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2. This iPhone Hack Can Help Reduce The Number Of Spam Texts You See

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   Take advantage of the iPhone option to filter and block spam or messages from unknown senders. ... By adding a text filter, you are creating a helpful digital layer between you and a spam text ...

3. SIM swap scam - Wikipedia

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   A SIM swap scam (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, [1] simjacking, and SIM swapping) [2] is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message (SMS) or call placed to a mobile telephone.

4. 5 Texting Scams You Must Avoid at All Costs - AOL

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   The text will state that once you receive your two-factor authentication code to recover your account, you should text it as a reply. But once you do, the scammer will have access to your account.

5. 4 Easy Ways to Escape AT&T's Expensive Cell Phone Texting Plans

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   Beware, cell phone users! AT&T is getting rid of its text plans with monthly blocks of 200 or 1,500 texts, for $5 and $15 respectively. Instead, the telecom giant will offer customers just two ...

6. SMS spoofing - Wikipedia

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   SMS spoofing is a technology which uses the short message service (SMS), available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to set who the message appears to come from by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. Spoofing has both legitimate uses (setting the company name from which the message is ...

7. Anonymous call rejection - Wikipedia

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   In many voice telephone networks, anonymous call rejection (ACR) is a calling feature implemented in software on the network that automatically screens out calls from callers who have blocked their caller ID information.

8. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

9. iPhone and Android users told to stop sending texts after ...

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   US officials have warned people to not send text messages amid a massive and ongoing cyber attack against telecom companies.. Smartphone users are instead urged to use encrypted messaging apps ...