Silence 95 Percent of Spam Calls and Text Scams with These Three Simple Tweaks

Spam calls and text scams have evolved from a mild nuisance into a relentless daily tax on our attention. Scammers use neighborhood-spoofing to mimic local area codes and automated text bots to blast out thousands of phony messages all day and night.

Your instinct may be to download a call-blocking app that demands full access to your contacts and charges a $4.99 recurring subscription. But you can tame this scourge without paying a cent or handing over your address book.

Both iOS and Android include powerful, built-in spam-killing toggles that take less than three minutes to configure.

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