Unfortunately, our phones are the primary objective of many hackers and companies of dubious reputation that seek to profit at our expense. And one of these types of scams is undoubtedly that of Premium SMS , which charges us enormous amounts of money for messages that 99% of the time we do not need. There is an adjustment that can help us avoid these scams.
They are the most common scams, apps that ask us with some opacity to sign up for SMS services, known as Premium , which have exorbitant costs, and which are usually abused to obtain great benefits, but there is a way to prevent these problems.
How can we prevent these scams from the mobile?
The most normal thing is that some apps offer us to join these types of messages in a covert way, almost without realizing it. In such a way that the app takes control of this type of Premium SMS messages and begins to invoice normally without control, something that we discover at the end of the month with an important invoice in this type of content .
The added problem of this type of messages is that they also generate subscriptions that are difficult to get out of. But there is a way to root this through the settings of our mobile phone. Where we should do the following:
- Enter the phone settings
- Access “Applications and notifications”
- Click on “Advanced”
- Now select “Special application access”
- Inside click on “Access to Premium SMS”
This section of the settings is key, since here we will be able to know if any app has required access to this type of Premium SMS , something that in itself would be revealing a major problem and a risk that our phone could begin to receive this type of SMS with its consequent cost on the invoice. The only thing you must do to avoid these problems is to deactivate the special permission to Premium SMS for the apps that have required it. In this way, the possibility that these messages can bill us will be cut off at the roots, since it is impossible for the application to access that content.
Through your operator
It may be, although it is unlikely, that your mobile does not have this functionality in the system settings. If this is the case, you can choose to block the use of Premium SMS on your phone through the client area of your operator . There you will find an option where you can deactivate the possibility of sending these types of messages that can make us a real break on our invoice.