Here's a spam+scam, looks like I'm the first to get this particular number, though (which most likely they're spoofing).  I've reported to FCC and FTC, please do so as well, I hope there's strength in numbers.  I've received nine unsolicited, and not-free texts in four days, promising credit cards or cash advances, directing me to different phone numbers and websites (strangely, some call me Timothy, whom I'm not).  I looked up one website and it leads to a cash advance "payday loan" site.  Below is domain name info, I hope they get caught and stopped!  (I'm duplicating this post at the various numbers that texted me.)

Ilya K Sitnikov

i.k.sitnikov@gmail.com

Domain name:             NOW222.COM
Name Server:             ns1.cash212.com
Name Server:             ns2.cash212.com
Creation Date:           2010.02.24
Expiration Date:         2011.02.24

Status:                  DELEGATED

Registrant ID:           OEGB9SQ-RU
Registrant Name:         Ilya K Sitnikov
Registrant Organization: Ilya K Sitnikov
Registrant Street1:      50-196, Balaklavskiy ave
Registrant City:         Moscow
Registrant Postal Code:  117461
Registrant Country:      RU

Administrative, Technical Contact
Contact ID:              OEGB9SQ-RU
Contact Name:            Ilya K Sitnikov
Contact Organization:    Ilya K Sitnikov
Contact Street1:         50-196, Balaklavskiy ave
Contact City:            Moscow
Contact Postal Code:     117461
Contact Country:         RU
Contact Phone:           +7 926 2312538
Contact E-mail:          

Registrar:               Regional Network Information

Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER

How did you report this to the FCC?

same type of calls late at night not fun to wake up to that. and they will not stop.!!!!!!!

same type of calls late at night not fun to wake up to that. and they will not stop.!!!!!!!

DO NOT reply "stop" to ANY of these messages !!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Do NOTHING AT ALL.

A reply of ANY KIND, whether by text or calling and requesting to have your number removed does one thing, and one thing only...It CONFIRMS  that your number is a working number, and their messages have been read, which on their end, means that their job is done correctly...Annoyed, or not, they got through to a human, and their message has been read. That is exactly what they want.

JUST ERASE THEM FROM YOUR PHONE and leave it at that, unless you want to take the time to:

1. Complain to your service provider, which might work if they get enough complaints, OR
2. Report them to the FCC, which takes a bit of time out of your day

***NONE of these are legitimate offers! I promise you, NOT ONE.

***If you do decide to call them, NEVER give them ANY personal information...NOTHING AT ALL...You will see that they try to get credit card or bank account info within 2 minutes of you calling...

*********THIS IS A RED FLAD FOR YOU, THEIR TRUSTING PREY*************************************************

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY GET YOU:
( I saw in one written complaint on another site, that a person gave them credit card info for a $2.99 entrance fee to a webite offering work at home and how to become a secret shopper, AND EVERY MONTH AFTER THAT THEY HAD A $19.99 FEE ON THEIR PHONE BILL, for which they could not get reimbursement.

LASTLY, if you know any elderly persons, who might fall prey to this, TELL THEM EVERYTHING IN THIS MESSAGE---They are sometimes out of the loop about these things. Protect the less informed.