Cell Phone Spam Text Msgs: How to block?

[purecomedy]

I used my cell phone to pay for parking in a parking lot (the ticket machine was broken, this was the only way to pay). The parking lot company sent a legitmate text message when my parking time was down to 10 minutes left.

Later that night I started receiving spam text messages on my cell phone. First I got a message "Sup" from a neighboring area code which I interpret as a tester to see if my phone gets a message or the text fails to be deliverable. Once the number was confirmed to work.....The spam was from the same person/number as the parking lot company 10 minute warning called "6245". Or maybe that "Sup" original message wasn't related, who knows.

The website for setting up this account even has a privacy policy and claims it will protect your information. Sounds like BS from what I see.

1. Can I block this crap in the future or am I going to get this garbage every day?

2. If the company has a privacy policy and in theory shouldn't be doing this, does this mean the company has been hacked and probably even my credit card info is now also pirated?

3. Can I take legal action on someone (parking company) to prove a point about privacy. At the very least should I be able to contact them and get off the spam list or have they already passed my number on to a "professional spam company".

P.S. Looks like my goal of switching from a landline to avoid telemarketing has failed.

[Sava700]

You can't stop specific text messages from getting to you unless you stop them all.

As for going after the one sending you spam if your cell phone # is covered under the do-not call list which mine is you can file a complaint. You can also contact your carrier and have them trace the origin and maybe put a block unless its over the internet which is almost impossible to prevent since some people just troll around cities picking up free wi-fi to send spam like this that way they are not the ones that will get traced and in trouble.

[Far-N-Wide]

More Info found here (http://www.scambusters.org/cellphonedonotcalllist.html), or you can Google "Cell Phone Spam".