r/mildlyinfuriating • • 20d ago

Unskippable ad I keep getting threatening texts

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/Pro-Patria-Mori 19d ago

If you have an iPhone go to

>settings >apps >messages

and turn on the message filter setting. Anything that is a promo, spam, or unknown sender is separated from your regular messages.

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u/mmwhatchasaiyan 19d ago

This didn’t stop mine. It filters a few, but I regularly (like daily) get ones to mine inbox that say shit like “DEMS PASS BILL TO ALLOW ILLEGALS TO MOVE IN WITH YOUR SISTER” or whatever tf they’re on about. It’s obnoxious. I report and block every. Single. Day.

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u/Pro-Patria-Mori 19d ago

Yeah it doesn’t stop them but it categorizes them all in one place, which makes it easier to block and mark as spam.

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u/mmwhatchasaiyan 19d ago

No, what I’m saying is that most get filtered to that spam text folder but others still come through to my regular texts on a daily basis.

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u/Winter-Ad5930 19d ago

Holy cow, I never knew this!! Thank you I’m going into my settings now. Thank you

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u/Veektrol 19d ago

Goated advice