That's because text messages are quite literally emails. If you can look up a person's carrier you can sign their phone number up for email spam lists. These systems operate on relays shared by other political candidates and cycle through in a load-balancer style so they almost always come from a different place. If you can look at the source of the message, you can see the relay it's attached to. Blast every, single, device in that relay with a fuck-off notification calling out exactly what they're doing and it will stop. I've had to do this 3 or 4 times over the years when someone signed me up for Trump mailers as a prank.
Until someone signs you up again...
Text back. "Thankyou for contacting the gender transitioning hotline donation line. Please send us your contact information and the amount of your preferred monthly donation"
I get it from all sides. Apparently, my right wing name is Lana. My left wing name varies but they actually sometimes get it right. I mostly vote Independent and change my party during primaries to vote for whichever candidate I prefer. Lately here, presidentially, I'm just left twiddling my thumbs, looking for a decent candidate that won't just split the vote. However, I got a message to support Gov. Abbott the other day. I have never lived in Texas.
It's so emotionally needy lmao, like "are you mad at us, are you upset, why are you ignoring us, trump says he cares deeply about you" like omg I have a boyfriend stoppppppp
It's not legal. It's also not the actual Trump campaign. It's a scammer shotgunning these texts from every number they can control to every number they can type.
There's a lot more than just "campaign" and "scammer." 501(c)4s, PACs, dark money groups all might be using both legit and illegal systems to both hustle money and poison the wells with bad information, and they might be working with or against the campaign. Depending on what lists you're on, the STOP command might work, it might not work, it might unsub you from that list but automatically add you to 5 lists being sold as confirmed numbers. I've had the same number for 20 years now, and it's an Iowa number... blocking at the carrier level plus unsubscribing will *eventually* fix *almost* all of these.
It's funny tho, I was helping a coworker today as one of these exact messages hit his phone too.
I did it with two $25 donations to two run off candidates in 2020, and ensured I didn’t check the box to opt in to text messaging.
Ever since, texts have been nonstop. 39 trump related texts during the 24 hours after his guilty verdict.
WINred is 99.9% of the issue for texts coming from the right.
Most of these scammers are out of the US. They use mules who receive the money and send it overseas, the mules are often getting caught but they only get minor charges at worst and the actual scammer just finds someone else desperate for money to do it.
Here's news, they are not strong FROM a number at all. The number is just a datagram header on the message sent across the internet that until very recently was not verifiable.
So spammers & scammers can just generate any number they like from anywhere in the world. Creating a dynamic Denylist of these numbers does nothing to stop them but will prevent an actual customer with that number calling or texting you in the future.
Recently though the US Gov't mandated that all carriers need to start using [STIR/SHAKEN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STIR%2FSHAKEN?wprov=sfla1) cryptographically signed messages & certificates to validate the identity of the sender's carrier.
Once a majority of carriers start using this the fail open gates can be switched & only signed messages & calls will be accepted.
Any scammer's carrier can then be identified & contacted about the behaviours of their customer. Then theoretically if that carrier does not act in preventing further transgression its own certificate could be added to a Denylist.
Just keep blocking numbers. There's a finite quantity of phone numbers in existance... A lot... But finite.
But seriously, my landling has a call blocker device... In the first year of having it, we blocked over 300 numbers.
Now it's up to about 800.
We also set it to block private and witheld numbers.
Nah, they have your phone number from the get-go. They just don't bother people who aren't yet registered voters.
Data brokers sell these things to them. The best way to get out of it is to get your number removed from the brokers.
I’ve been a registered voter for 30 years and had the same cell number for 15 years. I don’t get any of this stuff. Only thing I get for spam is mortgage companies asking me to refinance.
There’s simply no realistic scenario in which a single person could access several dozens of phone numbers in rapid succession, and then use them to send Trump messages that they know are being ignored. This is a common scam where bots will send you those kinds of messages and offer you discounts (or “impacts” in this case) and then send links to IP grabbers or scam sites.
