It’s not unusual that we come across spam messages in everyday life… from companies and sources we really don’t want to hear from. Robotexts and spam missives are everywhere! Be it mailboxes, messages inbox or any social media platforms.
Think of a day when you hear the sound of an approaching text message and enthusiastically check your phone, figuring the message may be from a relative, colleague, or a friend. But, no, this one is a robotexts, a spam message sent to you by a spammer attempting to con you by indulging you into tapping a malicious link, calling a number, or accomplishing something different that is probably going to raise you ruckus. This spam message is rarely intended for a benign purpose.
If you’re using any digital modes of communication, these incoming robotexts and spam messages are unavoidable. But you can surely find tips and tricks to deal with them.
On a smaller scale, you can simply overlook them. However, you have to be careful enough to the extent when the malicious incoming data may possibly trigger malware to your device. Additionally, if you’ve at any point reacted to a spam message; even, by the way, your phone number was likely labeled as valid and may have been dispersed to different tricksters, expanding your chances of getting more junk messages. So, you have to be watchful of what is coming to your device. Furthermore, this could also be predominantly attentive during data transfer from one device to the other.
Anyway, how can you shun, hinder or avoid robotexts and spam messages? There is no perfect answer to this. Though, a few tricks can help to get away with them.
Do not reply at all
First and foremost tip is that the robotexts sometimes include an option “STOP” the spam message. You would think you might actually stop the spammers team to expel your number from their distribution list by this step. Unknowingly, however, your action is providing them clues that the number is valid and in active use. So, the best tactic is to never reply to such messages at all no matter how confident you are about a legitimate organization.
Block spam phone numbers
You can also avoid scams by blocking the particular number. The downside with this strategy is that spammers do not stick on one phone number. They can always switch their number and get back to your device again. So even if you block the number of robotexts or spammers, chances are you can get messages from a similar spammer from a different number.
How to block a number on iPhone?
On an iPhone, head on to the messaging app > Then tap the phone number at the top of the screen and afterward > tap the Info button. A Details screen will appear. Now tap the phone number > then select the option to “Block this Caller”.
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How to block a number on Android?
On an Android phone, head on to the junk message and click the three-dot icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Based on our device’s OS version, you will either be shown the option to Block number, or select Details and afterward tap to Block and report spam. Choose what your OS version allows you to do so.
There you go! You have efficiently blocked and reported the spammer. Now as you can see above image; if spammer tries to send you another message, it will automatically go to “Spam & Blocked” folder. You can revisit Setting app on your Android phone and then “Spam & Blocked” folder to see and manage your blocked calls and messages.
Filter out spammers
Some of the Android phones offer a feature to identify and filter out potential spam messages from the Messages app. Tap the three-dot icon in the upper right of the Messages app, select Settings > Spam protection, and turn on the Enable spam protection switch. In this way, your Android phone will act as guard and will now warn you beforehand if an incoming message seems to be spam.
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Bottom Line
The considerable number of spam messages that surround us everywhere – are not possibly going away! This means that we are not going to get away with them anytime soon. Additionally, there is no single solution to prevent mobile phones, laptops, tablets, or desktops from these unsolicited, uninvited spam messages. So, what can we do? How can we experience spam-free device usage?
We can play around a couple of tricks to block spam messages and robotexts. We have already discussed some of the best ones here in this article. There can also be found a list of applications that help review and analyze spam messages, phone numbers, calls, and other elements and let us identify if the robotexts or spam missive is legitimate or not. Implement any trick and enjoy a newfound independence from spams!!
