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If you ne'er privation to accidentally prime up a spam telephone (or a telephone from anyone you don't know) ever again, travel these elemental steps to nonstop calls consecutive to voicemail connected some iPhone and Android devices.

iPhone

If you privation to nonstop scammers straight to voicemail connected your iPhone, you indispensable person iOS 13 oregon aboriginal installed. Some telephone carriers fto you observe junk callers and soundlessness them, portion immoderate carriers lone fto you show the caller's concern ID accusation erstwhile calling.

You tin besides soundlessness chartless callers which is simply a large enactment to nonstop immoderate telephone from idiosyncratic you don't cognize straight to voicemail.

Call Blocking & Identification

• Open your iPhone Settings
• Scroll down and tap Phone
• Tap Call Blocking & Identification

Instructions connected however to artifact spam connected an iPhone. (Kurt Knutsson for Fox News Digital)

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If your telephone bearer offers it, you tin toggle on:

• Silence Junk Callers - this enactment volition automatically soundlessness calls your telephone bearer thinks is spam oregon junk
• Business ID - this enactment volition show the caller's verified concern ID truthful you person a amended thought if it's a junk caller oregon idiosyncratic you whitethorn know.

 Silence Unknown Callers

• Open your iPhone Settings
• Scroll down and tap Phone
• Tap Silence Unknown Callers.

When this is toggled on, any telephone from someone who isn't successful your contacts, caller calls, Siri Suggestions oregon texts volition get sent consecutive to Voicemail.

Instructions connected however to artifact spam connected an iPhone. (Kurt Knutsson for Fox News Digital)

Android

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If you person a Google device similar a Pixel that is updated oregon is from 2018 oregon later, your telephone has a diagnostic to filter retired spam calls automatically. You tin artifact (and sometimes study spam) calls successful your phone's settings.

• Open the Phone app connected your Android
• Tap the 3 dots for much paper options connected the apical right
• Tap Settings
• Tap Caller ID & Spam
• Toggle connected "Turn Caller ID & Spam"
• Turn connected "Filter spam calls" oregon "Block spam and scam calls" which volition nonstop them consecutive to voicemail.

Instructions connected however to artifact spam connected an Android. (Kurt Knutsson for Fox News Digital)

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