Tech Tips for Non-Tech People!
Original Air Date: Dec 13, 2019
Text Spam Reminder
When it comes to email, the overwhelming majority of messages are junk messages that none of us really want and spam filters spend all day scraping away.
Still, much of what ends up getting past the filters and into our Inbox is mail that just wastes our time.
Most of us have found that text messaging is a more efficient way to communicate and the spammers have noticed and altered their tactics.
One of the ways that we can all help fend off the assault to text messaging is by collectively reporting it as soon as it hit’s our phones.
All of the major carriers have setup 7726, which spells S P A M as a convenient way for their users to report junk text messages.
Simply forward the message exactly the way you got it and without anything added to 7726 whenever they appear.
The more users that report the junk messages, the faster these guys can get shut down at the source by all the carriers.
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