THE telemarketing or advertising callsAlso known as spam, are increasingly common. They usually come from companies offering a product or service and in many cases cause unnecessary inconvenience to recipients.
Furthermore, in these times when the proliferation of virtual scams, it is important to use caution when providing personal information over the telephone. If you are careless you could fall into the arms of scammers.
This is why there is an application that identifies and detects unknown numbers if it’s a call spam or notand it even lets you record those conversations.
How to identify a spam call?
It’s about the application TrueCaller, available for Apple and Android devices. The app is free and allows Identify calls from unknown numbers in a simple way, allowing you to block and report the contact.
The number you dial, be it spam or not, It is recorded in the application database, making it easier to know which calls to answer and which to reject.
Below is the step by step to install the application:
- Log into Play Store OR App Store and download the app.
- After installing it, TrueCaller It will ask for some permissions. You need to provide them for it to work properly.
- Validate your account. For this, the application will ask the person to enter their phone number and wait for a verification SMS or call.
- Create an account. This can be done manually or by linking your account. Google OR Facebook.
Once installed, the application can be used normally. When a friend or relative in your phone’s contact list calls, Truecaller will say the name. If it is an unknown number, the app will search its (user’s) database and show the identity of the person or company.
If the call is dangerous and has been reported, a warning will appear as Spam call, They call and hang up, Scammersamong others.
Furthermore, you can record phone calls. Of course the user will have to grant the Storage and accessibility permissions which will appear in a record button at the bottom during a call.
Then, the application can record calls easily, simply by pressing the corresponding button. The recording quality of the app depends on the hardware of your mobile phone.
Other ways to identify a spam call
Google It also allows you to identify spam calls with a few simple steps. The only requirement is to have Android 6.0 and later. To activate this function you need:
- Open the Phone application.
- Press More options, Settings, Call and spam filter.
- Turn on View sender ID and spam.
- It is also possible to block advertising calls. For this you must activate the option Filter spam calls.
Source: Clarin
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