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Tips to Fight Spam on Your Computer and Cell Phone 10

by Warren Riddle on June 18, 2009 at 05:00 AM


9) Take your fight to Washington
Under the CAN-SPAM legislation of 2003, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implemented rules prohibiting the sending of unwanted "commercial messages" to wireless devices. If you receive one of those, you can file a complaint for free at the FCC Web site. If prosecuted, the perps can be fined up to $11,000 just for the sending part -- and even more monetary penalties apply if they're stealing or generating e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

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