List Of How To Stop SMS Spam That Can Be Done By Victims

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YOGYAKARTA Until now spam SMS is still happening and experienced by many people. Some people are not disturbed by the presence of SMS spam, but some are disturbed because they are uncomfortable getting continuous messages. Then how to stop SMS spam?

Please note, SMS spam is an activity in the form of messages that are sent continuously to someone. The intensity of sending that often makes messages that enter SMS inboxes is annoying. In addition, there are certain risks that should be watched out for from spam SMS such as the potential for fraud and so on.

To avoid unwanted things, you can try to stop SMS spam in the following ways.

Currently Android and iPhone phones already have features that help stem spam SMS, namely blocking SMS spam. This feature can be activated to prevent the same number from sending SMS spam to your number.

How to block SMS spam is very easy, you just need to enter the message menu and select it, press it and hold on to messages you want to block. Click "Add to Blacklist".

While the iPhone is by opening the message from the number to be blocked, then tap the sender number. After that click the info icon (i) then click the phone number, and select the Responder Block' option.

This feature is rarely used even though it really helps filter spam sent via SMS. How to activate SMS spam filters on Android is the following way.

Meanwhile, your iPhone users can activate this feature in the following way.

You can also use the Spam Blocker application which is widely available on the Playstore or AppStores. This app will help stem spam SMS automatically from unknown senders. Not only SMS, the app will also help block incoming calls from numbers you don't know.

You can report the number used to send SMS spam to the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemkominfo). The Ministry of Agriculture has opened a spam number complaint since 2018 so that it can be used.

How to file a spam number is also easy, you can report it via your Twitter account @aduanBRTI so that the spam number can be blocked by the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (BRTI). In reporting, you must include a number that is considered to be doing spam. If this number is widely reported by the public, the BRTI will immediately block it.

In addition to the Ministry of Communication and Information, reporting the number of spam actors can also be done to the Financial Services Authority (OJK), especially if the account and bank name are listed in the spam. How to report SMS spam to OJK is as follows.

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