When trying to tell the difference between legitimate texts and spam, Porter says she has an unlikely mantra: 'Scammers are people too.' Our readers say they're bombarded with romance scams, fake updates from Amazon and phony communications from banks. Like you describe, some spam texts are obvious solicitation, asking if you want to buy something or sign up for a service. Other readers have written in with concerns about scammy and spammy texts. How can I block them?ДЄ: You aren't alone. Q: I have an iPhone and get unwanted solicitations by texts. Now, the good news: You can take steps to receive fewer spam texts, and if you do fall for one, there are ways to pump the breaks before scammers further mess with your accounts, devices or wallet. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. That's a big jump, and it's likely because scammers are realizing that people are too familiar with phone scams to fall for them at the same rate, RoboKiller vice president Giulia Porter said. A report from spam-blocking app RoboKiller found that spam texts increased 58 percent in 2021 from 2020. I get a dozen texts every week filled with weight-loss psychobabble, while my husband is dogged by technically-legal-but-still-not-awesome political outreach and fearmongering.ДЇirst, the bad news: These texts aren't going away any time soon. *Please note, Nomorobo will not be able to filter texts that come from an email address.Spam texts are a strange mix of predatory, nonsensical and too good to be true. As time goes on, the Spam Text Blocker will get better and better. This allows Nomorobo to analyze the contents of text messages and proactively block new spammers based on message content rather than simply blocking messages from a list of phone numbers. When you receive an SMS message, your iPhone will send the senderвЂ™s phone number and the contents of that SMS message to Nomorobo. You may also consider blocking the caller directly on your iPhone (Tap the Number > Info > Info > Block this Caller). If a spam text is not filtered into Junk, please report the number to Nomorobo (Tap the Number > Info > Info > Share Contact > Nomorobo. Adding it as a contact will also move the text from Junk to All Messages/Known Senders. Any number that's in your contacts will never be blocked by the Spam Text Blocker. To do this tap the Number > Info > Create New Contact. In the event that a legitimate text is mistakenly identified as Junk, the quickest way to ensure any future text from this number are allowed through, is to add the number as a contact. We have a growing list of suspicious URLs, as well as a list of URLs that are allowed and will never be identified as Junk. Second, by URLs in the body of the text message. Nomorobo identifies spam texts in the following ways: First, by phone number, matching it with our robocaller database of over 4 Million robocallers. You will not receive notifications for messages categorized as Junk, but you can access the folder by going to the Messages App > Filters > Junk. The Nomorobo App won't change to show the feature is active, but rest assured it is.*ДЄfter activating the Spam Text blocker, any spam text identified by Nomorobo will be sorted into the Junk folder in the Messages App. *Please note, as long as you have the settings configured correctly in the Settings App, the Spam Text Blocking feature is active. Simply activate the feature by following the instructions in the Nomorobo App (Open the Settings App > Messages > Unknown & Spam > Enable Nomorobo). The Nomorobo SMS Spam Text Blocker allows you to automatically filter spam text messages in the Messages App. Here's how the Nomorobo SMS Spam Text blocker works:

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