Originally Posted by
stockmanjr
I've traveled to many countries and have never encountered this but while in China I somehow received 300 of them adding $15 to my US bill. I was curious if anyone else has had this happen to them? I'm assuming this is a common problem in China..
Cheers
Howie
It's very very common.
My friend explained that are a couple of ways they do this. As you go by one of their transmitters - usually near the store that they are advertising for - it sends out a spam text.
The other type, they put the equipment in a van and do a drive around spam drive-bye. This is illegal however no one bothers to go after them.
I usually carry 3 telephones with me, when I get near a certain location, I get buzzed multiple times. My phones go off in succession. Its really annoying when these spam vans go back and forth.