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everyday I get the same text that I report as junk and delete. It never ends. What good does it do?
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everyday I get the same text that I report as junk and delete. It never ends. What good does it do?
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It's very unlikely anyone is doing anything about it. This is what spammers do. They use hundreds, or thousands of known email addresses and telephone numbers and spoof them to send out their junk. Then they change to new ones every week or so to prevent getting the ones they're using blacklisted and blocked. Since they change so often, and didn't come from where it says to start with, there's very little that can be done to truly block them.
I have read all that it does not tell me if anything is done with the information when I report it as junk. It also does not tell me why I keep getting the same text every day even though I report it. I ask again…..What good does it do for me to report it?
Tap on the text message to display the content. At the top, tap on the very small arrow to the right of the sender's phone number or email address. Then top on the i (information) button. Scroll down and choose Block Sender.
Helpful but I still don’t know if it does any good to report. Also, they seem to have numerous phone numbers so I keep getting the same message every day even when I block. My main question is whether or not anyone is trying to do anything about it.
It’s a different number every day and I don’t have a list. So I would have to contact the carrier every day with the latest number. Still doesn’t tell me if any one is trying to do anything. My suspicion is that no one is pursuing these things.
And that tells me I am just wasting my time to report these things even though the little tag asks me to report it as junk. Thank you.
FYI…. It’s scary to tap on the message to get to the place where I can block it. That should be fixed.
Not scary at all, really. All that does is display the content of the message. To do something bad, you'd have to make the mistake of tapping on any links within the message. And even that doesn't do anything other than take you to the site the link is for in your web browser. To truly screw up, the user would then have to do something extra dumb, like filling in personal information the site prompts you to enter, download some file, or call a scammer's phone number listed on the site.
they seem to have numerous phone numbers so I keep getting the same message every day even when I block.
Contact you carrier and ask your carrier to block those numbers.
Thank you for the helpful information. I am a babe in the woods about this kind of thing and you made me feel like I can handle it.
very appreciative.
You are quite welcome. 🙂
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