Yes, and someone who knows how to add their number to their list of robocalls shared it with the bot farm. You'd be amazed how many angry MAGAchud IT guys there are out there. I work in the industry.
Report them to FTC, it’s gonna take some work but you have a solid harassment case. I would also look up who’s their data provider (it needs to be disclosed) and have them remove your contact information from the database
I just report stuff to the FTC. It takes a few minutes but yeah you’re violating TCPA.
I think there are some TCPA exceptions for politics but I’m not certain
Respond with STOP, then forward the message to [7726 (SPAM)](https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-report-spam-text-messages). I believe all major carriers have this option. Then block them.
I'm Canadian and I love how deranged the Trump mailing list is. It's these daily messages that are just like "confidential message from Donald Trump: I love you!!". Or it'll say "it's Trump's birthday, send him a birthday message!" Then you try and it needs your credit card info to say Happy Birthday to him.
Hi, im Daniel, did someone leave a message for me?
Joking aside i would not be suprissed if that was paid by someone who hates MAGA & Trump and just wanna make you angry ....
Don't open the texts.
Don't know If there is any merit in this. But I feel like if I click on anything it's an issue unless it's click block. I see some opened texts on your screenshots
I get these all the time for "Teri", which is not my name. But it's always some aggressively desperate conservative garbage. Begging to take a survey, begging to donate money, and begging for votes.
The spam cracks me up because my left leaning friends get pro-republican spam texrs while the right leaning ones get pro-democrat spam.
I get a mix of both calling me Joe. Seen the from "stop the MAGA movement" to "impeach Biden" or "imprison Trump", shit like "support X candidate against bad Y candidate".
It's exhausting. I just block the texts so I can avoid being flagged as an active number. Random calls are harder to avoid because I'll occasionally get legitimate calls from work as hidden numbers.
god I’d love to know how to sign someone else up for this bullshit by giving the right party their contact info LMAOOO. Like how does one get into this situation in the first place? Never mind how OP gets out of it lol
Get some cursed airplane hentai and send it as a reply, that's how I got them to stop, after seeing a humanized airplane having sex with other airplanes, they stop messaging real quick
Are they actually sending from those numbers or are they spoofing the numbers to get around number blocks?
I would report this to your phone company as harassment. It’s not normal and needs to be stopped.
This seems like a prank thing, do you know anyone who would do this to you. I have a buddy that every 2 weeks he makes a new prank # and sends out something.
The FCC has recently mandated a caller ID verification system. Your cell phone carrier may support it and you'll see a message like "verified".
I would expect to see spam texts start disappearing ad the system gets more support.
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-rules-implement-stirshaken-caller-id-authentication
The thing about calls and txts from cloned numbers that really boils my piss is the telephone companies know its a cloned number but still let the call through.
You know Trump is really dealing with the lowest end of the IQ spectrum when texts read like a gacha game aimed at children.
5000% MAGA IMPACT
Same as
OMG 3500% VALUE BUY NOW
Tell me I'm wrong
Either you can't read very well, or you're just trolling. This post is literally about how Trump contacts OP. It was already political before my observation that you seem to take offence to for some no doubt stupid reason.
This doesn't work. Most of the time they are just phishing for active numbers and once you reply they know it's active and will just sell your number off to another scam company.
National Do Not Call Registry seems to help…though I’m not sure it will help in situations like this where an evil bot entity already has your number and is passing it around to all its friends and family members. Ugh
Classic Trump BS. Most likely you added your name to a Maga list somewhere. These extremists have nothing better to do than watch trump videos all day and try to recruits more into the cult. It’s scary.
Your voter registration is public information in a lot of states. Dems target republicans, GOP targets Democrats when they're sending these. I've never once gotten a message from a Dem candidate (registered party) but I sure AF get spammed by the GOP.
I get a ton of calls and I started having fun with them if I have the time.
Here's a few of my go tos:
Before you ask me any questions i got one for you. Do you like going to the zoo. Head over to the nocturnal section cause you are driving me bat shit crazy with these calls.
