topic Re: Does public mobile have scam protection button in Get Support

Does public mobile have scam protection button

Melanie13 — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 03:32:50 GMT

Not sure what it's called but is it possible to set up a thing where if someone calls you, they have to press a number and then it'll call ur cell to deter those auto scam calls from bots

Example my friend calls me and there's a prompt telling her "press 4 to continue" and she pressed 4 on her phone and then it'll actually call me

Re: Does public mobile have scam protection button

Dunkman — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 03:39:57 GMT

@Melanie13

That feature is called call control. It is not offered by Public mobile unfortunately. It is offered by higher tier companies like Telus and Koodo.

Re: Does public mobile have scam protection button

ShawnC13 — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 04:35:50 GMT

My Google Pixel 7 has call screening where if it is a suspicious number I can have it read out a message where hte caller has to say why they are calling and it displays it so I can decide if I want to answer the call

Re: Does public mobile have scam protection button

DennyCrane — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:38:17 GMT

@ShawnC13 Yup, I love that feature on my Pixel. Most of the scammers don't bother once the screening kicks in. Every once in a while it's a legit call and I'll answer after they start the transcript.

Re: Does public mobile have scam protection button

Typhon — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:52:43 GMT

@ShawnC13 wrote:
My Google Pixel 7 has call screening where if it is a suspicious number I can have it read out a message where hte caller has to say why they are calling and it displays it so I can decide if I want to answer the call

That sounds great so I could screen all the spam calls from China. Is this feature available for iPhones?

Re: Does public mobile have scam protection button

hTideGnow — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:53:57 GMT

@Typhon wrote:
@ShawnC13 wrote:
My Google Pixel 7 has call screening where if it is a suspicious number I can have it read out a message where hte caller has to say why they are calling and it displays it so I can decide if I want to answer the call
That sounds great so I could screen all the spam calls from China. Is this feature available for iPhones?

HI @Typhon

i dont think so.