Change These 12 Android Settings to Stop Phone Scammers

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Android Settings to Help Detect and Block Scam Messages

Caller ID and Spam Protection

Filter Spam Calls

Block Unknown Numbers

Spam Protection in Messages

Google Call Screen

Google Play Protect

Restrict Unknown App Sideloading

App Permissions Review

Auto Reset Unused Permissions

Sensitive Notification Concealment

NFC Feature Disabling

Background Data Limits

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Modern smartphones have advanced setting menus that are made, specifically, to catch fake messages and other nasty stuff. If you tweak the important Android options a bit, you get stronger proactive defense against tricks used by those phone scammers.
 

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