In a bid to tackle text spammers, the T-Mobile Un-carrier program is bringing some sort of punishment for offenders. If you engage in sharing spam messages across T-Mobile’s consumer network, you could get a $2000 fine. This new security measure will keep firms, businesses, and possibly bad actors away from sharing unsolicited messages with T-Mobile users.
Over the past few years, spam text messages have become a real pain in the neck for people worldwide. Every day, these people receive messages that they don’t need or that are in no way benefiting them. Often, these spam messages have been used as phishing strategies to lure unsuspecting users to give away their personal information.
This tactic is popular among scammers around the world as they share a message with lots of people waiting for a catch. In the US alone, these scams have become popular, with some sadly falling for this cheap trick used by bad actors to access sensitive user information. Now, T-Mobile is stepping up to help protect users to a certain degree by setting a fine on those who send out spam messages.
The fines range from $500 to $2000 and aim at firms, businesses, and bad actors that use spam messages to reach a wide audience. Depending on how bad the spam messages are, the fine will keep increasing with the maximum being $2000. So spam messages sent out to scam unsuspecting users will get a $2000 fine.
While this move thanks to the T-Mobile Un-carrier program is impressive, it’s not foolproof. Users will still need to be on guard at all times to protect themselves from the traps of scammers. These fines will take effect from January 1st, 2024 and T-Mobile hopes it’ll cut down the amount of spam messages sent within their network of users.