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Excerpt from the from article &quot;How to Block and Report Spam Calls and Text Messages&quot; in the New York Times on Aug 15, 2018 See note below

Reporting text messages is a little bit easier: No matter what phone you have, just forward the text message to SPAM (7726). Most carriers participate in a service that will use this information to try and block future spammers.


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Users of iPhones can report blue-bubble iMessages as spam with the Report Junk link that appears below messages from unknown users.

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