How to report text message spam on an Android phone

When you get a spam SMS message you should forward it to 7726 (that's S-P-A-M on your phone keypad).  This reports the spam message to your mobile carrier so that they can take action against the spammer. Many mobile carriers around the world are moving to the 7726 short code as a standard way to report text message spam, although in some countries they use a different short code, such as in France where the code is 33700.  If you don't get the expected response from 7726, then check with your mobile carrier for the best way to send in spam reports. Today we'll show you how to forward the spam to 7726 on an Android mobile phone.  On Monday, we showed you how to report spam on an iPhone and tomorrow we'll show you how to do it using Verizon Messages (Verizon's Messaging app) which has a convenient "Report Spam" button.

How to Report Spam on an Android Phone

1. First make a note of the phone number the spam text came from. You'll need it later.

 

2. To Forward the spam message, tap on the Menu button of your Android and then tap Forward

3. Then select the spam message you want to forward by tapping on it.

4. Now enter 7726 as the number you want to forward the message to, and tap Send. 

5. In a few seconds you should get a reply from your carrier asking for the sending number of the spam.  Below you can see a message from Sprint:

6. Now enter the number of the spammer (that you made a note of earlier in step 1) and tap Send.  This will let the carrier know who sent the spam to you so that they can take action against the spammer.

Also checkout how to report spam on an iPhone, and look out for tomorrow's post on  how to report spam using Verizon Messages which is available for Android on the Google Play Store ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.verizon.messaging.vzmsgs )