2 Spammers who send out texts promoting compensation or PPI claims have been fined £440,000 Lets hope that is a start of getting the message across that they are unwelcome and unwanted BBC News - Spam text message pair are fined £440,000
Worth reminding people that you should not reply with 'STOP' to these spam msgs, and instead forward the text onto your mobile provider. For O2 & giffgaff, forward the msg to 7726: SPAM and unwanted subscription texts - O2
Because that will confirm to them that your number is 'live' which will be worth a lot more to them as they can sell it on but will also mean you'll be guaranteed to get a lot more SMS spam in future. Also, as good as it makes you feel to tell them to f-off they'll only register that they've received a response from your number and won't be reading the content of the message.