IPhone Tricks To Stop Unwanted Messages

Spam often annoys mobile phone users (photo: x @Jfreeg_)

JAKARTA - The American public is drowning in spam text messages pretending to be acquaintances, offering job opportunities, and even government officials.

Many iPhone users expressed their frustration about the unwanted message, with some claiming to have received more than 400 messages this month alone.

Whereas users can reply by 'Stop' to remove themselves from the list, as Apple has a lot of unknown tricks to prevent unknown senders from sending messages directly to them.

Users can filter the message to another folder, meaning they won't get a notification when the message arrives.

"Scammers sent fake text messages to trick you into providing your personal information such as passwords, account numbers, or Social Security numbers," the Federal Trade Commission said.

If they get that information, they can access emails, banks, or other accounts. Or they can sell your information to another scammer. Apple already has a system to deal with situations like this - and the system is in Settings.

Users go to Settings, then select Messages and scroll down to the Messagesfilter where you can enable 'Unknown Sender filters.'

Once the option is enabled, the 'Filter' option will appear on iMessage at the top left where all unwanted text messages will be sent - and users will not receive notifications when the message arrives.

Another option is to block the sender of the text message, but individuals or bots can send spam from different numbers.

While many spam messages are trying to trick Americans into handing over their information or money, there are many political messages urging them to choose and choose certain parties.

The flood of messages is likely caused by the Supreme Court loosening requirements in 2021 about obtaining permission to send mass text messages, reports Axios.

Data shows that in 2020, the Republican National Convention sent more than 225 million text messages to encourage voters to vote.

For this year, Republicans are again leading the Democratic Party in terms of sending campaign messages - this political group has sent twice as many messages so far.

Political messages are not the only thing that disturbs Americans because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reports that illegal and fake robot calls are the biggest consumer complaints.

The agency has urged the public not to respond to unidentified senders and contacted their phone companies to help block the call.