My first sms spam

January 12, 2008
by Björn Jeffery
Good Old Trend

Yet another milestone in my digital life has been reached! I just got my first spam via sms. It read like this, including the quotation markes(!):

“I am Michael Pritchett.I have a business proposal of mutual benefit for both of us.If you are in interested,please reach me at: mmpritchett at yahoo.com”

And it was sent from +79180415830 which I haven’t quite worked out where it belongs yet. Ah, it’s like the day I got my first fake invoice 🙂

The Author

Björn Jeffery is a Swedish technology columnist, advisor, and independent analyst based in Malmö, Sweden. He is the technology columnist for Svenska Dagbladet and co-hosts a podcast for the newspaper. He was previously CEO and co-founder of Toca Boca, the kids’ media company that grew to over one billion downloads. Through his advisory practice, Outer Sunset AB, he works with companies on digital strategy, consumer culture, governance, growth, and international expansion.