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The Un-carrier wants to unleash the power of technology to block phonies from showing up on your phone.
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T-Mobile has introduced a suite of call protection solutions designed to drastically lower the number of robo and scam calls its customers have to endure.
There are some free options here and they don’t require you to download anything!
The first two services are absolutely free to anyone on T-Mobile.
Scam ID alerts you when calls come in from known scammers.
Scam Block, meanwhile, lets you block known scammers so they can’t get through to you.
You can dial these codes to activate the new features:
A third new service called Name ID lets you “add Name ID and identify any caller’s name and location.” It also lets you block personal numbers from coming in.
Unlike Scam ID and Scam Block, Name ID comes with a price tag of $4 a month. Though it is provided free of charge on all T-Mobile ONEâ„¢ Plus and T-Mobile ONE Plus International plans.
T-Mobile’s latest move takes a page from the playbook of AT&T. Back in December 2016, AT&T released its Call Protect app. The free mobile app automatically vets incoming calls to make sure they’re not associated with robocall scams.
The AT&T initiative has been wildly successful. In April 2017, Call Protect announced that it has thwarted 1 billion robocalls.
We all know the major cell phone carriers like to sling mud at each other in their ads. But the beauty of this situation is that what AT&T and T-Mobile have done puts the customer first! Let’s hope we see similar initiatives from Sprint and Verizon.
Having less scam calls in your life is something everybody wants — no matter who they’re with for wireless service!
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This post was last modified on December 4, 2018 10:51 am
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