I’ve gotten a number of irritating SMS Spam messages recently, delivered to my cell phone. I have an unlimited SMS plan at the moment, so it doesn’t cost me anything, but it does eat up my time. And dammit, people who send SPAM are one circle of hell above patent trolls, so if we can stop them, we should.

It turns out to be very easy to report SMS Spam: in the US there is an SMS shortcode (7726, or SPAM on a traditional keypad). Forward the content of the SPAM to that message, and your cell provider should then ask for the number that sent you the message. Considering the CAN-SPAM Act has a minimum fine of $1.00 for each and every instance…

I don’t even care about the money. I just want the damn messages to stop.