{"id":160,"date":"2005-08-30T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-30T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/vodafone-vspam.htm"},"modified":"2009-01-27T22:34:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T22:34:45","slug":"vodafone-vspam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/vodafone-vspam.htm","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone VSPAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--112543407894362558--><!--<a title=\"Vodafone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vodafone.co.uk\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vodafone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/vodafone.gif\" \/><\/a>--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Static Ad --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?s=53639&#038;v=1257&#038;q=42109&#038;r=87738\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cshow.php?s=53639&#038;v=1257&#038;q=42109&#038;r=87738\" alt=\"Vodafone\" class=\"alternate\" \/><\/a>When I got my new company mobile a few weeks back, I turned it on and immediately received a couple of spam SMS messages inviting me to call a premium rate number. Of course, I deleted them, but I might not have if I&#8217;d known about <!--Static Ad --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?mid=1257&#038;id=87738\">Vodafone<\/a>&#8216;s VSPAM initiative.<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.vodafone.com\/article_with_thumbnail\/0,3038,OPCO%3D40018%26CATEGORY_ID%3D210%26MT_ID%3Dpr%26LANGUAGE_ID%3D0%26CONTENT_ID%3D245569,00.html\"><p>&#8220;When an unsolicited text message is received a Vodafone customer can forward it, free of charge, directly to 87726 or VSPAM on their mobile keypad. Vodafone will then collate a consolidated report of all the unsolicited text messages reported by its customers, which it plans to send directly to mobile messaging regulators&#8230; previously customers were advised to contact the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) directly&#8230; [who] can take regulatory action against parties running such services. 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