What happens to the spam text you paste into SpamStamp

The short version

When you paste a spam text into SpamStamp, that text has one purpose: to help you prepare a formal, factual notice you review and send in your own name. You are always the sender.

SpamStamp is a self-help software tool, not a law firm, and it does not give legal advice. It is not a spam blocker or a caller-ID app: it does not block, filter, or identify callers. It only helps you turn a message you already received into paperwork you decide what to do with.

What SpamStamp does with the text you paste

• Reads the message so it can be turned into readable text and used to prepare your notice.
• Removes personal details (like your own contact information) before any automated processing step reads the message.
• Checks the plain facts to see whether a by-the-book federal TCPA notice is a reasonable step, and tells you honestly when it is not.
• Prepares a document you review, approve, and send in your own name. Nothing is sent for you and no lawsuit is involved.

What SpamStamp never does

• Never opens, visits, clicks, or fetches any link found inside a message you paste. Links are read as plain text only, never followed.
• Never sells your personal information, and never shares your message to advertise to you.
• Never promises to tell you exactly who texted you. When a sender cannot be safely identified, SpamStamp says so plainly.
• Never blocks, filters, or screens your texts, and never acts as a caller-ID or reverse-lookup service.

Identifying a sender, honestly

A lot of spam is sent from spoofed numbers, short codes, or third parties, so the sender often cannot be pinned down. SpamStamp only names a party when trustworthy, independent records support it. A brand name appearing in the text is never enough on its own.

When a sender cannot be safely identified, SpamStamp will tell you, and point you to the free reporting paths below rather than guess.

Usage analytics are kept separate

To understand how the tool is working, SpamStamp keeps basic, anonymous usage counts (for example, how many people reached a given step). This is kept separate from your message and your account, contains no personal information and no message content, and is not used to identify you.

Retention: what stays if you delete your account

You can delete your account and the personal information tied to it. One narrow exception is disclosed here so the promise stays honest: if you used SpamStamp to prepare and actually send a formal notice, a small record of that step is kept even after you delete, because it documents a real-world action you took in your own name and may need to be verifiable later.

That retained record is limited to what proves the step happened. It is described in full in the Privacy Policy.

Report a spam text (free, no account needed)

• Forward the message to 7726 (SPAM) to alert your mobile carrier.
• Report it to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
• File a complaint with the FCC at fcc.gov.