This is one of the best iOS 16 features. The amount of spam/scam messages I receive have gone down a lot.essjay2009 t1_j2bcax4 wrote
Reply to comment by 688165135 in This is one of the best iOS 16 features. The amount of spam/scam messages I receive have gone down a lot. by MrYeetFeet69
I’ve set up an automation that looks for the string “http” in any message and if it detects it, asks if I want to report it as spam. This will only pick up spam that has links in it, but in my experience that’s 99% of them.
If I say yes, it forwards the message to my network’s spam reporting number, waits a few seconds, and then sends the offending number (this is the standard way of reporting it to my carrier, message first, then they reply saking you to send the number).
ElmoloKloIokakolo t1_j2bjtpo wrote
That’s great, could you share the shortcut or automation?
essjay2009 t1_j2dh1v9 wrote
Can’t share automatons unfortunately, only shortcuts, but the action bit looks like this
https://i.imgur.com/xWKBVG2.jpg
EE Spam is just a contact for my network’s spam reporting number.
And the trigger bit is just any message containing “http”. All in the Automations section in the shortcuts app.
https://i.imgur.com/XexqHUD.jpg
The whole thing together:
ElmoloKloIokakolo t1_j2e1zt0 wrote
Thank you so much for this! I will definitely do it on my phone, I receive a lot of spam containing links and it drives me insane
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