Spam to go - the new mobile menace

Unwanted text messages, offering accident claims or dodgy dates, are on the rise. Many try to lure the unwary into costly 'services' and you have to pay to stop them. Sam Dunn investigates for The Guardian.

One in eight mobile phone users receive text "spam" each month and it's costing them 10p a time to stop the messages.

Unsolicited texts are rising at a rate of 5% a year in the UK, according to research from Airwide mobile messaging technology provider.

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emily | 10:46 AM | Spam, Viruses and Hoaxes |
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