How to report SMS spam and marketing calls on Android

If you do not wish to receive SMS messages or unwanted telemarketing calls on your mobile phone, you can add your number to the list DND ( Do Not Call / Do Not Disturb)

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How to report SMS spam and marketing calls on Android

to begin with, just send a text message "START 0" in 1909 and most mobile operators say that promotional calls and SMS messages are stop in the next seven days

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How to register complaints DND SMS

However, if your number is on the Do Not Disturb feature list and you continue to receive calls "spontaneous" or SMS messages , you can file a complaint by sending SMS to short number 1909 in the following format

  COMP TEL XXXXXXXXXX , dd / mm / yy hh Time : .  mm 

XXXXXXXXXX Here is the phone number from which the SMS was received while the other fields represent the date and time of the message

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It obviously requires too many keystrokes report same spam text message to your mobile phone , but if you have an Android mobile phone , a new application called SMSpam by Deepak Jharodia can help you do this with a single tap

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the app works just like the one-click button "Report Spam" in Gmail. It offers a list of text you have received in the past few days and you can press one of the spam messages to report directly to your mobile phone messages. Behind the scenes, the application composes a new message in the complaint recommended by TRAI format and transmits your operator

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Once a complaint is received, your mobile operator will send the recognition and status of your complaint will be made available within 7 days from the date of booking . This is a TRAI order so that mobile operators across the country are likely to follow the guidelines. < / Div >