Morning Poll: Are Spam Messages Increasingly Frequent in Your Area?

Telemarketing calls have been the scourge of phone owners for decades, but an escalation of the situation has led to crackdowns on “robocalls” by state and federal elected officials in the past two years.

A more modern telecommunications problem, however, could distract from these calls.

Unwanted text messages have been getting a lot of attention lately, and online guides are popping up to tell consumers how to block or report them.

There are the unwanted political text messages that seem impossible to stop during the election campaign. Or the fake text messages with the wrong numbers that often lead to scams. Or the spam of all kinds promoting loans, timeshare presentations and other schemes.

Regardless of the type of spam text messages you receive, today we’re wondering if you’re seeing more of these types of messages year-to-date compared to the same period a year ago.