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Millions of Android users are urged to try some little-known anti-spam tools like Caller ID and Spam Protection to protect themselves from unwanted calls and texts from hackers.
Android has built-in spam-blocking features that allow users to block calls and texts, particularly those from scammers who pretend to be businesses or government agencies. However, this service is not turned on by default. The user, with a few simple steps, must activate it.
Spammers can try to access users’ private information or extract money from them. On its website, Google has a support section encouraging users to test the tool.
“When you make or receive a call with caller ID and spam protection on, you can get information about callers or businesses outside your contacts or warnings about potential spam callers,” the advice suggested.
“To use caller ID and spam protection, your phone may need to send information about your calls to Google.”
“If someone outside your contact list calls you, or you call them, that phone number is sent to Google to help identify its business caller ID name or determine if the call is spam.”
To activate the tool, users need to open the Phone app on their Android device and select the menu icon by tapping the three vertical dots.
After that, select Settings, followed by Spam and Call Screen.
Verify that ‘Caller ID’ and ‘Spam Protection’ are activated.
To automatically prevent spam calls, users may also select Filter Spam Calls.
Additionally, users can report spam to Google directly, which should reduce the number of spam SMS they receive. This immediately blocks the sender and conceals the message when a conversation is reported as spam.
To report the spam, launch the Messages app, then tap and hold-press the conversation you wish to report. Click Block, then Report Spam, then OK.
The spammer’s phone number and the previous ten incoming messages will be reported, and Google won’t let the spammer know.
While spam can sometimes be very annoying and aggravating, it can also be harmful, so it’s better to be safe than sorry.
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