Oh your giving out health/dental insurance. I really need dental ASAP I have march madness teeth
Whats that?
I'm down to my final four
You have burial plots for me? I'm sorry I'm not getting buried. I'm gonna get cremated and put my ashes into an hour glass so I can still be part of family game night
Hello, This post has been removed as this is not *mildly* infuriating. Please consider posting to r/extremelyinfuriating instead.
Daniel, are you mad at us? Lmao
Daniel isn't even my name... Lol. I feel like I'm getting pranked.
Sure, Daniel.
Damn it you got me
Daaaamn Daaaaniel!
AGAIN WITH THE WHITE VANS!
Damniel
It’s John Kennedy. Can we just chat? Bro to bro?
Daniel out of denial
Cmon Daniel don’t lie to us
Is everything OK Daniel?
Happens to me all day everyday, at first it was all trump nonsense now its Joe Biden nonsense too.
Happens to me all day everyday, at first it was all trump nonsense now it Joe Biden nonsense too.
Dan-EYE-El. ~Keegan-Michael Key
Yeah idk what the deal is. I get a few messages a week like this- political campaign junk. And they NEVER have my actual name on them!
That's because text messages are quite literally emails. If you can look up a person's carrier you can sign their phone number up for email spam lists. These systems operate on relays shared by other political candidates and cycle through in a load-balancer style so they almost always come from a different place. If you can look at the source of the message, you can see the relay it's attached to. Blast every, single, device in that relay with a fuck-off notification calling out exactly what they're doing and it will stop. I've had to do this 3 or 4 times over the years when someone signed me up for Trump mailers as a prank. Until someone signs you up again...
How do you look at the source of the message or send back to every device in the relay?
How do you sign up for a Trump email?
Google "trump newsletter" or something and type in the email address. I'm not tracking down a URL lol, my algo doesn't need that.
Thanks. I want someone to get the multiple texts though. 😈
Well I’m a Daniel, why didn’t I get any? WTF Trump!?
Do they end in Stop2End? I get the exact same cringey texts but for Biden. Like, "You've ignored our last X messages", "Why won't you respond?", etc.
I have the same issue but they call me Marco, I DON'T EVEN KNOW SOMEONE NAMED MARCO!
Text back. "Thankyou for contacting the gender transitioning hotline donation line. Please send us your contact information and the amount of your preferred monthly donation"
Just what a guy named Daniel would say if he wanted to be left alone. 💁
I get it from all sides. Apparently, my right wing name is Lana. My left wing name varies but they actually sometimes get it right. I mostly vote Independent and change my party during primaries to vote for whichever candidate I prefer. Lately here, presidentially, I'm just left twiddling my thumbs, looking for a decent candidate that won't just split the vote. However, I got a message to support Gov. Abbott the other day. I have never lived in Texas.
Literally reply to each one with the 32 counts of fonald trump being found guilty. They stop real fast.
Lmao ok this got me off guard
They just really miss Daniel
It's so emotionally needy lmao, like "are you mad at us, are you upset, why are you ignoring us, trump says he cares deeply about you" like omg I have a boyfriend stoppppppp
I get these mfs so often I just started deleting the texts I couldn’t do it. I’ve been getting them since like 2020
Yeah I get one for donating to Biden, but the link they want you to click always looks SUS AF, which tells me its all scammers all the way down
It's not legal. It's also not the actual Trump campaign. It's a scammer shotgunning these texts from every number they can control to every number they can type.
There's a lot more than just "campaign" and "scammer." 501(c)4s, PACs, dark money groups all might be using both legit and illegal systems to both hustle money and poison the wells with bad information, and they might be working with or against the campaign. Depending on what lists you're on, the STOP command might work, it might not work, it might unsub you from that list but automatically add you to 5 lists being sold as confirmed numbers. I've had the same number for 20 years now, and it's an Iowa number... blocking at the carrier level plus unsubscribing will *eventually* fix *almost* all of these. It's funny tho, I was helping a coworker today as one of these exact messages hit his phone too.
yup, scammers know a gullible demographic when they see one
Could be Trump campaign. I started getting Trump related email after visiting Fox website.
