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I got a text stating I have money to be deposited from that number. When I look at my bank records I don't have any transfers with the amount it says. When I click the link I get a warning that it is ...
In this day and age, I believe that most people have just adopted the strategy that they don't reply or answer calls or texts from numbers not already in their contact lists. I added 9999999999 to my blocked list ages ago. Any call or text from a number not on my contact list is automatically filtered to a spam folder on my phone. I double check the spam folder once a month just to make sure any legitimate texts didn't end up there, but 99% of the time, the folder is all junk. I mean who, in 2022, answers calls from unknown numbers anymore? That's so 2010.
You are correct, but I do get texts (SMS messages) from some unknown numbers that are real for instance selling stuff on Craig's list or Kijiji, so can't block all numbers not in my contact list. Once those STIR/SHAKEN protocols are fully implemented then the spammers will definitely have a harder time, but as with all criminal activities, they'll figure out some kind of work-around but it will have to be pretty sophisticated . The STIR/SHAKEN protocols involve software and hardware installed on the phone company's central office equipment and can't be easily circumvented by outsiders.
