Annoying texts from 555-55

Hi all,


I'm a bit confused as to why I am receiving texts from the number 555-55 in waves of.. well 5. Here's an example of one of the texts:

//KNpt:11WV17AR461ae
UI=########### SI=26035
AF=21A0D769
AR=((TT,1),(SP,1),(TI,12404492990),(SS,3),(CA,1),(TC,9991),(CY,


I have a 3G if that helps anyone



Thanks!

Posted on Jul 31, 2008 7:19 PM

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Posted on Oct 9, 2008 11:04 AM

My dad had this problem when switched from a phone with PTT service to the 3G. We called ATT and had them disable the PTT (which they were supposed to have done previously) and since then, no more random text messages.
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Aug 3, 2008 10:59 AM in response to jj5

Hello jj5




I know when new customers come over to a new provider, and choose to get a new number vs keeping their old number they could end up with someone else's number from long ago. As numbers are recycled over time.


If by chance the last person who had your current number was signed up for some service that sent SMSs you would continue to get those.


In most cases you can contact your cell provide and inquire about this and they can sometimes research it and end whatever service it is. In other cases they can not and may have to try and block the number some how.




One other thing it could be. It could be some random MMS based message of some sort that is not decoding properly. or even a basic SMS that is not being decoded properly once it hits the iPhone wherever it may be coming from.


I recommend contacting your cell provider and having them look into this for you as it is coming through as a service not an iPhone based software feature. So totally related on the cell phone end.

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