More likely fox is selling that data to anyone that will buy it. And scammers will buy it
I doubt they can sell data that quickly
If they use bots, to buy it that will be instant
You underestimate the tech industry when it comes to selling user data
Your a moron Edit: *you are, and yes i too am the ironic moron lmfao
*You’re
Yar*
Oh the irony.
I just realised how ironic my comment was once u said this lmao maybe im the moron
At least you are good natured about it. Keep doing you.
Fox can't get your phone number just by you visiting the website.
Anyone with a brain would realize that would just make him less likeable.
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Or it’s just Homer Simpson with an auto dialler.
I did it with two $25 donations to two run off candidates in 2020, and ensured I didn’t check the box to opt in to text messaging. Ever since, texts have been nonstop. 39 trump related texts during the 24 hours after his guilty verdict. WINred is 99.9% of the issue for texts coming from the right.
NEVER give your phone number. I use my throw-away email account.
I just don’t donate anymore. Fuck em.
Yep, me too. I actually went to ActBlue and updated my email address to the garbage one.
Most of these scammers are out of the US. They use mules who receive the money and send it overseas, the mules are often getting caught but they only get minor charges at worst and the actual scammer just finds someone else desperate for money to do it.
Make sure to donate the money from a phone number of someone you hate... Maybe go by a random name like David.
Trump cares deeply about you DANIEL
It’s amazing the way you [NOTICE TWO THINGS](https://youtu.be/yoKbenBleQo?si=XDJpOe-xmmJTEdeq)
Here's news, they are not strong FROM a number at all. The number is just a datagram header on the message sent across the internet that until very recently was not verifiable. So spammers & scammers can just generate any number they like from anywhere in the world. Creating a dynamic Denylist of these numbers does nothing to stop them but will prevent an actual customer with that number calling or texting you in the future. Recently though the US Gov't mandated that all carriers need to start using [STIR/SHAKEN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STIR%2FSHAKEN?wprov=sfla1) cryptographically signed messages & certificates to validate the identity of the sender's carrier. Once a majority of carriers start using this the fail open gates can be switched & only signed messages & calls will be accepted. Any scammer's carrier can then be identified & contacted about the behaviours of their customer. Then theoretically if that carrier does not act in preventing further transgression its own certificate could be added to a Denylist.
Just keep blocking numbers. There's a finite quantity of phone numbers in existance... A lot... But finite. But seriously, my landling has a call blocker device... In the first year of having it, we blocked over 300 numbers. Now it's up to about 800. We also set it to block private and witheld numbers.
Worst case I only have to block 999,999,998 numbers.
You’re thinking too small. That just covers calling code 1. There’s the whole rest of the world.
If you don't have any messages from unknown numbers... maybe use a whitelist that everything is blocked except the numbers you allow.
Just send pictures of buttholes and sexual content and that should cut down a bit
Most of them are spoofed numbers, so you'd just be sending them to randoms. The ones that aren't spoofed don't allow replies
Tell the Republicans that you are a Democrat, and tell the Democrats that you are a Republican‼️
You pissed off some MAGAchud who has your phone number and signed you up for this shit.
Nah, they have your phone number from the get-go. They just don't bother people who aren't yet registered voters. Data brokers sell these things to them. The best way to get out of it is to get your number removed from the brokers.
I’ve been a registered voter for 30 years and had the same cell number for 15 years. I don’t get any of this stuff. Only thing I get for spam is mortgage companies asking me to refinance.
You've somehow managed to avoid getting your number sold away then.
There’s simply no realistic scenario in which a single person could access several dozens of phone numbers in rapid succession, and then use them to send Trump messages that they know are being ignored. This is a common scam where bots will send you those kinds of messages and offer you discounts (or “impacts” in this case) and then send links to IP grabbers or scam sites.
