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NOTE: Deleting Signal messages from a phone number that’s blocked doesn’t cause the phone number to be removed from the blocked list.

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You may discover that at times you have to temporarily switch your messaging app to the default app in Android or iPhone either for testing or for some other reason. This is a precautionary measure in case you had to remove or reinstall Signal app on your smartphone. Therefore, it’s important to add the blocked number both to the Signal app and the OS. You always want to think ahead and not look at the security/privacy issues just in the present. This won’t delete the phone number you added to the Signal app or the OS. Add the number to the blocked list in the OS (Android, iOS, etc.).See the instructions on blocking the number in the sections below. Block the number within Signal, so you won’t receive calls or texts from this number in the future.Do not click any links in the text message.Write down the phone number in the text message on a piece of paper.I suggest you follow my steps as described below exactly in the order they are listed. Here are my recommendations for blocking users who are sending you unwanted text messages. Recommended Actions for Blocking Unwanted Texts Even if you don’t use the Singal app, you’ll find instructions for blocking calls and texts from unwanted numbers within Android and iPhone in this article. I blocked the number and thought it would a good idea to write an article for those who are not familiar with blocking unwanted texts and phone calls in the Signal app. I wasn’t surprised to find out on that the domain contained a malware and had a suspicious conditional redirect to Google.

There wasn’t a public website associated with the domain anyway. That’s why it wasn’t going to show up on any blacklists. Obviously, there was no history to track in just a few hours after it was registered. Some major websites reported it as legit, so I looked it up in the Whois database and discovered that the domain was registered on the same day when I received the text. I looked up the actual domain name to check its validity. The person who sent me the text doesn’t know my name. Also, Amazon and other vendors don’t have my phone number.

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The tracking code doesn’t belong to FedEx, UPS, or USPS and they don’t have my phone number anyway. Obviously, this message is not from Amazon or another legit company. Hi, your parcel with tracking code KXLP6VM is waiting for you to check the shipping address: /viktdpq.” Here’s a slightly modified version of the text.

Obviously, the spammer had spoofed this man’s phone number. However, it’s unlikely that a person who has lived in the same state for 23 years, lived in the same house for 15 years, has six different emails, has used six wireless phone numbers over the years, and owns one landline published on the Internet would be a cybercriminal. You might be thinking, can’t a person that age be a cybercriminal? Yes, he could. The phone number was most likely spoofed because I discovered that the number belongs to a 71-year-old man. The text appeared to be a phishing attempt. What prompted me to write this article was a text message I received from an area code in another U.S.

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