Life is occupied enough without wasting your precious time on scammers, telemarketers, and spammers. Let’s glance at how you can productively block them. We also have tips on how to avoid spam calls and messages with removable contact information, protect security against fraud attacks, and avoid spammer scams.
What to remember in Mind?
Before we plunge into blocking choices, there are a few things that must be remembered:
If viable, do not try to attend any calls from numbers that you don’t have on your contact list. Callers with anything vital to ask would prefer to leave a text anyway. Unluckily, this would not work for the masses with businesses or interests that are used to getting a lot of calls from unrecognized numbers.
Never press on an attachment or a link in a text message of spam because it could easily activate the malware. If you are worried that the call or message might be from a legitimate and authorized company, then you have to type the number into your preferred and approved search engine. However, it can be problematic for confirming and verifying the number of a scammer.
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How can you block spam messages and calls on an iPhone?
It is quite trouble-free to block individual numbers on your iPhone. Here is the guide on how you can do it:
In the application of the Phone, just press on Recents, then click the Information icon next to the contact or number you desire to block. Scroll down and then click on the option ‘Block This Caller.
In the Face Time application, click the Information icon next to the contact, or email address and number you have to block Once a caller is being blocked, you would not able to get the notifications when they send a message or call. You can unblock and review callers at any preferred time:
- Go into the Settings of your Phone, and simply press on Blocked Contacts.
- Go for Settings, Face Time, and click on Blocked Contacts under the option for Calls.
- Then Open Settings, and Messages, and gently press on the Blocked Contacts under the SMS/MMS option.
- And then scroll down and find the option Block This Caller and click on that.
