India Against Spam: Report spam SMS on Google Android!

[jdeepak]

I guess the app is redundant now:
Trai targets pesky ads: Pay more for 100+ SMSs - The Times of India

"In addition, the system of lodging complaints has also been eased with consumers required to merely forward the pesky message. Telecom operators have also been asked to put in place web-and email-based mechanisms to enable subscribers to lodge complaints."

 

[manu1991]

How will they know who the sender is if we merely forward the message?

 

[Jaymin]

I guess a few manipulations here & there with the code shud still help, as it is handy for 1 touch complaint! Spammers certainly wont stop & we will have to report them! 🙂Also, think of the spam calls. May be it cud be having a different format.

 

[jdeepak]

But you don't need an separate app to forward a SMS.However, you point is valid about the calls. Let's see how do they deal with it.

 

[Sushubh]

https://imgur.com/ttBNl

brace yourself. government sponsored unreportable sms spam is coming.

 

[jdeepak]

TRAI has changed the reporting format. Vodafone has been the first to implement it. I have made changes in the app accordingly. Please let me know if you face any problems.

 

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[iCon]

I haven't received single spam sms in last 30-40 days I guess.. Not able to check it but thanks to you. 😀

 

[Sushubh]

it has been fairly weird for me. i do not get any spam sms for days and then one day shit happens. airtel sends me more confirmatory spam than the regular spam these days.

 

[mhsabir]

I get 3-4 spam messages which I report & nothing happens. 2-3 days later I am being bombarded by Airtel and often I was scratching my head as to for which messages are they telling as I did not send any today.

 

[Sushubh]

yeap same. i hardly report 5-6 sms per week but i get like 50 responses from airtel regarding them.

 

[IndianMascot]

this month I reported 2 sms and gt reply for both. DND as well as India against spam is working nicely for me on Mumbai Vodafone.

 

[Sushubh]

https://imgur.com/k34zN

airtel must be kidding me. all of my spam reports are from this app which means none of them are fake reports or delayed reports.

 

[aviral sangal]

Airtel did this to me so many times. Now they have launched new idea of spamming.

Without any ussd entered by me.

 

[Sushubh]

have not seen this type of spam 😀

 

[IndianMascot]

It's called USSD spam. Airtel has planned further spamming through mobile advertising.