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How to curb cell-phone spam.(Trends)(Brief article)
Among Americans with home Internet access, about one-fourth of cell-phone users received one to five spam text messages during a recent six-month period, according to a 2008 survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. One to five messages is bad enough, but 1.6 percent of those respondents--that projects to 1.2 million people nationwide--received more than 25 messages during that time.
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Cell-phone owners who don't have a text-messaging plan might have to pay up to 20 cents for each unwanted message.
Since 2005, the Can-Spam Act has prohibited commercial e-mail and text messages from being sent to cell phones without "express prior authorization." But the law has loopholes. Your carrier and its partners can send offers, and charities and campaigns can send you messages on your dime.
Here's how to can that spam:
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