Have you received a call on your smartphone from “Scam Likely” lately? Here’s what’s going on…
Earlier this year, T-Mobile rolled out two free phone scam protections to its customers to prevent robocalls. The features were recently extended to users of its prepaid brand, MetroPCS.
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If you activate the second feature, Scam Block, all calls from known scammers are blocked and will never reach your phone.
T-Mobile, MetroPCS roll out ‘Scam Likely’ feature
The first tool is called Scam ID. When an incoming call is identified as a possible scam, your phone will display a “Scam Likely” alert along with the phone number. Users can then decide whether to accept or decline the call.
“Scam ID and Scam Block are perfect examples of what the T-Mobile and MetroPCS are all about — we give you more without asking more from you,” said Mike Sievert, Chief Operating Officer for T-Mobile. “These advanced protection technologies put our customers in control, and even better, they are totally free! It’s a good day to be a MetroPCS customer — and a bad day to be a scammer!”
Scam ID is automatically enabled on T-Mobile and MetroPCS phones. To turn on Scam Block, dial #ONB# (#662#) or dial #OFB# (#632#) to turn it off.
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