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Where did you get my number?

10 May 2005 12:2025 commentsBizLike
Where are the companies getting cell numbers from to send sms ads?
As a girl, is getting an ad for Teasers simply bad buying? I received this sms yesterday:

We go further 2 get you closer to our dancers. TEASERS branches nationwide up close, inspect us now! Call 084 TEASERS for visual viagra. Midrand now open. Awesome.

Surely as a 30 year old female, this is majorly inappropriate? Or do they think I am so desperate being single that I should give them a bash?

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me too!-
I received the same SMS yesterday. I am a 29 year old female who has never visited a Teazers in my life, let alone given them my number.

I would love to know where they got my number! Posted on 11 May 2005 14:13
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Teaser SMS-
I believe it's a big joke to give fake cell numbers - especially co-workers, but also even wives' or gilfriends'. Posted on 11 May 2005 16:43
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Ugly(D)
Teasers had an Expo in Durban Last year Nov-
The whole idea for the expo was to target the 29-older... it was to encourage woman to make them realise how sexy they are. Pole Dancing and so forth was demonstrated and taught...To make the wife sex up the bedroom...

However I did not get the chance of going... Posted on 11 May 2005 16:54
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kleendin, joburg
So come on girl...-
Give them a bash, you never know what you're missing. Posted on 11 May 2005 17:29
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kleendin, joburg
Yeah, Beverly, you're busted (pardon the pun)-
I bumped into you last weekend Bev, remember? (balled oke with two left feet, old blue Ackermans track suit trousers and 80's Gucci wrap-around sunglasses on top of head).

So, has Lolly at long last promoted you to external communications officer at Teasers Midrand, corner of Old PTA Main and Olifantsfontein Roads, Midrand (just behind the Sasol Garage). I guess it pays a lot better than that last stint you did selling ad space for a very popular weekend property TV show, although your ex-boss frequents Midrand shop a lot. Wish he would stop insisting on doing his own voice overs, and he really needs to employ a decent writer now that they have improved their show. Lovely brandinding job they've done. Dig those stripes - very er Paul Smith-ish.

Sorry, can't remember the tel. number for Teasers Midrand, but lunch bookings have become very popular since Mr. Jackson (that's Lolly) "annexed" the parking lot and installed a boomgate to discourage users to stay longer than 5 min. Now consider a scantly clad security officer for the parking lot, that dronkie really annoys me and he gets very agro when you don't slip a 10er every time.

Bev: Suggest to Lol that he paints the new number on his new roof, which he has just also had raised (er, or is that erected). Posted on 11 May 2005 23:12
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Beverly
haha, how did you know they raised the roof!-
Very funny, but it still does not solve my dilemma.
Now shopping sales and free entries into rock concerts yea, send them, but Teasers? Come on! Posted on 12 May 2005 06:53
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Justg visiting
Culprit?-
I suspect we can thank Telkom for all this ... Posted on 12 May 2005 07:30
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Lau
Those closest to you-
Maybe the ladies that are receiving these SMS should have a closer look at their partners i.e. husbands, boyfriends or girlfrieds - who knows maybe they are passing your cell number on to Teasers! Posted on 12 May 2005 09:18
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Glenda
I want out!-
This is just another form of spam and we should be given the option to unsubscribe. But how do you when you don't even know where all these companies are getting your number from? We need to unsubscribe from the source because it's probable that if we unsubscribe from Teasers, for example, some other compnay will start spamming us. Posted on 12 May 2005 09:22
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Nicola
Stop the Spamming!-
Hi Guys. There is a website (www.smscode.co.za) that will allow you to enter the number that you received the SMS from (commercial SMS). It will also search to find the service provider and give you the option to unsubscribe from the list, or alternatively, report them for spamming. Unless you have willingly opted in to receive these, you have every right to report them. You also have every right to stop these messages whenever you want!

