How to Get Rid of Spam Callers

Nowadays almost everyone uses smartphone. When a known person calls, no one is uncomfortable talking to him . But when a call comes from an unknown number and he unnecessarily talks to you like loan offers, credit cards offer etc., then you get irritated. Sometimes some spammers try to trap you in their words by calling you. Just because of all these you want to get rid of spam callers.

These days there is a flood of similar spam calls and SMSs in almost every mobile. Almost all are of useless nature. This is a big problem. Sometimes a person is in an important meeting and suddenly a call comes from an unknown number. Considering something important, the user picks up that call and those calls are from useless people (like loan offers, credit cards offer, etc.). Then you start getting angry with yourself that why did I pick up this call.

If you want to get rid of spam callers, then you will have to take the help of your telecom company. Without this you will not get rid. Here we will discuss about it by taking the example of Airtel user. If you are associated with any other telecom company, then almost everyone’s procedure to get rid of it is the same.

Why user attend calls?

These spammers are so clever. It is not easy to get rid of spam callers. Sometimes they will make you two or three calls continuously. Seeing two or three calls continuously, you will feel that there is an emergency call and you will either pick up the phone or call back. Then he will start talking nonsense like credit card offers, insurance offers with you.

The biggest reason for picking up your phone is that you should not miss any important calls. These spam callers take advantage of only these.

If you use a trick, you can get rid of not only spam calls but also spam SMSs. Then your important and work calls will not be missed.

Now get rid of spam callers

Let’s know how to get rid of spam callers. To get rid of them, you will have to take the help of your telecom operator. All telecom companies provide this facility to their users. The name of this facility is “DND”. Spam callers and spam messages can be got rid of by using the DND (Do Not Disturb) feature. You can activate it in two ways given below:

Online Method

In this method to get rid of spam callers, you have to activate the DND service by visiting the website in your web browser. Here we are talking according to airtel. The procedure is almost the same for the rest of the telecom companies as well.

  • First of all, you have to visit the website by writing the name of your telecom company and DND. (Example: Airtel DND).
  • Then scroll down and click on Click Here
  • Give the information of your phone number on which you want to activate DND.
  • Then click on Get OTP
  • Now OTP will come on your phone. Enter that OTP here and validate.
  • Then click on Stop All.

Offline Method To GET RID OF SPAM CALLERS

In this method to get rid of spam callers, you have to use SMS as you get the facility to activate DND through SMS also.

  • Type START 0 from your Airtel number then send the message to 1909. Now your DND is activated completely.
  • You can also activate DND by calling. For this you have to dial 1909, after that you have to follow what is being spoken in the automated voice recorder. Now Airtel will activate DND on your mobile number.

Summary

You have to activate DND option in your phone if you want to get rid of spam callers. Almost every telecom company has the same procedure to activate DND. Go to the website of your telecom operator, activate it and get rid of spam callers and SMS.

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