SMS spam

Received the following SMS from a friend just a few minutes ago:

bq. "Tiada Tuhan melainkan All, Nabi Muhammad pesuruh Allah". Send kpd kwn kita 7 org, insyaAllah dlm masa tdekat ni ada pkara baik yg luarbiasa. Jgn pdam, cuba dulu.

Hhmm, not sure what to make of it but its quite certainly an example of SMS spamming. The SMS didn't originate from my friend, it was forwarded to her from someone else, who in all likelihood, isn't the original writer of the SMS either. The only people who benefit from such SMS are the telcos: SMSs that play on religious sentiments and hocus-pocus (ala the chain letters from our youth - "break the chain and you'll die a terrible death" - variety) will always find people who are willing to throw away good money.