Are Chain letter Texts illegal?

A slightly gullible friend got a chain letter text the other day and being
of a nervous disposition was frightened into sending off the eight texts it
said she must to not get bad luck.
For me the most annoying bit is she is retired and cannot afford to keep
sending off texts to all unsundry!
Anyway ... She sent one to me but it didn't arrive.
Do the Providers look out for this sort of stuff and more to the point isn't
it illegal?
I've Googled it but can only see that ones asking for money are illegal but
what about those like this one that promise bad luck if you don't follow the
instruction?

Slatts

Sla#s wrote:
> A slightly gullible friend got a chain letter text the other day and
> being of a nervous disposition was frightened into sending off the eight
> texts it said she must to not get bad luck.
> For me the most annoying bit is she is retired and cannot afford to keep
> sending off texts to all unsundry!
> Anyway ... She sent one to me but it didn't arrive.
> Do the Providers look out for this sort of stuff and more to the point
> isn't it illegal?
> I've Googled it but can only see that ones asking for money are illegal
> but what about those like this one that promise bad luck if you don't
> follow the instruction?
>
> Slatts

Does she HONESTLY believe that she'll have bad luck if she
doesn't?

Just delete it and ask the person who sent it not to send any
more of those crap messages, anyone that sends me those kind
of texts gets a stern one back asking for them not to send me
any more crap like that.

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xCx
*Disclaimer* My opinions are mine and I do not represent
anyone or any company.

phil@KNOTslatts.net declared for all the world to hear...
> A slightly gullible friend got a chain letter text the other day and being
> of a nervous disposition was frightened into sending off the eight texts it
> said she must to not get bad luck.
> For me the most annoying bit is she is retired and cannot afford to keep
> sending off texts to all unsundry!

She really needs to learn some common sense then.

> Anyway ... She sent one to me but it didn't arrive.
> Do the Providers look out for this sort of stuff

No.

> and more to the point isn't it illegal?

If it was repeated and malicious you might have a case but for a one-off
you won't get anywhere.
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Regards
Jon

xCx wrote:
> Sla#s wrote:
>> A slightly gullible friend got a chain letter text the other day and
>> being of a nervous disposition was frightened into sending off the
>> eight texts it said she must to not get bad luck.
>> For me the most annoying bit is she is retired and cannot afford to
>> keep sending off texts to all unsundry!
>> Anyway ... She sent one to me but it didn't arrive.
>> Do the Providers look out for this sort of stuff and more to the
>> point isn't it illegal?
>> I've Googled it but can only see that ones asking for money are
>> illegal but what about those like this one that promise bad luck if
>> you don't follow the instruction?
>>
>> Slatts
>
> Does she HONESTLY believe that she'll have bad luck if she
> doesn't?

Unfortunately yes, some people really are that gullible!

> Just delete it and ask the person who sent it not to send any
> more of those crap messages, anyone that sends me those kind
> of texts gets a stern one back asking for them not to send me
> any more crap like that.

I explained that to her ... So now she has sent out apologies to all those
she forwarded it on to.

Slatts

Jon wrote:
> phil@KNOTslatts.net declared for all the world to hear...
>> A slightly gullible friend got a chain letter text the other day and
>> being of a nervous disposition was frightened into sending off the
>> eight texts it said she must to not get bad luck.
>> For me the most annoying bit is she is retired and cannot afford to
>> keep sending off texts to all unsundry!
>
> She really needs to learn some common sense then.

It's way too late for that!

Slatts

On Sep 29, 8:48 pm, xCx <x...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> Does she HONESTLY believe that she'll have bad luck if she
> doesn't?
>
> Just delete it and ask the person who sent it not to send any
> more of those crap messages

Agreed - they're no different to the chain emails imploring you to
forward to ten friends within 30 minutes.........if you do, then at
exactly 11.11p.m tonight something wonderful will happen, if you don't
then you're damned forever in eternity.

I often wonder about the mindset of people who actually believe this
sort of drivel...........

>
> I often wonder about the mindset of people who actually believe this
> sort of drivel...........
>

I'd also like to know what kind of person thinks it's funny to
instigate such an email and what the point of it is.

--
xCx
*Disclaimer* My opinions are mine and I do not represent
anyone or any company.

"xCx" <xcx@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:5ma56tFcahn7U1@mid.individual.net...
>
>>
>> I often wonder about the mindset of people who actually believe this
>> sort of drivel...........
>>
>
> I'd also like to know what kind of person thinks it's funny to instigate
> such an email and what the point of it is.
>



it's probably like religion - the person who starts it actually believes
it's true too sometimes.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:48:19 +0100, xCx <xcx@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>Sla#s wrote:
>> A slightly gullible friend got a chain letter text the other day and
>> being of a nervous disposition was frightened into sending off the eight
>> texts it said she must to not get bad luck.
>> For me the most annoying bit is she is retired and cannot afford to keep
>> sending off texts to all unsundry!
>> Anyway ... She sent one to me but it didn't arrive.
>> Do the Providers look out for this sort of stuff and more to the point
>> isn't it illegal?
>> I've Googled it but can only see that ones asking for money are illegal
>> but what about those like this one that promise bad luck if you don't
>> follow the instruction?
>>
>> Slatts
>
>Does she HONESTLY believe that she'll have bad luck if she
>doesn't?
>
>Just delete it and ask the person who sent it not to send any
>more of those crap messages, anyone that sends me those kind
>of texts gets a stern one back asking for them not to send me
>any more crap like that.

Better still, just delete it and don't bother asking the sender to
stop. It costs nothing to receive a text - if you get any more delete
them as well free of charge
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Cheers

Peter

the dog from that film you saw wrote:
> "xCx" <xcx@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:5ma56tFcahn7U1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>>>
>>> I often wonder about the mindset of people who actually believe this
>>> sort of drivel...........
>>>
>>
>> I'd also like to know what kind of person thinks it's funny to
>> instigate such an email and what the point of it is.
>>

>
> it's probably like religion - the person who starts it actually
> believes it's true too sometimes.

You hit the nail on the head there :-)
The "slightly gullible" friend got a chain letter text in the first place is
very religious!

Slatts

"Peter Thomas" <peter.thomas8899@googlemail.com> wrote in
message news:c0g2g3589g9u7fmr6c1acdsuk3pgbs1h2i@4ax.com

[snip]

: : Better still, just delete it and don't bother asking
: : the sender to stop. It costs nothing to receive a text
: : - if you get any more delete them as well free of charge

You've never had a reverse-billed SMS spam message then..?

At £1.50 a time they become expensive as well as irritating after a time.

Ivor

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:23:36 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:

>"Peter Thomas" <peter.thomas8899@googlemail.com> wrote in
>message news:c0g2g3589g9u7fmr6c1acdsuk3pgbs1h2i@4ax.com
>
>[snip]
>
>: : Better still, just delete it and don't bother asking
>: : the sender to stop. It costs nothing to receive a text
>: : - if you get any more delete them as well free of charge
>
>You've never had a reverse-billed SMS spam message then..?

No, never
>
>At £1.50 a time they become expensive as well as irritating after a time.

Bugger, that's expensive
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Cheers

Peter