Help! I'm receiving dozens of text messages per day....

When you say "the proper code to unsubscribe", are you trying "STOP"?

If they are coming from iNWS then try logging on here : http://inws.wrh.noaa.gov/

There should be a settings definition where you can switch them off.

If worst comes to worst, you may have to ask your carrier to block the number.

You may be receiving Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) from the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) , a national emergency alert system to send concise, text-like messages to users’ WEA-capable mobile devices that started in April 2012. Wireless providers representing nearly 97 percent of subscribers are participating in distributing wireless emergency alerts.

Mobile users will not be charged for receiving these text-like alerts and are automatically enrolled to receive them.

There are three different kinds of alerts:

1. Presidential Alerts – Alerts issued by the President or a designee;
2. Imminent Threat Alerts – Alerts that include severe man-made or natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc., where an imminent threat to life or property exists; and
3. AMBER Alerts – Alerts that meet the U.S. Department of Justice’s criteria to help law enforcement search for and locate an abducted child.

You should be able to turn off alerts 2 and 3 by going to the iPhone's Settings app. Go to Notifications and scroll to the bottom to turn them off. Presidential alerts can not be turned off.

For more info: http://ctia.org/consumer_info/safety/index.cfm/AID/12082

I am using iOS 6.0.1 on an iPhone 4S. I did not receive a recent WEA issued in this area. I thought perhaps my phone wasn't set right and did some looking around. I found this thread and in reading your response, I went to Notifications thinking these alerts had been turned off. But I can't find any mention in Notifications of any of the three types of messages. Is there another setting I need to change in order to receive these messages?

Thanks.

Have you checked with your carrier to make sure your account allows these features?

After I posted my message, I ran across an ABC news report (1-1-12) about Superstorm Sandy and WEAs. It states that AT&T confirmed it only supports WEAs on 11 phones not including the iPhone 4S or 5. My daughter and granddaughter both received the local WEA on their iPhones but they have Verizon. So I'll have to hit up AT&T for some status information.

I have been having this same issue lately. I know i signed up for a service a few years back, but cant remember where/how. So far I've found this link detailing the iNWS alerts (text messages, not the Emergency Alerts that most phones get) http://products.weather.gov/PDD/MDSS_National_SDD_Final_070710.pdf In that document it says to send a text to 56149 saying STOP. Hopefully it works, I just got around 20 texts within 10 minutes from one of these weather advisory services.

This has nothing to do with your phone. SMS is a service provided by your wireless carrier. Contact them for help regarding it.