Anti Spam League

Authorities are warning of a new scam where Border Patrol agents would call people to tell them they’re in trouble for committing criminal activity. When scammers call, they use a threatening tone to induce fear and make people easily fall into their trap. Imagine your phone rings, you notice the …

If you’re like me, every morning when you check your emails you find the same spam even though you’ve unsubscribed hundreds of times. Cannabis candy? I unsubscribed yesterday. Summary Research Refinance Company? Nope. A natural cure for diabetes? I don’t even have diabetes. It seems that no matter how careful …

Most of us get spam, exasperate, delete it, and move on. Not Jay Damon. The Indiana man plans to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Monday against the University of Florida for alleged email misconduct after receiving hundreds of spam recruiting emails. “It’s just a bit much,” …

One of the most effective ways for organizations to defend against spam and phishing emails is to prevent them from reaching employee inboxes in the first place. It’s no wonder, then, that cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm bells about a new hacking tool that successfully bypasses even the most …

Trying to stop all spam is difficult, but there are ways you can prevent the majority of spam from reaching your inbox. Spam is junk and often unsolicited, cluttering your inbox with information from businesses, departments, or people you don’t know or are not interested in. Unsubscribing from mailing lists …

Last year, T-Mobile partnered with AT&T to offer cross-network call authentication using the STIR and SHAKEN standards, and now T-Mo is doing the same with another major carrier. T-Mobile and US Cellular now offer caller verification on all networks. This means that when a T-Mobile customer calls someone on US …

If you received an email about a new comment in a Google document, do not click the link because it is spam. As reported by 9 to 5, it is part of a new spam technique trying to abuse comments in Google Docs, Slides and Sheets. There have been a …

Hiya, a Seattle-based company that provides caller profile and business profile services, today announced that it has extended its strategic partnership with Samsung through 2025. Hiya will not only continue to power Samsung Smart Call to protect Galaxy users from spam and fraudulent calls, but it will also provide Hiya …

To print this article, all you need to do is be registered or log in to Mondaq.com. Many of us have, from time to time, received unsolicited emails or other messages from unknown sources, or companies wishing to advertise an event or product through the content marketing. This appears to …

ACT’s education directorate blocked all public school students from accessing their Google email accounts after it was heavily spammed on Friday. The spam campaign emerged on Friday afternoon with an undisclosed number of students receiving dozens of emails, resulting in an unanswered “email storm”. iTnews includes some of the emails …

Angela Lang/CNET Apple is working with Verizon to make spam call blocking native in iOS 14, the companies announced Thursday. The feature will be available in the public beta of the OS update, though users must have Verizon’s Call Filter Plus. Apple’s new feature, called Silence Junk Callers, is designed …

Source: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central Spam calls are a real nuisance, and luckily there are services that do a great job of eliminating robocalls and spam numbers. The Galaxy S20 has a spam protection service built into the dialer, and here’s how you can get started. Products used in …

Microsoft can analyze dangerous e-mails to determine why the messages have passed your spam filters. Image: iStock You receive an email that you find suspicious (potentially a phishing email) that you ignore or delete. Another option is to report the email to Microsoft for analysis through the Outlook add-in called …

Emails have indeed become an essential thing in the online world. Almost everything we do on the internet requires an email address that is used as an online identity, whether it is to log in to social networks, subscribe to newsletters or, for example, commenting on this post. Nonetheless, the …

Email is an essential mode of communication today not only in terms of professional work, but also for several other purposes, such as receiving relevant banking transactions. opinion, policy and mode updates. That said, there is another type of email that marketers send out as promotions for their products and …

In addition to working to provide RCS, Google has also embarked on making good old texting more useful to businesses, launching two new services that make texting a more useful business tool. The first, Verified SMS for Messages, aims to help consumers confirm the true identity of companies sending them …

After AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, Sprint is finally taking action to stop spam from reaching its customers. The free spam protection service the rollout today for Sprint customers is really basic and comes in the form of an app, which is why the carrier is offering those who want even …

Google is rolling out a few improvements to the Messages app on Android that will help make your texting experience a little safer, though it’s not quite related to the RCS rollout that has been making waves lately. No, instead we get two separate new features: verified SMS conversations and …

Google today announced two updates for Messages, the default SMS app for the Android mobile operating system. Starting today, Android users in the US and select countries will have access to two new features called Verified SMS and Spam Protection. SMS verified As the name of the first feature suggests, …

Join the leaders of online gaming at GamesBeat Summit Next on November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Google is adding and extending some security-focused features to its Android Messages app starting today. The first of these features is what’s known as “verified SMS,” which involves Google working with …

Email spam was a huge problem. It’s now under control thanks to spam filtering, but a new productivity and security challenge is at hand: robocalls and voice spam. Funny how history can repeat itself sometimes, but in a slightly different way. In the late 90s, when the internet really started …

Verizon announced this week that it will offer free spam and robocall protection to its subscribers starting in March. Features included in its current $ 3 add-on call filter app, such as spam blocking, robocall filtering, and call blocking, will be offered free to all Verizon customers with phones that …

Google has confirmed that automatic spam protection in the default Android Messages app has started rolling out for some users. The deployment was first spotted by Android Police. After displaying a notification to inform the user that the feature has been enabled, the app will start scanning messages sent to …

Previously, spam was something we only really dealt with in our emails, but nowadays it annoys us in the form of phone calls and text messages as well. Fortunately, Android has introduced several features to combat this, and Google seems to be rolling out its latest feature to prevent spam …

We are constantly warned not to click on suspicious emails, but just opening one could be just as damaging. As of March 2018, it is estimated that nearly 50% of all email traffic in the world is junk spam. While spam filters are usually pretty good at catching the most …

Every day, millions of people fall victim to spam emails and viruses sent to their accounts. Companies like Hotmail have taken great steps to help protect users from spam, but the problem often lies with the user. Being more aware of what spam looks like, and how to handle it, …

All of us have been annoyed by unwanted calls such as those from telemarketing agencies or scammers. Unfortunately, some Android phones offer the blocking feature as a built-in feature, but many don’t. So, we have selected a list of the ten best call blocker apps for Android that are both …

A reader wrote to me asking about spam. He wanted to know if using the unsubscribe link on spam emails was a good idea. We’ve all received spam, and the perennial question is, “Do I click the unsubscribe link or not?” “ In the old days, spammers made using email …

One of the world’s largest spam operations exposed its entire operation to the public, leaking its database of 1.37 billion email addresses thanks to a faulty backup. In addition to email addresses, the holy grail of the spam operation, personal information including real names, IP addresses, and physical addresses has …

If you’re hit with an avalanche of obvious spam, that’s a problem. But it can also be an effort to distract you from a much bigger problem: fraudulent purchases and banking transactions made with your stolen identity and credentials. Fred Touchette, security analyst at AppRiver, written in a blog post …

NEW DELHI – A few years ago, Ankur Suri saw a friend beaten up by his classmates after emailing pornography to girlfriends – or rather, his computer had. In desperation, the friend turned to authorities, who declined to investigate because they did not really understand the problem with how his …

The light at recent events, many of you may be concerned about a spam email attack. Here’s how to fight back and keep your inbox clean, no matter what service you use and how you check your mail. Most of us have some sort of junk filter, but it’s not …