WinRed complaint: Winred repeatedly spams me via text and despite calls won’t stop
Filed 30 Dec 2021 by Susan
I get almost daily spam texts from candidates who use Winred. The only way all these people are getting my information for candidates and things that have nothing to do with me is to get it from Winred. I have contacted them to be removed from their database but they claim that various candidates only use their platform and they have no responsibility for these Spam messages. That is patently ridiculous since they are the source of the issue. I made a one time donation to a candidate and now cannot get rid of these annoying texts. Replying stop only works for a single campaign. I’m ready to file a lawsuit to make it stop.
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anonymous
I, too, am dealing with an absurd amount of texts from multile numbers. I've tried to "stop" them but they just text me from different numbers. I have no interest in supporting something so stupid like this - it makes me feel like they're spamming people to help putin with his war more than anything. discusting.
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Steve B
I did the same thing with the same result. I have replied “stop” AND blocked about 100 numbers! I am still getting at least one text per day. Frustrating!
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Meadow
One per day? I just got four in one hour! Republican candidates need to learn that people are fed up and will NEVER donate as long as they are associated with the RNC.
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Dawn
I'm with you dude. WinRed is blowing up my text messages. I'm getting an absurd amount of text messages a day. I'm so sick of it. I can't get ahold of anyone. I'll be writing the CEO soon.
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Al H
WinRed is NOT the spammer. Read Here.https://donors.winred.com/en/articles/3773576-unsubscribing-from-texts-or-emails
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Ebiz
WinRed claims to not be responsible, it’s just a coincidence that 100% of the text spam I get comes from their customers. Replying STOP does nothing, blocking the number does nothing, because they send the texts from random fake numbers. I never gave any candidate my cell phone number.
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Ellen Porter
I would join you in the class action lawsuit! They send me multiple texts daily, sometimes as many as 5 in one day, and as late as 9:45 p.m.!
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Katie R.
I too have been getting these texts and winred is being pretty snobby about denying responsibility. I traced the IPs and found they are hosted by AWS so I reported them to AWS for abuse and they responded that the texts are being sent by a company called rebrandly.com, who you can hire to create custom domains that redirect to your site (winred).
I'm assuming winred is behind this but can't get confirmation. Either way I was told you can email [email protected] to unsubscribe. Hope this helps. In my rage I gathered any and all info I could about them to try and get the texts to stop.
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Emrie
I would absolutely join this lawsuit if you launch one. Their lack of accountability or any real way to remove yourself from their list is insane. I get at least 3 a day to my personal phone.
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Emrie
OH PLEASE. Every single text has a link to them, and some of them even say "paid for by Winred".
You're a shill. Stop it.
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JEFF MATHERS
I'm sick of reading postings like this: "Trump is not 'man enough' to testify in Jan. 6 probe, Pelosi says". What is WINRED doing to combat this crap besides overwhelming me with texts and emails asking for money. Get off your ass!
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Vet
WinRed IS responsible. WinRed shared our information. Biden tells us the border is secure and there was russian collusion, knowing full well its a lie. Same game for WinRed. Time for a class action lawsuit. Lawyers ?????
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Pavil Lewis
I WILL NEVER USE WINRED AGAIN and I warn others not to, either! WINRED will lie and say it's not them, it's the people who you donated to who are abusing you. But, they wouldn't have my GD information if WINRED didn't share it! Donations should be anonymous or by name only, not by sharing contact info with them! Republicans are the most inept, milquetoast, moronic idiots in politics who can't do anything properly or get out of their own way! They do more harm to us than good. Why don't you write another strong letter for all it does? Without a doubt, we have the most inept people in politics! Democrats own us in everything we do and I'm sick of it! I want to donate to Trump and cannot without being abused by the donation sites, especially corrupt WINRED. I want to go to a Trump rally, but you can't know the costs without giving up personal info and being abused by it! GET RIGHT WITH YOURSELVES! YOU'RE ALIENATING VOTERS AND SUPPORTERS!
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Dave
Same for me. I refuse to donate one penny to any candidate that spams me, and anyone else that uses WinRed. In the past I donated to many candidates via WinRed. Not anymore. I get several spam text and emails a day, and it gets worse when election season starts. I'm livid. They claim they had to release my information to the campaigns for reporting, but my email and phone number is not one of the required items. I just read where a class action was filed against them in Florida for this very issue. They should have to pay big time.
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Jimmy
I have given generously for decades. I didn’t give a penny in 2022 and won’t for 2024 and it is purely because of the spam texts. I have received 41 this week… and that’s not unusual. Every one is reported as junk and blocked, it does nothing to help.
Candidates are out there working hard to raise money. This tactic is having the opposite effect. I know at least a dozen donors personally that will no longer give a cent. -
Brad Burdick
Winred supplies phone numbers and the campaigns spam you. They are 100% responsible and are getting sued. They are parasites and Garret Lansing is the top of the pile.
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J M
I receive a minimum of 5 texts a day and this has been going on for years. I would join a lawsuit in a
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robohater
Im liking the class action lawsuit... I never signed up to get 40 thousand texts!!
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Roni
NOT YET A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT: WHO WANTS TO START THIS???
The Republican National Committee, Save America PAC and other defendants were slapped with a civil rights class action Sunday in Florida Northern District Court. The court action, over unwanted spam text messages from fundraising platform WinRed, was brought by LawHQ. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 1:22-cv-00303, Sutherland v. Save America Pac et al.
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