Cellular spam is no joke!

"Man, I'm so sick of getting spam messages on my email." "No sooner do I set up a new account, but spammers find me again!" "It's enough to make me give up using email!"

Does this sound like a familiar refrain? Could it be you, or a family member, or friend? Think we're talking about your email account at home? Well, think again

Remember days when you only had to worry about getting calls at dinner or bed time from telemarketer? Childs play! Spamming of your email account? Mere pranks.

Now, meet text messaging spam on your cell phone. Yep, you heard it here. The same people who brought us joy of spam, now bring us "Son of Spam"! This is unsolicited text messaging to your cell phone.

You might say, "What's big deal?" I'm glad you asked, but I'm sure it would have come to you. When spammers hit your online mailbox with spam, it uses up your time. That's only currency wasted. But, with cell phone text-messaging spammers they're spending your money to send you their messages! That's right your paying for their advertising!

If you look at what most people used Internet for you'll find vast majority of online activity is sending and receiving email. Email has become lifeblood of modern society. An interesting social experiment would be to see what happens to a group of young professional people who suddenly have all means of electronic communication taken away from them. Email has become as much a part of our lives as electric lightbulb, air transport and mobile phones.