How do I block a number that annoys me?

Mobile phone harassment

After the mobile phone became an important element in human life, and the number of its users increased greatly, a group of people took advantage of this development in the field of communications in a negative way, by preoccupying mobile phone users with useless things that may lead to damage to their time and money. Spammers use various methods through the mobile phone in order to achieve certain goals, for example:

• Making mock calls for entertainment.
• Threatening the mobile phone user and forcing him to make decisions that may benefit or harm the annoying person.
• Misleading the mobile phone user with false facts or news in order to trap him in fraud.
• Sexual extortion of the mobile phone user.
• Sending false or unimportant advertising messages.

And other types of inconveniences and inconveniences that the world of communications opened up, and that any mobile phone user must take precautions and learn how to avoid these risks.

It should be known that harassment via mobile phones may evolve into threats to the lives and security of the victims; The threat over the phone may lure the victim into a deadly trap, or the person who has been sexually blackmailed may resort to suicide due to his inability to meet the aggressor's demands. Accordingly, anyone who feels a threat to his life and security because of these behaviors must inform the concerned security authorities as soon as possible, in order to secure the necessary protection for him and his family, in addition to holding the aggressor accountable for what he deserves.

Types of mobile phone harassment

Due to the development of mobile phones, and the increase in the number of applications used in it, there are many types of harassment that can be exploited, and they are divided into two main branches in the field of mobile phones, namely: harassment by messages (including chat applications), and harassment by contact, and each of them has methods of exploitation. and types of damage that may be caused to the victim.

Harassment through messages includes short text harassment (in English: SMS), and harassment through chatting applications such as the WhatsApp application (in English: Whatsapp); The aggressor continuously sends annoying, threatening, or propaganda messages to the victim.

Harassment through communication includes the usual methods of communication in addition to communication applications via the Internet, including what is by voice only, and what is by sound and image, and the latter is the most dangerous, due to the aggressor being able to know the shape of the victim, so the aggressor in this case contacts the victim and deceives him or threaten him.

Block spam numbers

Perhaps one of the best ways to avoid harassment via mobile phone is to block the number causing the disturbance, but first, you must know the source of this nuisance (messages or calls) and its type. Before starting to take technical steps to solve this problem, it is preferable to inform the subscriber service center of the used telecom company, as some telecom companies provide a feature to block numbers, in addition to the possibility of completely disconnecting the annoying number from the service, and owners of old mobile phones that do not have Supports the feature of blocking numbers.

Steps to block numbers from phone settings

The process of blocking numbers depends on the type of mobile phone and its operating system, so you must know whether the version of the operating system used supports this feature or not, and if this system needs an update to support it.

Android operating system

The Android version must support this feature, in addition to that many Android phone manufacturers add this feature even if it is not supported by the Android system used, and it is as follows:

• Go to the contact list.
• Go to Settings through this menu (usually found through an icon containing three vertical dots).
• Go to the call option.
• Click on the option to block the call (in English: Call Rejection).
• Entering the Auto reject list option (in English: Auto reject list).
• Add the desired number to block.

iOS

Not all versions of the iOS operating system support blocking numbers, but only starting from the seventh version (called iOS 7) and all versions later than that, and it is as follows:

• Go to settings.
• Go to phone settings.
• Click on the Blocked option.
• Add the desired number to block.

Block numbers through the Truecaller app

The Truecaller application is available for many operating systems for used phones. It supports popular operating systems such as Android and iOS, and it is an application to identify the caller's name without the necessity of pre-memorizing this number, and it contains many other features, including the feature of blocking the number. This method is used if the mobile phone does not support the feature of blocking numbers, and it is as follows:

• Install the Truecaller app.
• Open the Truecaller app.
• Choose the incoming call from the number you want to block.
• Choose the block option at the top of the screen, so the block icon looks like a block sign.

Take legal action against the disturbers

Through the previous operations, the process of blocking unwanted numbers has been completed, and it is also worth noting that in the event of continuous and repeated harassment from a specific phone number, the mobile phone user can report to the police about the owner of the number who performs such actions, and the police will take the necessary measures to prevent him From continuing this harassment that he is doing, especially since some people when they discover that the mobile phone user has blocked their calls, they may try to call and disturb from numbers other than their blocked numbers, and here the best solution is to report them to the police so that they are legally prevented and taken The punishment they deserve for disturbing and harassing others.