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Receiving unwanted dirty text messages from random phone numbers is awful. Whether it is inappropriate, X-rated messages or foul-mouthed texts no one should be subjected to annoying texts they did not sign up for. Besides being annoying and gross, you might find these messages offensive. If you have young children that access your phone or device, you especially do not want them seeing these messages. Download Dont Text to Block Dirty Text Messages and Spam...

You just received a mysterious text from an unknown number. You have no idea who is sending you this text or what they are even talking about. Why are they texting you in the first place and how did they get your phone number? To get to the bottom of this mystery you need some way to check if this phony text is spam. Now it is easier than ever to check for spam texts....

Dont Text is excited to announce the launch of a brand new tool to help in the fight against spam and phishing text messages. This new tool makes it easy to quickly search if a phone number that sent you a text is spam. Lookup Spam Text Phone Numbers and Emails You can lookup any phone number or email address to check if it is being used to send spam or phishing texts....

Adding spammy contacts to your list of blocked phone numbers is an excellent way to protect your iPhone from spam. Blocking spam phone numbers is always a safe and effective way to shield your phone against unwanted calls and texts. Over the years, you may have added lots of phone numbers to your blocked sender list and want to view all of the phone numbers added to the list. You might be trying to remove a number you added by mistake or lookup a number you added earlier....

Spam texts are without a doubt annoying, but you might not think they are dangerous. No one needs more notifications on their phone, especially not junk messages. Besides being annoying, there is a concern of safety when it comes to receiving spam texts. Getting unwanted calls from random phone numbers feels like a violation of your privacy. How did they even get my phone number in the first place? Are the messages that spammers send safe for my phone?...

Spam texts continue to find their way onto our phones. Spammers send their texts en masse, it is possible that you even receive multiple spam texts in a single day. Download Dont Text on the App Store to block spam texts like this one ⬆️ Usually, attackers include a link in their spam texts that lead to a dangerous website. Opening the linked webpage can result in having your passwords stolen or receiving even more spam texts (no body wants that!...

Gmail addresses, like phone numbers, can be used to send spam text messages. You may be most familiar with spam texts from regular phone numbers. However, using email providers like Gmail is becoming more common. Download Dont Text on the App Store to block spam texts like this one How Can Spam Texts Be Sent from Gmail? Sending a text message from your email account sounds strange at first but it is actually really easy....

Sending spam emails has been around as long as well, email. As the world has gone mobile, there has been a growth in spam texts and smishing. Now spam emails and spam texts have teamed up to send you spam texts from email addresses. This is the mashup that nobody asked for. And for some reason, these spam texts seem harder to block than the rest. No matter what you do, you just can not seem to get rid of them....

Facebook is at the forefront of yet another privacy nightmare. In early April, it was discovered that over 500 million phone numbers and emails were leaked in the most recent Facebook data breach. Half a billion people now have their personal information exposed online. The data in the leak includes names, phone numbers, email addresses, passwords, birth dates, and locations. With all of this data exposed on the internet, there is little that can be done to reverse the affects....

Every election cycle the number of unwanted spam texts only seems to increase. Political campaigns now send text messages to extend their outreach. Political texts are used to register new voters, gather support for candidates, and raise funds for political campaigns. For people who did not sign up to receive these texts, or no longer want to receive them, political texts can be very annoying. The good news is that it is really easy to stop political texts and get rid of them from your phone....