Scam Messages/Calls

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[ChiefKiasu]

purplekiss723\" post_id=\"2122511\" time=\"1699703335\" user_id=\"202728:

How to automatically block non-SG messages/calls in Whatsapp? I get about 2-3 random calls and messages weekly and they are so annoying :mad:

Block them? Before they are sent to your phones? No, it is not possible. Unless you set the \"Groups\" option to \"My contacts\" which means only your friends can add you to groups, which is very inconvenient (at least to me). Even so, anyone can send you a message.

Whatsapp spam messages are actually rather rare (at least to me) and I can easily pipe messages to Whatsapp administrators whenever I do receive them occasionally. Then I never hear from those accounts I reported again.

[jiayou_jia]

purplekiss723\" post_id=\"2122511\" time=\"1699703335\" user_id=\"202728:

How to automatically block non-SG messages/calls in Whatsapp? I get about 2-3 random calls and messages weekly and they are so annoying :mad:

Whatsapp doesn't have such feature. Just don't accept calls from unknown numbers and if you receive messages, block them too.

[purplekiss723]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2122518\" time=\"1699708016\" user_id=\"3:

Block them? Before they are sent to your phones? No, it is not possible. Unless you set the \"Groups\" option to \"My contacts\" which means only your friends can add you to groups, which is very inconvenient (at least to me). Even so, anyone can send you a message.

Whatsapp spam messages are actually rather rare (at least to me) and I can easily pipe messages to Whatsapp administrators whenever I do receive them occasionally. Then I never hear from those accounts I reported again.

I see. I already have groups option set to \"My Contacts\" only but the one that i'm asking is for receiveing direct messages. It's so annoying to block them one by one :mad:

[ChiefKiasu]

purplekiss723\" post_id=\"2122570\" time=\"1699782542\" user_id=\"202728:

I see. I already have groups option set to \"My Contacts\" only but the one that i'm asking is for receiveing direct messages. It's so annoying to block them one by one :mad:

Then sign out of Whatsapp and flush it out of your system. Even so, you will still get spam calls on your mobile devices. How do you deal with those?

I think spam messages on Whatsapp are manageable. Just remember to report all those spam messages to the administrator and you should be fine.

[purplekiss723]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2122572\" time=\"1699783290\" user_id=\"3:

Then sign out of Whatsapp and flush it out of your system. Even so, you will still get spam calls on your mobile devices. How do you deal with those?

I think spam messages on Whatsapp are manageable. Just remember to report all those spam messages to the administrator and you should be fine.

Haha uninstalling really last option but i use whatsapp in communicating with both work and personal so cannot. But yes, i report those numbers befor totally blocking them.

[happymumhui]

purplekiss723\" post_id=\"2122592\" time=\"1699875188\" user_id=\"202728:

Haha uninstalling really last option but i use whatsapp in communicating with both work and personal so cannot. But yes, i report those numbers befor totally blocking them.

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https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/11/03/singapore-police-issue-warning-over-whatsapp-phishing-scam/