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Even more spam on my phone and no option to block it
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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3605664" data-attributes="member: 44328"><p>There isn't a great option for eliminating texts from emails... there are some things you can try but none of them work perfectly and all have some draw backs.</p><p>The first two should help reduce them, but MAY prevent you from getting some texts you actually want, for example if you sell something here and post your cell number for potential buyers to text you, you may not get texts from them.</p><p></p><p>1) Open <strong>Settings</strong></p><p>Tap on <strong>Messages</strong></p><p>Scroll down and turn on the <strong>Filter Unknown Senders</strong> option</p><p>This just creates a separate folder and directs messages from anyone not in your contacts to the "unknown senders" folder. So you still get them, but don't necessarily have to look at them.</p><p></p><p>2) There are some third party apps that do essentially the same thing, such as SMS Shield, Robokiller, TrueCaller, or KeyMessages (and probably others), most of them have a small fee. They do basically the same thing as #1, create a separate folder and direct spam texts there where you can look or not.</p><p></p><p>3) Call your carrier and see if they can block them. I've seen posts saying AT&T can do this, but apparently not all agents are familiar with it. One said tell them to look at "Article *446389" and it describes to the agent what settings to change to block it. </p><p></p><p>I remember one article saying if you call AT&T you MUST ask for a specific division of tech support, but unfortunately I can't find that article now. If you google "block texts from email address" you'll find a whole bunch of articles with basically the three suggestions above, and you may find the one with the specific division to ask for. Results are mixed as far as success with getting help.</p><p></p><p>For AT&T, you can also report them by forwarding the text msg to 7726 or report it to <a href="mailto:abuse@att.net">abuse@att.net</a> but apparently each email address must be blocked individually, and scammers tend to randomly change email addresses so it may not help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3605664, member: 44328"] There isn't a great option for eliminating texts from emails... there are some things you can try but none of them work perfectly and all have some draw backs. The first two should help reduce them, but MAY prevent you from getting some texts you actually want, for example if you sell something here and post your cell number for potential buyers to text you, you may not get texts from them. 1) Open [B]Settings[/B] Tap on [B]Messages[/B] Scroll down and turn on the [B]Filter Unknown Senders[/B] option This just creates a separate folder and directs messages from anyone not in your contacts to the "unknown senders" folder. So you still get them, but don't necessarily have to look at them. 2) There are some third party apps that do essentially the same thing, such as SMS Shield, Robokiller, TrueCaller, or KeyMessages (and probably others), most of them have a small fee. They do basically the same thing as #1, create a separate folder and direct spam texts there where you can look or not. 3) Call your carrier and see if they can block them. I've seen posts saying AT&T can do this, but apparently not all agents are familiar with it. One said tell them to look at "Article *446389" and it describes to the agent what settings to change to block it. I remember one article saying if you call AT&T you MUST ask for a specific division of tech support, but unfortunately I can't find that article now. If you google "block texts from email address" you'll find a whole bunch of articles with basically the three suggestions above, and you may find the one with the specific division to ask for. Results are mixed as far as success with getting help. For AT&T, you can also report them by forwarding the text msg to 7726 or report it to [email]abuse@att.net[/email] but apparently each email address must be blocked individually, and scammers tend to randomly change email addresses so it may not help. [/QUOTE]
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