What does it want you to do? Pick one. You don’t have to decide if it’s real.
Keep this on your phone: on iPhone, tap the Share button, then “Add to Home Screen.” On Android, tap the three dots, then “Add to Home screen.”
How AI changed this one
Your move
Never use their door: their link, their number, their chat. Use your own.
Then report it and block it
Report: open the text and tap Report Spam (on older iPhones it says Report Junk). Or tap Delete, then the option that says Report.
Block: tap the number at the top, scroll down, then tap Block Caller.
Also: forward the text to 7726 (it spells SPAM). It’s free, and it helps your phone company stop it.
Press and hold the text.
Tap Block, then Report spam, then OK.
Also: forward the text to 7726 (it spells SPAM). It’s free, and it helps your phone company stop it.
Already tapped, called, replied or paid?
Not sure what to do next? Call your check-with person, the one on your Pause, Check, Verify card. Or the AARP Fraud Watch Helpline, 877-908-3360, weekdays, free.