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banditws6
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Re: [Spam] SMS spam from 271-40 - Reply STOP or ignore?

Just got off the phone with AT&T...didn't take long at all. I had them verify that there were no unauthorized charges on my account, then I had them set up what they call "Purchase Blocker" on both of my lines so that SMS-based billing is disallowed. Sounds like this should take care of things, though I will post back if anything else untoward happens.

Thanks to everyone here for the help; I appreciate it!

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does Sprint have a similar feature?

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said by AVD:

does Sprint have a similar feature?

Yes.

I have it so 'SMS short codes are blocked' on all of my Sprint lines. I would request this feature via eChat so you have a record that they blocked 3rd party billing

»www.sprint.com/landings/chat/

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Just got the texts. I'm on phone with AT&T now.
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Had this same issue on my VZW phone. When I called, they also confirmed there were no pending charges. Two billing cycles later, the fraudulent charge was listed under "usage charges". I called again and VZW reversed the charge. Be sure to check your bill(s)! As an aside, I did not respond with "STOP" to the indicated short code. Member DC DSL pretty much nailed it with his reasoning about blasting.