Thousands suffer with SPAM calls. Photo: The Herald of Mexico | Thousands suffer with SPAM calls. Photo: The Herald of Mexico
Does your phone receive too many calls from unknown numbers? This problem affects not only you, but also millions of people with a smartphone. Android o iPhone. In general, most users answer, since they believe that it could be an emergency; however, they end up getting very angry when they notice that it was a SPAM call. Did you know that there is a trick to identify them without having to answer? Here we will show you.
These days, the Play Store and App Store (the Android and Apple stores, respectively) are full of apps that work like caller ID. The problem with these third-party programs is that you don’t know what they can do with the collected information they store on their servers. Not only your data that you installed the software, but also your contacts.
How to avoid spam calls?
You may not know it, but Android and iPhone phones have a native option that allows you to say goodbye to calls from strange numbers. However, you should keep in mind that this will not only prevent annoying spam calls, it will also prevent other unknown numbers from calling you, that is, a relative or friend whose number you do not have saved in your smartphone’s phonebook.
on iOS
- Go to your iPhone settings
- Then go to phone
- Look for the Mute strangers option and turn it on.
An Android
- Enter the phone app
- Go to settings and then to blocked numbers
- Then activate the block to unknown numbers.
In the case of Android, the phone application also has other options that can be very useful. Just enter the Setting and click on Caller ID and spam. There you will see some options (View sender ID and spam y Filter spam calls). Make sure both are active.
You can also use Truecaller
Of all the apps that serve as caller ID, the most popular is TrueCaller which is available on the Play Store and App Store. Once you have installed and configured it, this software will show you the name of the person who is trying to contact you, it will even notify you if it is SPAM, reported numbers, etc. The only problem, as we mentioned above, is that it stores your information and that of your contacts.