Ability to block individual premium text messages

I am receiving spam in the form of premium text messages from 33555. My only option appears to be blocking receipt of all premium messages, which will not work for me. I would like the ability to block individual premium text numbers.

You will need to send a Text message with one of the opt-out keywords below to the code that the message is coming from which you stated (33555). This will stop future billing for the Premium Messaging. However, charges for Premium Messaging may appear on the your bill for up to two full bill cycles after the Premium Messaging block has been added to the account. This is due to timing of the bill cycle and the premium service subscription opt-in date.
Quit,
Cancel,
End,
Unsubscribe ,
Stop,
Stop All
If opt-out confirmation not received meaning if you did not get a text right back stated the premium message has been stopped , then that's when we will have to go in and add the premium messaging block to stop you from receiving the alert and charge any further. Hope this Helps

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Here is what I've recently learned (the hard way) about "Premium Messaging"/”Premium Text Messaging” charges of $9.99 that show up in the "Usage Charges" section of your monthly bill under Data (taken from an email from a Verizon Wireless Customer Service Rep):
"...Premium Text Messages are services offered by third party content providers. They can offer many different things such as: weather or news alerts, sports score alerts, horoscopes, jokes, and even traffic reports. They can also provide entertainment services such as: games, trivia, chat services, free ring tones, or as a part of social media for services provided through Facebook or other sites. You may also be familiar with television or radio programs that have you vote for your favorite artist by sending a text message to a short five or six digit code. Sending a text to those codes is how you get signed up for these services.
In order to remove it, you simply send a text message from that specific phone to that short code. (34135) In the body of the text, simply write the word Stop. Finally go ahead and send the message. Within a few minutes, you should receive a text back from that company stating that you have cancelled out of their subscription service.
...I recommend sending this text as soon as possible to avoid future charges. Judging by the date you supplied, they appear to charge on the 6th of every month."
What this boils down to is that Verizon is complicit in allowing 3rd parties to occur extra charges via their monthly billing, despite the fact that you may have not realized the text was an "opt out" type. If you read the texts that come in English, the method of opting out is specified, which in my case was replying to the text with just the word STOP – I was thereby opted out, BUT FOR JUST THAT SPECIFIC 3RD PARTY. You should then (IMMEDIATELY) call Verizon customer service at 1-800-922-0204 and request that “Premium Messaging” be blocked.
I believe you can also do this yourself at:
https://wbillpay.verizonwireless.com/vzw/accountholder/uc/UCServiceBlocks.action
You can also read about this subject at:
http://support.verizonwireless.com/faqs/Premium_TXT_and_MMS/faq_premium_txt_and_mms.html - pay special attention to item #4.
For those who say “you should have read your contract more clearly in the 1st place”: my father had died not long before I signed up with Verizon, and I was still in a fog, not really capable of absorbing a lot of information. I don’t remember reading the first such msg I got; I might have even deleted it before reading it completely because at 1st glance you can tell it's a solicitation. What that very brief, 1st glance doesn't scream out at you is the fact that this is something you must reply to opt out of.
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I called customer service from my phone to get this taken care of, and everything went great.
If anyone else has the same problems, just know that I got this resolved immediately. I put the block on premium messaging last night, and this morning I saw a Verizon Support tweet about this same issue that recommended forwarding the spam message to 7726. I did that and followed some instructions that were replied back to me. Then I went ahead and called customer service, told them the problem, and they issued a credit right away. I just checked and it went into effect immediately.
Like I said, if anyone else has this problem, these steps resolved it perfectly for me. Good job, Verizon.

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You have to check with your carrier. I know Verizon you can log in and block calls.
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Welcome to the boards.
If you do a search, we have beat the premium message subject and how we get them to death,
They ask for your Cell number, but if you search the Terme and Conditions PRIOR to entering the number, you would have known they were going to charge you for the 'Survey'. Some surveys on FB will take your mobile number if you publish it for friends to see and send you surveys and such. But all on FB do spell out what happens, albiet in very small and light gray lettering.
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Thank you for the information provided. This seems to be a Premium Text Message which is a subscription through a third-party. To stop these messages, please send a text message to the code 467467 and in the body enter the word STOP and send. We also offer a free Premium Message Block that will prevent these subscriptions.
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