Spam messages for studying in Britain-big business?

? In Britain, living in the era of mobile phones and commercial society, I believe you and I have received spam messages. For some people, this is a means of profit, but for you and me, it is annoying. Office of the Information Commissioner (Information Commissioner? The US office recently blocked about 20,000 British mobile phones that sent spam messages. The agency said that this is only the tip of the iceberg.

27-year-old Chris from England? Christopher garner is a carpenter. Before Christmas, he applied for a loan and left personal information such as his mobile phone number. Soon, he became spam? Bombing? .

? At first, I received eight or nine spam messages every day, and I replied to them to stop. But it goes on. After two or three months, I still get four or five spam messages every day, which is very annoying. ?

Some people who are uncomfortable can only choose to change their mobile phone numbers, but this is not an option for self-employed Jana.

? If someone calls my old mobile phone number and I can't get through, they will call someone else and my business will run away. ?

Large trade

David, an investigator of the British Information Commissioner's Office? David Clancy said that sending spam messages is a big business, and some people make millions of pounds from it.

Clancy said: Once they get your number, they will sell it to claims or insurance companies, and the first buyer will pay 1.5 for each number. After a month, this number will continue to be sold to other companies, with each number selling at 50p, 20p or 10p. ?

Now, the Office of the Information Commissioner is allowed to take measures to control this phenomenon. They have the right to ask telecom operators to provide information about sending spam messages to mobile phones, and offenders can be fined up to 500 thousand pounds.

Clancy also personally conducted experiments during the investigation. He keeps receiving spam messages from various companies, some providing insurance claims, some providing unexpected claims and so on.

Clancy said that the most important thing is not to reply to these messages, or you will receive more spam messages.

It is believed that there are as many as 8 million spam messages sent in Britain every day. Telecom operators say it is impossible to completely filter these short messages.

In order to solve this problem, telecom companies have set up special service numbers, and users who receive spam messages can send them to these service numbers for telecom companies to filter.