Lots Of Spam Texts, Little Action To Stop Them. Newsy Investigates

A Newsy analysis of FCC complaints reveals how spammers are using text messages as a new tool. Why isn't the FCC doing more to stop them?

Dejeuné Harris reads some of the robotext messages bombarding her phone.

"The account status is lost ... Your renewable payment failed," she said. "I was like 'Oh my gosh, I missed a package.'"

Harris will often interrupt her work as a personal stylist to suss out whether the text is from a client or a con artist.