Scam Text Messages

[steph96]

Ever since I got online car insurance quotes, I keep getting messages saying:
"Your entry in our drawing just WON you a FREE $1,000 BestBuy GiftCard! Enter "405" at www.bestbuy.com.bdey.biz to claim it and we can ship it to you!"

It is so annoying! What can I do to make them stop? I get anywhere from 2-5 every single day from different phone numbers.

[hski2349]

I just got one of those but it said Target instead of Best Buy. No idea how to stop it.

[definitelyO]

DH and I are both getting the Target one.

[Deleted]

I get them but not that many. Maybe a couple a month.

[DaisyCakes]

If you have AT&T, forward the text to SPAM (7726). You can also fill out a complaint form with the FCC.
From what I've read and been told, don't reply, even with stop. They cold text a lot of numbers and if you reply they know someone got it so they keep texting. If you don't reply, they assume the number doesn't work and they go away.

[steph96]

They have never texted me from the same number twice. I will try forwarding it to 7726 to see if that will help.