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In today’s digital era, where smartphones have become an important part of our lives, cyber criminals and scammers are also inventing new ways of cheating. Nowadays, the number of unknown and fake calls (Spam Calls) on the popular messaging app WhatsApp has increased very rapidly. Many vicious scammers are trying to directly prey on innocent people by making voice and video calls from numbers with international codes of different countries. These fraudsters sometimes pretend to be bank officers and sometimes pretend to be delivery agents of courier companies or customer care executives of renowned companies and lure people and commit major frauds on them.
Due to this ever increasing problem, the mental problems and headaches of common smartphone users have increased significantly. People are constantly looking for ways to completely get rid of these fake calls and stay safe.
What is WhatsApp’s ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ feature?
Keeping in mind the strict privacy and security of the users, WhatsApp has given a very special and powerful inbuilt feature on its platform, which is named. ‘Silence Unknown Callers’.
The biggest feature of this security feature is that once it is activated, voice and video calls from all those numbers which are not saved in your phone’s contact list, or with which you have never chatted or interacted with before, automatically become silent (mute).
How does this protective shield work?
Many times users fear that this setting might block their important calls, but this feature of WhatsApp works very intelligently:
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Call is not blocked: This feature does not completely block or reject unknown calls, but only prevents your phone from ringing (the ringtone).
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Records in call history: When an unknown number calls you, the phone will remain completely silent, but the call will be visible on your phone’s lock screen and on WhatsApp. ‘Calls’ (call history) section Will be clearly visible.
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Benefit: Its biggest advantage is that you will not be disturbed by repeated fake calls during work time, and later when you get free time, you can check yourself who was the caller. If it turns out to be someone you know, you can even call him back.
Step-by-step method to turn on this feature in Android and iPhone
Activating this amazing security feature is very easy and takes less than a minute. You can turn it on immediately by following the steps given below:
| step number | Process to be performed (for Android and iPhone) |
| step 1 | First in your phone WhatsApp Open the app. |
| Step 2 |
Android Users: Click on the ‘three-dot’ menu visible on the top right Settings got into.
iPhone users: given below Settings Tap the gear icon.
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| Step 3 | Go to the main Settings page privacy Select the (Privacy) option. |
| Step 4 | Scroll down the privacy page a bit and click on the Calls Tap the (Calls) section. |
| Step 5 | now in front of you ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ Toggle button will appear, by clicking it On (Active) Do it. |
Cyber security experts say that in today’s time when digital fraud is at its peak, keeping this small setting of WhatsApp on can prove to be the first and strong step in protecting you and your family’s bank accounts from big financial losses.
