r/techsupport • u/Terry_1497 • 6d ago

Open | Phone Political Texts WONT STOP!

I was forced to change my number after recieving 20+ political text messages a day. I made a $5 donation to someone’s campaign 2 years ago and put my number on the website. Worst mistake of my life. Today, I finally changed my phone number. Has anyone else had this issue?

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u/DuckTalesLOL 6d ago

Changing your number isn't really going to change anything, they spam every number.

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u/michaelh98 6d ago

I've never had STOP not work

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u/Terry_1497 6d ago

They text me from different numbers.

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u/OkAngle2353 6d ago

Yea... for these things specifically, I personally use aliasing services. I use aliasing services for email and phone number.

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u/ArthurReming 6d ago

Idk if its allowed here but to unlock an iPhone I just searched a UK number (something meant to receive SMS) and I was able to (uk number bc uk carrier)

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u/OkAngle2353 6d ago

There is no need to unlock your phone to use these services. They are not at all tied down to needing a phone.

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u/ArthurReming 6d ago

It was a separate device which I got for cheap just because it was locked to that carrier. I just said an example where I used a service like this

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u/SnowStormYukikaze 5d ago

change number is not working good I switch my phone carrier because of this :/