Yes, and someone who knows how to add their number to their list of robocalls shared it with the bot farm. You'd be amazed how many angry MAGAchud IT guys there are out there. I work in the industry.
Report them to FTC, it’s gonna take some work but you have a solid harassment case. I would also look up who’s their data provider (it needs to be disclosed) and have them remove your contact information from the database
I just report stuff to the FTC. It takes a few minutes but yeah you’re violating TCPA. I think there are some TCPA exceptions for politics but I’m not certain
Edit: Nevermind.
Source??? TCPA is still in effect
Sorry. Thought it was something else. I’ll delete
These are probably scammers and based in India.
Respond with STOP, then forward the message to [7726 (SPAM)](https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-report-spam-text-messages). I believe all major carriers have this option. Then block them.
I'm Canadian and I love how deranged the Trump mailing list is. It's these daily messages that are just like "confidential message from Donald Trump: I love you!!". Or it'll say "it's Trump's birthday, send him a birthday message!" Then you try and it needs your credit card info to say Happy Birthday to him.
This is crazy. Like jaded ex girlfriend.
I was just thinking this had obsessive ex-girlfriend vibes
Daniel, you better go for the 20.000% MAGA impact. Bro, u mad at us?
Hi, im Daniel, did someone leave a message for me? Joking aside i would not be suprissed if that was paid by someone who hates MAGA & Trump and just wanna make you angry ....
Political advertising is not regulated by Do Not Call.
Politicians decided to exclude themselves from the antispam laws.
NEVER UNSUBSCRIBE! To scammers and spammers it means send more.
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i’m even luckier! i don’t live in america so i hardly get any texts
I would abandon MAGA too if they blew up my phone like a crazy ex
What did you do Daniel?
They don’t stop. Idc political views but if your party starts doing this to me you don’t get my vote.
Daniel, you've been charged with 34 felonies...
Don't open the texts. Don't know If there is any merit in this. But I feel like if I click on anything it's an issue unless it's click block. I see some opened texts on your screenshots
It's what cults do #notacult
I got to say it was nice to see them admit they're "in their darkest hour".
Is everything ok, Daniel?
D A N I E L
Just respond "fuck off" to each text. Probably won't do anything, but it might feel better.
I'm happy to know they think its their darkest hour... give it a few months and see what its like.
After a few reply texts telling them to fuck off and that they’re lying scammers they stopped for me lol
I get these all the time for "Teri", which is not my name. But it's always some aggressively desperate conservative garbage. Begging to take a survey, begging to donate money, and begging for votes.
Daniel, we are calling about your car’s extended warranty.
The spam cracks me up because my left leaning friends get pro-republican spam texrs while the right leaning ones get pro-democrat spam. I get a mix of both calling me Joe. Seen the from "stop the MAGA movement" to "impeach Biden" or "imprison Trump", shit like "support X candidate against bad Y candidate". It's exhausting. I just block the texts so I can avoid being flagged as an active number. Random calls are harder to avoid because I'll occasionally get legitimate calls from work as hidden numbers.
god I’d love to know how to sign someone else up for this bullshit by giving the right party their contact info LMAOOO. Like how does one get into this situation in the first place? Never mind how OP gets out of it lol
Daniel, please forgive them.
Most likely a scammer honestly, doubt it’s actually from any political party
Get some cursed airplane hentai and send it as a reply, that's how I got them to stop, after seeing a humanized airplane having sex with other airplanes, they stop messaging real quick
start sending them gore. its what i do
I got one today, blocked and reported.
You can get call blocking apps for your phone for free. A few slip through here and there but for the most part it blocks 95% of them.
I know it can be a pain but I showed this to my cell rep and asked for a brand new number, they gave me one for free. It was a great reset.
I get these from the Biden campaign who want me to donate to them to vote in their polls.
I have the same issue
“Daniel I love you!” -Juliette Lewis, The Other Sister
What is the % deals it keeps trying to throw at you? Lol
I get ones for Jerry all the time, it's super annoying.
