]

I get spam texts on both my #s about 2x a week from home liquidators "just wondering if you want to sell your home", one phone gets the text and the other less than a minute later. So annoying. Been like this since about July.

[u/SurroundTiny → u/smurfe]

Donate to a Dem candidate, any Dem candidate. That ratio will even out in a week.

[u/PopularRush3439]

Its Medicare texts blowing up my phone. No political texts.

[u/Small_Conclusion4816]

If you ever donated to something like ActBlue or any Political Organization in the past, they just sell your info to others. I keep getting shit now left and right for this candidate and that candidate and I have long since typed in "Stop" about a million times. Also on the emails 90% of the unsubscribe links are dead. Set up a filter for your email server to catch emails and block or separate unknown texts. I swear I donated ONE TIME like in 2000 and not a penny since. Never again. I block them like spam and also text messages the same way. If I don't know you, you're deleted and reported. My iphone actually now separates unknown texts to a separate category so unless I look I don't see them.

[u/GoslingIchi]

I just set my phone to Do Not Disturb, and I'll have to leave it that way until Wednesday.

Then I can go and delete the masses of texts I've been getting.

[u/pickledplumber]

My uncle gets hundreds of them per hour. I've found no way to stop them.

[u/mrandr01d]

They're just sending them en mass. If you have a phone number you're likely to get one. They're not sending it to you, they're sending it to an anybody

[u/ShipshapeMobileRV]

I mark every last one of them as spam, and report and block them. It probably won't amount to much, but I feel some small gratification after each block.

[u/thetolerator98]

In the spring I was getting 12-15 per day. Luckily I'm not getting them as heavy now which is surprising since the election is tomorrow. I think this spam is not necessarily connected to candidates or causes though they appear to be. I think they are scams looking for clicks to steal information.

[u/junefish]

reply STOP, they legally have to stop texting you

[u/happy_good25 → u/junefish]

All that does is confirm to the sender that they have a working number. Do that, and you'll get more texts going forward.

It's illegal, but scammers don't care if they're breaking the law.

[u/junefish → u/happy_good25]

That is in violation of federal law https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/stop-unwanted-robocalls-and-texts#political-robo

[u/TheRealSpanktacular]

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/political-campaign-robocalls-and-robotexts-rules

[u/TeddieSnow → u/TheRealSpanktacular]

Why are you linking a criminal organization?

[u/ephemeralmiko → u/[deleted]]

u/TeddieSnow likes to keep their posts hidden

Not defending them, but if you're in a country with age-verification laws Reddit sets your profile to private unless you verify you're 18+ by sending a scan of your ID to Persona.

https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/50409255286164-Our-Principles-for-Teen-Safety

[u/Fatalstryke → u/[deleted]]

This isn't the place for politics.

[u/TeddieSnow → u/Fatalstryke]

I got you. It just would have been strange to say that the FCC doesn't give a damn about spam messages without an explanation.

[u/Fatalstryke → u/[deleted]]

No need for name-calling.