Do you often receive spam SMS or SMS from a stranger you
don't even know? This kind of SMS is certainly very disturbing for everyone,
including you.
Although now there are a lot of messaging services offered by
many vendors and the growth of smartphones is increasingly aggressive, but
sometimes we can't completely abandon the SMS. The majority of operators in
developing countries still offer packages of data service along with
traditional cellular service, unlike in developed countries where both services
are already offered separately.
In contrast to email, there is no service to filter spam on
SMS feature. Therefore, we have to block the numbers who send the spam SMS
manually, and it can be done only if your smartphone carries a blocking
feature.
If you feel frustrated by spam SMS that are coming into your
smartphone every day, you can try out a new application called Truemessenger.
This application is coming from the same developer that makes Truecaller, a
contact application that's quite popular among users of Android devices.
Truemessenger is designed to replace the default SMS
application on smartphone. It's ready to block spam SMS automatically, so we
don't need to do it manually. All blocked SMS will go to the Spam folder, just
like in the email.
How does Truemessenger recognize the spam SMS? The answer is
by utilizing data that's collected by their community which consists of more
than 100 million people. If a number is indicated as the sender of spam SMS,
Truemessenger will recognize it even though the number is not stored in your
contact.
You can contribute to enrich the database of Truemessenger
by using the report spam function. Furthermore, if it turns out that
Truemessenger database still can't sweep all incoming spam SMS, you can create
your own filters based on common keywords. If you are interested, the
Truemessenger can be downloaded directly via Google Play for free.