r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Lock_Psychological • 20d ago

Unskippable ad I keep getting threatening texts

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I get these ALL the time. I’ve never donated to these “people.” Never supported them. Never voted for them. Nor has my wife. I received four of these today. All threats. Always a telling me it’s my last chance. These are some of the less malicious-sounding ones.

I’m not even sure they’re legitimately from those parties, though I wouldn’t put it past them.

So… report as spam. Report as spam. Report as spam.

It isn’t like it’s painful. Just pretty irritating.

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u/beautifulstardust 20d ago

can cellphones be any more annoying ?

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u/Sassquatch0 20d ago

If you're on Android, enable Call Screening & Spam protection. I'm on Pixel, and I get maybe two Spam calls per year. Last one I see in my log is July 27. Spam texts are even more rare.

iPhone was supposed to get Call Screening with iOS 25 (i think; whichever update included Liquid Glass should have had it).

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u/havron 18d ago

This shit is why I just leave my voicemail full.

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u/beautifulstardust 18d ago

you too, eh? 🤣 👏🏼 indeed!

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u/gloomspell 20d ago

Still better than land line phones! LOL

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u/beautifulstardust 19d ago

iphone 🤢 i have the filtering on and such, so the phone doesn’t ring or show the call coming through. But they still show as a missed call in my call log. 🙄 I just keep my phone on DND 24/7 nowadays.
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u/GIANTballCOCK 16d ago

Same. I'm always shocked when I look at my call log. Thank god it didn't actually ring that many times