{"id":8245,"date":"2011-11-03T10:52:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T10:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/mobile-phone-spam\/"},"modified":"2011-11-03T10:52:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T10:52:58","slug":"mobile-phone-spam","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/16072\/mobile-phone-spam","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Phone Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_mobile_phone_spam_mean\">What Does Mobile Phone Spam Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mobile phone spam is any unsolicited message sent in bulk that targets a mobile phone. Mobile phone spam delivers spam messages as a text via SMS. <\/p>\n<p>Also known as cell phone spam, SMS spam, text spam and m-spam.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_mobile_phone_spam\">Techopedia Explains Mobile Phone Spam<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Generally speaking, mobile phone spam\/SMS spam is less prevalent than email spam. 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