Spam Invades Cellphones

Once the scourge of e-mail providers and the Postal Service, spammers have infiltrated the last refuge of spam-free communication: cellphones. In the United States, consumers received roughly 4.5 billion spam texts last year, more than double the 2.2 billion received in 2009, according to Ferris Research, a market research firm that tracks spam. While most spam is harmless, yet annoying, there is a variety which can cause problems for those who respond to offers that are made to gather information or sign users up for impossible to cancel services. The biggest issue is that there is very little remedy to the situation, which is sure to get worse.