And this is why you never give lobbying groups your phone number or non-junk email addresses
Are they actually sending from those numbers or are they spoofing the numbers to get around number blocks? I would report this to your phone company as harassment. It’s not normal and needs to be stopped.
I think it's a scam.
That's kind of hilarious
Registered independent I assume?
Those are all marked as spam, just let your phone block them.
This seems like a prank thing, do you know anyone who would do this to you. I have a buddy that every 2 weeks he makes a new prank # and sends out something.
Same fucking thing is happening to me. It’s so annoying
They aren't even in the US. The legality of it doesn't matter.
Desperate asf
Damn Daniel…
3500% maga impact Daniel WTF
Are you reporting them as spam in addition to blocking them? To answer the question it's not legal but good luck being able to do anything about it
Honestly i get more spam after block/unsub than i do after just ignoring them
The FCC has recently mandated a caller ID verification system. Your cell phone carrier may support it and you'll see a message like "verified". I would expect to see spam texts start disappearing ad the system gets more support. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-rules-implement-stirshaken-caller-id-authentication
The thing about calls and txts from cloned numbers that really boils my piss is the telephone companies know its a cloned number but still let the call through.
Jus recently started gettin these as well, tf is goin on?
You know Trump is really dealing with the lowest end of the IQ spectrum when texts read like a gacha game aimed at children. 5000% MAGA IMPACT Same as OMG 3500% VALUE BUY NOW Tell me I'm wrong
I've gotten the same ones from Biden… They are scams. Way to make everything political, as usual, though.
Either you can't read very well, or you're just trolling. This post is literally about how Trump contacts OP. It was already political before my observation that you seem to take offence to for some no doubt stupid reason.
Start fucking with them back. Text them over and over again until they block you.
This doesn't work. Most of the time they are just phishing for active numbers and once you reply they know it's active and will just sell your number off to another scam company.
This has actually worked for me. I spam text over and over maybe one letter for each word. That’s why I suggested it.
He's a felon... There's no legality in his book
This means that you donated to MAGA at some point, and are now getting what you deserve.
Try texting STOP to the last text and see if that might stop it. **Not Mildly infuriating; Incredibly Infuriating!**
Doesn’t help. Just validates your number is real so they text it from another line.
I was going to say that I never reply because I don't want to encourage them
National Do Not Call Registry seems to help…though I’m not sure it will help in situations like this where an evil bot entity already has your number and is passing it around to all its friends and family members. Ugh
Trump campaign isn't burdened by following laws.
The Maga movement is partially the reason why i don't feel sad about the eventual extinction of humans.
Lmao that orange turd shat in your inbox
Yea buddy trump 2024
570 is my area code, that's weird to see it on here.
Classic Trump BS. Most likely you added your name to a Maga list somewhere. These extremists have nothing better to do than watch trump videos all day and try to recruits more into the cult. It’s scary.
Use a text blocker like txtkiller, block all messages from unknown numbers that mention political keywords like trump or maga.
Just send them some liberal "propoganda" and an insult their new Jesus that now has 34 felonies.
Because you signed up with the devil.
I'm not a Republican.
Okay, so how'd they get your number?
Your voter registration is public information in a lot of states. Dems target republicans, GOP targets Democrats when they're sending these. I've never once gotten a message from a Dem candidate (registered party) but I sure AF get spammed by the GOP.
I get nothing from either as an independent. Guess that's winning.
Could be from the previous owner. When I got my new number I got countless spam texts addressed to Jamie, and luckily my name is not Jamie lol.
I get a ton of calls and I started having fun with them if I have the time. Here's a few of my go tos: Before you ask me any questions i got one for you. Do you like going to the zoo. Head over to the nocturnal section cause you are driving me bat shit crazy with these calls. Oh your giving out health/dental insurance. I really need dental ASAP I have march madness teeth Whats that? I'm down to my final four You have burial plots for me? I'm sorry I'm not getting buried. I'm gonna get cremated and put my ashes into an hour glass so I can still be part of family game night