Our company, www.clickatell.com (mobile data service provder) subscribes to an anti-spam policy for their communication protocols and allows you to report any unsolicited messages straight to us. We also give you the option to either unsubscribe and keep your number unblocked or you can report the offender and have your number blocked so as not to receive any more messages from Clickatell or any of its clients. Posted on 13 May 2005 09:44
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Jim
Mutual & Federal is one-
Somebody phoned me on my cell from Old Mutual offering me some dodgy products. I asked them where they got my number from and they said Mutual & Federal, of which I was a client about 10 years ago. This sort of cross-trading of databases has become rife and it's time it stopped. I'm pissed off. The only solution is a national Do Not Call list, like the US has. Posted on 17 May 2005 14:57
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SMS Spam-
Try going to this website for more info on how to remove yourself from mailing lists or report unwanted spam:
www.smscode.co.za Posted on 12 May 2005 09:49
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Nic
SMScode.co.za is USELESS!-
I've been reporting SMS spam to SMSCode.co.za for the last year and a bit and I still keep receiving the same useless rubbish.

It's just a placebo so people stop complaining for a small while. Posted on 12 May 2005 13:06
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the one
Can we stop being so anal-
Can we stop being so anal- just delete the sms and move on- no harm done Posted on 12 May 2005 13:57
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Just saying
It's just an sms-
I agree with "Can we stop being so anal" comment. It's just an sms, there is worse things to bitch and moan about. If you get an sms you are not interested in, simply read it and delete. I'm sure you don't get a 100 of these each day. But I must say being a 25 year old woman myself and receiving a sms from Teasers will make my blood boil a bit! If there should be places like Teasers they should make sure their database is correct. That is, they should make sure they send sms'e to people who's sexual preference are women. Posted on 12 May 2005 14:49
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Jim
But where does it end?-
This is just the beginning. Pretty soon it's going to be like email where 70% of messages are unsolicited. It would be nice to have the choice. Maybe you like receiving unwanted crap but I don't. Posted on 17 May 2005 15:00
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anal has its place-
sure, the weekly sms's from a furniture retailer, various nightclubs etc are irritating, but it's enough to delete them and move on.

however, as a woman who received the Teazers sms, i found it a bit over the top. an establishment selling strippers - "visual viagra" i think they called it - should make sure their data base is accurate. Posted on 13 May 2005 12:15
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Nic
It goes further than "just an SMS"-
If you ask me, it's a gross infringement of my privacy.

Where are they getting my number from? Who has no regard for my privacy at all and is willing to sell my number to any company that comes by?

I'm sure we're all aware with what the ECT Act says, if it's unsolicited, it's considered spam and is illegal.

These SMS spams may not bother you, but you are one versus 10 other people that do get bothered by it. Posted on 30 May 2005 09:33
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Richard Simpson
reply with STOP to be removed from a database-
If Teazers did not get your number from you, or a mischievous friend of yours, then it is more than likely a data capturing error.

Depending on which service provider the SMS message came to you through, you can reply to the message with the word STOP to be automatically removed from the database of the sender (in this case Teazers).

Bulksms.com has this feature, and some other companies have it as well. There is talk at WASPA (Wireless Applicaton Service Provider Association) about enforcing the implementation of this feature across all SMS service providers in the future. Posted on 17 May 2005 12:03
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Ak
Is it fair to pay for an unwanted inconvenience?-
Just a question Posted on 19 May 2005 14:54
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Nic
"STOP" hardly ever works...-
By replying to SMS spam, you're just reinforcing the fact that the SMS is reaching a valid number.

In any case, I tried replying to SMSs that I received on multiple occasions and they didn't stop.

I eventually phoned the companies involved and threatened them with going to their service providers with a complaint of spam.

Most of them were quite ignorant to the fact that what they were doing can be considered illegal. Posted on 30 May 2005 09:36
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Ann
hypocrisy-
The spam gets through to me- but a multimedia sms from a friend with perceived pornographic content doesn't. the message?

"Malicious content removed. Protected by Vodacom"

what an almighty joke, and an offensive intrusion of nanny state thinking into my personal inbox. Posted on 7 Jun 2005 15:57
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to consume or not to consume-
They get it from the SA National Consumer Database. Be thankful that you only get SMS-ed. I get calls. Posted on 28 Jun 2005 08:50
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Curious
Another issue regarding received sms's-
Does anyone know if its possible to get an sms from a number in your contact list, even though that person swears blind they did not send you that sms and looking at their sent box does not show that message? Posted on 3 Jul 2009 11:08
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Adila
COOL!!!!!-
I personally would love to get an sms from teasers. guys just live with it,have you ever complained to these insurance companies when they send smses??????? ag get a grib guys......REALLY. aND AS FOR TEASERS,IM WAITING FOR THE SMS(0721521158) Posted on 25 Aug 2009 12:10
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