Strange... I just got [missed] calls from unknowns -- 1 apparently a landline in #Ilocos Norte or Sur, the second a landline in #NCR, and the third is a cellphone number.

The first 2 calls yesterday Saturday, I missed. The third that called today Sunday, I deliberately did not answer.

Weekend.
Not expecting any call.
No way that it's the bank.
And no one I know in Ilocos.
🤷‍♀️
#Philippines #ShouldIAnswer

@martijn
😃👍

I was only doing the basic #Block feature of my phone -- I encounter a suspicious number first, then block it. It's still useful, as it has blocked a good number of repeat offenders.

I can't do the #whitelist method or block most other numbers. Anyway it hasn't gotten that bad yet. Apps like #ShouldIAnswer can be helpful, so I'm diligently submitting numbers and reporting them as Safe or #spam.

Oh, and i just discovered my #Android can block entire country codes! ☝️😃

Suspicious +212 number rang my phone once. 🤨

Reported it to #ShouldIAnswer app as a #scam and blocked it on my #Android phone. Pretty sure I have no contacts in Morocco.

"Alert: ... scam with prefix 212 ... for years ... calls coming from numbers that begin with the prefix 212 are intended to get money through special rate numbers. ... be wary of these calls and do not answer them. Neither to the possible SMS..."

Now I'm thinking I should block some area codes on my phone. But how? 🤔

@kerbafoss
I've never used #Signal for #SMS. Checked it out long time ago when it was new, but it was useless to me. I think SMS is just SMS. A different app won't make it more secure. 🤔 #NotATechie

If there's an #app with crowd-sourced blocking of SMS spammers -- like how #ShouldIAnswer or #TrueCaller can block calls from numbers even if you haven't encountered them before -- that would be useful and worth the extra download. Unfortunately they only block calls, not texts.