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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. How to tell if someone blocked your number - AOL

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    Finding out if someone blocked your phone number is far easier if you have an iPhone, and if the person you’re texting does as well. ... Android phones don’t have that “delivered” message ...

  4. 5 ways to block or hide your number when making calls - AOL

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    Kim Komando offers tips to block or hide their phone numbers when making calls. Blocking your number can go a long way in stopping annoying robocalls. 5 ways to block or hide your number when ...

  5. Call blocking - Wikipedia

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    Call blocking, also known as call block, call screening, or call rejection, allows a telephone subscriber to block incoming calls from specific telephone numbers. This feature may require an additional payment to the subscriber's telephone company or a third-party. Call blocking is desired by individuals who wish to block unwanted phone calls.

  6. 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.

  7. Add or disable 2-step verification for extra security - AOL Help

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    We'll send you a text or call you with a new code that needs to be entered at sign-in. The phone number we contact you with may be different each time. Enable 2-step for phone. 1. Sign in to your Account Security page. 2. Next to "2-Step Verification," click Turn on. 3. Select Phone number for your 2-step verification method. 4.

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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.