Avoiding Junk Text Messages

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jerryyyyy

jerryyyyy

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Hi,
In the last episode of SN Steve and Leo bemoaned the number of bogus text messages they are getting. I made a mental note to ask this learned audience if anyone has found anything that helps. I get both ??valid political plus phishing requests.
Jerry Y
 
I have found Google to be pretty good with identifying and moving political text messages to my spam folder. They nail about 80% of my spam/unwanted.

I'm on a family plan, and am getting texts with other members names in the bodies. Probably thanks to TMobile data breaches of the past.

I aggressively report ones that go through to 7726. I do edit URLs if they are specific and perhaps tracking URLs.
 
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Rocky Beach said:
I have found Google to be pretty good with identifying and moving political text messages to my spam folder. They nail about 80% of my spam/unwanted.

I'm on a family plan, and am getting texts with other members names in the bodies. Probably thanks to TMobile data breaches of the past.

I aggressively report ones that go through to 7726. I do edit URLs if they are specific and perhaps tracking URLs.
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Thanks, when you say Google, I assume you are on an Android phone. On my iPhone I report everything and it just gets worse.
 
bdub76 said:
This is a good resource.

consumer.ftc.gov

How to Recognize and Report Spam Text Messages

Find out what you can do about unwanted text messages and how to report them.
consumer.ftc.gov consumer.ftc.gov
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Thanks, it reads well and seems to cover most of what I do. What I have not done is "filter messages from unknown senders" because I am a physician and may gets texts from people at the hospital or alternatively from delivery people at home. I guess if it is somebody official who needs to get me they will call if the text does not work if it is urgent and delivery people can also call... rare that they need to.

This may be a strategy. At least I can see how it works and monitor it... I wonder if anyone has any experience with it.

Well, I checked and I had it turned on and my phone still gives me alterts for them.
 
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By me the answer is Truecaller, which does a pretty good job. Ant red screen and it is going to be ignored, same for messages, though i do check them at least once a week to see if they are not spam, and you can update the list. So many call centres these days, with the user generated database often having rather hilarious names for them as well, and you can see the bulk SMS services as well coming through.
 
Thanks for the advice. Am looking at it, but confusing as to if it is a paid service? Also does it block deliveries and authentications?
 
jerryyyyy said:
Hi,
In the last episode of SN Steve and Leo bemoaned the number of bogus text messages they are getting. I made a mental note to ask this learned audience if anyone has found anything that helps. I get both ??valid political plus phishing requests.
Jerry Y
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No. There’s nothing you can do to stop bogus text messages on your iPhone. Just block the number and move on with your life.
 
In Uk, we have a system where you can forward any spammy texts or phone calls to 7726 ( SPAM on keyboard). The network provider gets these and can block senders that are persistent offenders.
 
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