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Scammers send fake text messages to trick you into giving them your personal information — things like your password, account number, or Social Security number.

If they get that information, they could gain access to your email, bank, or other accounts. Or they could sell your information to other scammers. Scammers also send fake messages that say they have some information about your account or a transaction. The scammers may. The messages might ask you to give some personal information — like how much money you make, how much you owe, or your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number — to claim your gift or pursue the offer.

If you verify that a number is valid, reply with STOP to remove yourself from their distribution list. If you can't verify who sent a message, or it's clearly a scam, you can forward the message to it spells "spam" on a phone's keypad. You may receive a follow-up message after reporting a message, asking for more information or to confirm the number the original message was sent from.

Some carriers, such as Sprint , will even block the number from messaging you after you've reported it. Another option is to block the number yourself. Both iOS and Android have built-in tools to block messages and calls from specific numbers. On an iPhone , open the message in the Messages app and tap on the profile photo at the top, then tap on the Info button. On the next screen, tap on the phone number , followed by Block this Caller at the bottom of the next screen.

As is usually the case with Android phones , the process to block a number will vary depending on who makes your phone and which message app you're using. If you're using Google's Messages app, start by opening the spam message, then tapping on the menu button in the top-right corner and selecting Details from the list of options. The Messages app will send the number and the 10 previous messages from it to Google for analysis to improve future spam detection.

Your replies to the number are not sent to Google. If you'd rather just block the number, uncheck the box next to "Report spam" before tapping OK. There are a few apps that can limit spam text messages. TextKiller is an app powered by Robokiller to automatically filter out messages that would be considered spam using Smart Blocking.

The app now also works with Apple Watches to help filter spam messages. Answer: Just about everyone with a phone has gotten at least a few of those weird text messages. They often come from email addresses made up of a garbled mess of numbers and letters, and they can be a real headache. So what are they? These messages are spam texts, also known as robotexts. The fact is, most spam texts don't come from another mobile phone. They usually come from a scammer who is sitting behind a computer sending a massive amount of texts from an email address or other messaging account.

If you get one of these texts, don't respond to it, even if you see a message that says something like "text STOP to opt out. Every complaint helps in the fight against nuisance calls and texts. You can complain about a company or a number making nuisance calls and texts to a number of organisations including the TPS, your phone operator, Ofcom which covers silent and abandoned calls or the ICO.

Sending unsolicited text messages is illegal. You can also report unsolicited text messages to your mobile provider. You can report spam texts directly to your mobile phone provider. All operators now use as the short code to report spam texts, which is free of charge. This means they can take early action to block numbers that are generating spam on their networks. They can also use this information to inform the regulators.

You can report spam texts directly to your mobile phone provider free of charge by forwarding the text message to