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Spotlight: Flutbot Voicemail Text Message Scams 

 

You may have heard about the dramatic rise in text message scams over the past few months. These messages include hyperlinks that install malicious software on your phone, infecting your phone with a virus. Protecting our devices and personal data is easy, necessary and can be achieved through SMS filtering. 

 

The Cyber Safety Project has written an informative blog post that:  

  1. Explains these scams in greater detail.
  2. Shares preventative steps to filter this spam out of your messages.
  3. What to do if you accidently click on one of these links.

We recommend giving the post a read and taking the steps to protect your phone and personal data.  

 

Click Here for "steps to protect phone and personal data"

 

iOS – Message Filtering Android – Message Filtering 

To sort these spam messages on your iPhone follow these steps: 

  1. Go to Settings. Then scroll down and tap Messages.
  2. Scroll down and enable Filter Unknown Senders.
  3. Now open Messages and tap Filters in the top left of the screen.
  4. Under All Messages, you will see two new message filters: Known Senders and Unknown Senders.
  5. Tap a filter to see the associated message list.
  6. Go back to the lists by tapping Filters in the top left of the screen.

To block spam messages on an Android follow these steps: 

  1. Go to the Messaging app and tap the three dots icon in the upper right-hand of the screen.
  2. Tap on “Settings,” –> “Spam Protection.”
  3. Scroll down until you find “Enable Spam Protection.”
  4. Turn it on by swiping the button to the right.
  5. All your spam text will be auto detected and sent to a spam/junk folder.

 

Upcoming Parent & Carer Webinars 

 The eSafety Commissioner run a fantastic array of free informative parent and carer webinars. These valuable sessions cover a range of topics that equip parents and carers with knowledge and resources to help them and their children navigate the ever-changing online landscape. Remaining topics and dates available in Term 4 include: 

 

eSafety parent guide to digital technologies and mental health 

Tuesday 9 November 7:30 - 8:30pm 

Thursday 18 November 12:30 - 1:30pm 

  

eSafety's parent guide to online gaming 

Monday 15 November 12:30 - 1:30pm 

Wednesday 24 November 7:30 - 8:30pm 

  

You can book in for these terrific sessions at the following link: 

 

Click Here to Book Webinar

 

Important eSmart Resources  

Please check out these fantastic eSmart resources to keep up to date with current hot topics and strategies you can use at home.  

  

Click Here for Cyber Safety Blog

 

Click Here for eSafety Commisioner

 

Common Sense Media (App & Media Reviews)

 

Rangeview eSmart Team