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Old 01-16-2023, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by MerryAnn View Post
Once you give your credit card information you give them permission to bill you. Sadly the credit card company can't stop it. Both my husband & I was burned. No more "free gifts " for us. I'm also interested in how to stop unwanted texts, wish I knew how.
On an iphone there is a way to send messages from unknown senders into a separate list so that you won't normally see them. It doesn't block the messages, it just hides them a little.

I have found that I get a number of automated texts for 2-factor authentication, confirmation of reservations, delivery receipts, etc. that would be filtered if I turned this feature on. I have left it off.
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