Text message with no phone number to block

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Text message with no phone number to block

I am receiving daily spam text messages from a small takeaway pizza restaurant (photos attached). The text comes through with the restaurant's name and no number at all. There is no option to call, all options are grayed out.

The "text stop to 88440" part of the text does not work and the number listed is a premium number that could charge up to £5 per text. I have sent that "stop" message twice now and it did nothing.

How do I block this number? I feel completely without control over my own device and who can send me message. I don't want to just filter the messages either, just want to block it entirely. Hope someone can help.

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Jan 7, 2022 7:02 AM

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jdo_apple

Community Specialist

Jan 8, 2022 10:06 AM in response to Animproc

Hello Animproc,

We see you have unwanted messages coming in. Let's go over the best way to manage this.

You may have read this article and we suggest to block messages from a specific person or number: Block, filter, and report messages on iPhone

According to the link above if the messages are SMS, you will need to further report them to your carrier directly.

We hope this helps.

Cheers.

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