How easy is it to set up Premium SMS services on someone else’s phone?

CautionI don’t know the answer to that, but I suspect someone does. I noticed almost $40 in premium services on my first T-Mobile bill. I’ve already worked with T-Mo customer service and they’ve agreed to wipe these charges as a one-time goodwill gesture. That’s fine and good, but nobody can tell me how they got there in the first place. They’re listed as "Mobile Messenger" on my bill and hit every seven days at the same time; which adds $5.99 to my bill each time except for one day where it was $9.99.

Per T-Mobile, I’ve sent a "STOP" text to the five digit number that the messages originated from, but in less than a minute I received a message back stating "Service Not Available". Hopefully, this is over with, but I’m not so sure. Regardless, it’s very concerning to me as a consumer. How do you find out who signed you up? What the heck is the service, anyway? Is it because my number was recycled? I’ve never signed up for a premium TXT service, so I wouldn’t know where to start. Please tell me you can’t just plug in someone’s cell number on a website….please….

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