
Verizon Wireless said it has filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against a Florida company that it charges with sending thousands of unsolicited text messages to Verizon customers’ mobile phones. The company said it filed the suit in U.S. District Court in New Jersey after 98,000 spam messages were sent on behalf of Ormond Beach, Fla.-based Passport Holidays telling Verizon customers they had won cruises to the Bahamas. While there have been relatively few cases of illegal spamming to cell phones in the U.S., all of U.S. wireless operators are being more vigilant about such incidents, which could cost users and carriers dearly.