How the formal notice process works

What SpamStamp is (and what it is not)

SpamStamp is a self-help software tool for preparing a formal notice about an unwanted spam text, which you send in your own name. Think of it the way you'd think of a template-and-guidance tool for a letter you write yourself: it helps you organize the facts and put them in a clean, factual format.

SpamStamp does not block, filter, or identify callers. It is not a spam blocker or call filter, and it is not a caller-ID or reverse-lookup app. It will not stop texts from reaching your phone and it will not tell you the private identity of whoever is behind a number.

SpamStamp is not a law firm, does not give legal advice, files no lawsuits, and represents no one. You are always the sender of anything you prepare with it.

The steps, start to finish

1. Paste in the spam text

   You copy the unwanted text message and paste it in. SpamStamp helps you capture the details that matter — what it said, the number it came from, and when it arrived.

2. Organize the facts

   The tool walks you through the relevant facts about the message so the record is clear and factual. Nothing is assumed on your behalf — you confirm each detail yourself.

3. Review a draft notice

   SpamStamp helps you assemble a neutral, factual notice based on what you entered. You read it in full. You can edit it, and nothing is final until you say so.

4. Add your details as the sender

   Because you are always the sender, the notice goes out in your own name. You provide and confirm your own information. SpamStamp never files suit, negotiates, or acts as your legal representative — it prepares the document, and you decide whether it goes out.

5. Confirm, and it's mailed for you

   When you're satisfied, you confirm — and SpamStamp mails the certified letter for you, in your name. Nothing is mailed until you approve it, and SpamStamp keeps an organized copy and the delivery record for your records.

You stay in control the whole way

• You decide whether to prepare a notice at all — the tool never acts on its own.
• You review every word before anything goes out, and you can edit or stop at any point.
• You are the sender: SpamStamp prepares the document with you; you send it in your own name.
• SpamStamp keeps a tidy record of what you prepared, so you have your own copy of the facts and the notice.

When a sender can't be reliably identified

Sometimes a spam text can't be traced to a party you can confidently and safely name. That's a normal outcome, and SpamStamp is built to be honest about it rather than guess.

When that happens, the tool tells you plainly instead of putting a name on the notice that the facts don't support. It also points you to steps that are always available to you: reporting the text to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, reporting unwanted texts to the FCC at fcc.gov, and forwarding spam to your carrier at 7726 (SPAM). Being careful here protects you — a notice is only as good as the facts behind it.

How this is different from a blocker or a lookup app

It's easy to lump every 'spam' app together, so here's the clean line. Spam blockers and call filters try to keep unwanted messages and calls from reaching you. Caller-ID and reverse-lookup apps try to tell you who a number belongs to. SpamStamp does neither.

SpamStamp does not block, filter, or identify callers. It starts after a spam text has already reached you, and it helps you take one documented, by-the-book step in response: preparing a formal, factual notice that you send in your own name.

Understanding your rights

The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. 227, sets rules about certain unwanted texts and calls. SpamStamp helps you understand those rights factually and take a documented step yourself — it does not interpret your situation for you or give legal advice.

If you want to understand the law in more depth, the primary sources are the statute itself (47 U.S.C. 227) and the federal agencies that handle these complaints: the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), the FCC (fcc.gov), and the National Do Not Call Registry (donotcall.gov).