Have you received spam texts?

13 June 2011

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Poll Started 14 June 2011 Have you received spam texts? Have you had an unsolicited spam text trying to flog you a financial service? If so, have you acted on it? Which of these spam texts have you received in the last six months? TICK ALL THAT APPLY

Poll Started 14 June 2011

Have you received spam texts?

Have you had an unsolicited spam text trying to flog you a financial service? If so, have you acted on it?

Which of these spam texts have you received in the last six months?

TICK ALL THAT APPLY

Results

Got them and DIDN’T reply/call: (8996 votes)

Payment Protection Insurance reclaiming		1394 votes (15%)
So called 'Legal way' to write off credit card debts		1066 votes (12%)
Accident compensation		3648 votes (41%)
Payday loans at high APRs		658 votes (7%)
Tax rebate reclaiming		529 votes (6%)
Insurance policies		540 votes (6%)
Other		701 votes (8%)
None		460 votes (5%)

Got them and DID reply/call: (4693 votes)

Payment Protection Insurance reclaiming		47 votes (1%)
So called 'Legal way' to write off credit card debts		38 votes (1%)
Accident compensation		111 votes (2%)
Payday loans at high APRs		30 votes (1%)
Tax rebate reclaiming		12 votes (0%)
Insurance policies		17 votes (0%)
Other		26 votes (1%)
None		4412 votes (94%)

           4,584 people have voted.

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