Is it illegal to sign someone up for junk? Bombarding someone you dislike with spam is clearly illegal — but what if you just sign them up for a bunch of spam lists? Apparently, that’s illegal too. In a first of its kind, a judge found a man guilty of harassment for signing his boss up for various spam email newsletters.
Can I get in trouble for signing someone up for spam?
Bombarding someone you dislike with spam is clearly illegal -- but what if you just sign them up for a bunch of spam lists? Apparently, that's illegal too. In a first of its kind, a judge found a man guilty of harassment for signing his boss up for various spam email newsletters.09-Jun-2005
Is it illegal to sign someone else up for a mailing list?
No. Sounds like a friend or foe has played a prank on you. It's inconvenient and annoying, but not a crime.15-Apr-2015
How do I sign someone up for junk mail?
Register at the Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) consumer website DMAchoice.org, and choose what catalogs, magazine offers, and other mail you want to get. You'll have to pay a $2 processing fee, and your registration will last for 10 years.
Can the spam Act?
Congress passed the CAN-SPAM Act to address the problem of unwanted commercial electronic mail messages. The CAN-SPAM Act requires the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules with regard to commercial e-mail and some text messages sent to wireless devices such as cell phones—not email in general.13-Aug-2021
Is it illegal to spam someone's phone?
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order in Aug, 2004 that reiterated that SMS spam messages to cellphones are illegal under the existing Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
How do I sign someone up for spam numbers?
You can register your numbers on the national Do Not Call list at no cost by calling 1-888-382-1222 (voice) or 1-866-290-4236 (TTY). You must call from the phone number you wish to register. You can also register at add your personal wireless phone number to the national Do-Not-Call list donotcall.gov.
Is DMAChoice legitimate?
DMAChoice.org, a tool offered by the Data & Marketing Association, lets you remove your name and address from a number of these lists. ... You'll need to give them some information, including your Social Security number, but don't worry — it's a legitimate service, recommended by the Federal Trade Commission.08-Mar-2018
Joanne Reisman
You are being pranked by someone that knows your email and contact info. Not hard to do. Pretty annoying though. Who do you know that would do this to you? Did you break up with someone recently that is mad at you as a result? (Back before the internet some of my lady friends would sign up their ex's for porno mags as revenge when they broke up.)
Jay Bodzin
No. It's also not clear that this represents repeated conduct by anybody - once one such website has your contact information, they may share it with all the others. The best way to address this problem is to have two email addresses - one that can catch spam like this, and one for use only by people you trust...
Meryl Elise Chambers
Is there any crime committed here? No. Not really a great deal you can do about it other than notify the companies you no longer want to subscribe to their newsletters. Identity theft? No. Sounds like a friend or foe has played a prank on you. It's inconvenient and annoying, but not a crime. This is very common.
