In the Messages app , you can reduce the number of unwanted messages you receive when you block individuals, filter unknown senders, and report spam or junk messages.
Note: A known sender is anyone you’ve added to the Contacts app or sent a message to.
Block messages from a specific person or phone number
When you block a specific contact or phone number, messages from that person or number aren’t delivered. (The person sending the message doesn’t know that their message was blocked.)
Open the Messages app on your iPhone.
In a Messages conversation, tap the name or number at the top of the conversation.
Tap Info , scroll down, then tap Block this Caller.
With iMessage, you can prevent unknown senders from texting you directly. Their messages are filtered to another folder, and you don’t get notified about them.
Go to Settings > Messages.
Scroll down to Message Filtering, then turn on Filter Unknown Senders.
If this setting is on and you’re missing a message, check to see if it was filtered to Unknown Senders. Tap Filtersin the top-left corner of the conversation list, then tap Unknown Senders.
Note: You canʼt open any links sent by an unknown sender until you make them a known sender—by adding them to your contacts or replying to the message.
Report spam or junk messages
When you use iMessage, you can report spam or junk messages to Apple, which then receives the sender’s information and message. Depending on your carrier and country or region, you can also report spam you receive with SMS and MMS.
Open the Messages app on your iPhone.
Do one of the following:
If you haven’t opened the message: Swipe left on the message, tap , then tap Delete and Report Junk.
If you’ve already opened the message: A Report Junk link appears at the bottom of any message from any unknown sender. Tap Report Junk, then tap Delete and Report Junk.
Note: You can’t report a message after you’ve replied to it.
With iMessage, you can prevent unknown senders from texting you directly. Their messages are filtered to another folder, and you don't get notified about them. Go to Settings > Messages. Scroll down to Message Filtering, then turn on Filter Unknown Senders.
When you report a message as junk/spam, it will delete it from your inbox and will send information to Apple/Android and the wireless carriers so that they can have more data for combating spam efforts.
If you receive a smishing or spam text message, you should copy and forward it to 7726 (SPAM). This helps your service provider keep records of and block fraudulent messages. Then report the message to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Why am I getting spam text messages? There are many ways spammers get hold of your cell phone number so they can send SMS spam and sales texts: They may use technology to generate numbers automatically — so even if you have a brand-new number, you can still receive both robocalls and robotexts.
Consumers love to text. They place a fair amount of trust in their carriers, expecting them to protect them from unwanted messages. To protect their customers—and ensure they don't lose revenue—carriers proactively filter texts that might be problematic.
You may receive spam emails for no fault of your own. Some services where you provide your email address could sell your email address, or if you publicly posted your email address that too could be picked up. Additionally, spammers use software to guess email addresses.
Unfortunately there's no way to take back a junk text report, but rest assured that reporting a text as junk by mistake won't have an impact on you or the sender.
For iPhones, there is no way to retrieve blocked messages, so your phone will not get weighed down by all of the messages inside the phone but blocked. However, that also means that the iPhone doesn't collect blocked messages that you can access later.
A commercial electronic message is any electronic message that encourages participation in a commercial activity, regardless of whether there is an expectation of profit. message to 7726 (SPAM on most keypads). This will alert your cellular provider to open an investigation on the contents of the message.
Dont Text creates a junk folder in your messages app and sends spam texts to the junk folder for you. With Dont Text installed and enabled on your device, you never get notifications from annoying spam texts and spam is automatically sent to your junk folder.
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