Privacy concerns have trailed truecaller in recent times. There has been a debate on whether or not it is safe to install or use the app. The truth is, truecaller defiles privacy of data in great proportion. However, it is a very useful tool in fighting scam. In this post, I will discuss how you can effectively fight scam with truecaller.



How truecaller works

When you install the app, it copies all the contacts in your phone with the names you stored them. This means that even if you don’t have the app in your phone, chances are that truecaller may already have your data they copied from a user who you might even barely know. That is scary right?

When you call someone who has the app, your name, as it appear on the app’s data base, will display on his screen. So the app will still obtain your data even if you don’t use it. What should you do then? Well the best thing to do is to sign up for the app and enter the data as you would want it to appear by yourself.

Fighting scam with truecaller

Few days a go I received a call from “Regina Daniels”, when I picked the call, a male voice told me he is calling from my bank blah blah blah. I didn’t waste time to cut the call because scam was already written all over the ” conversation “.

The good thing about truecaller is that it allows users to mark or categorize callers according to who they are. You can mark or label callers as scam, business or any other thing. So when you receive spam call or message, you can easily spot them.

In this era when SIM registration is compulsory in almost every country of the world, chances are, scammers now use a particular sim for relatively longer period or for several scam deals. So your caller might have been labeled thereby making it easy for you to know the kind of calls you’re receiving.

Sometimes scammers impersonate the opposite sex and use “voice changer”. With the help of truecaller, you can easily spot this too. You can also blacklist callers if you wish.

In conclusion, truecaller is a great tool to protect yourself from scammers. All you need is to install the app, sign up and leave your data or Wi-Fi always open. Try as much as you can to rate/mark/label your calls in order to help others and yourself too.

https://burstscam.com/blog/2020/05/15/should-you-use-truecaller/

lalasticlala kindly move this to enlighten the public

edoairways:
lalasticlala kindly move this to enlighten the public

That is free advertisement. They should buy targeted ads, if they want to reach out.

Remaboy:
That is free advertisement. They should buy targeted ads, if they want to reach out.

Sorry, I have no business nor affiliation with truecaller whatsoever. I just use my spare time once a while to blog. Feel free to read useful articles on the blog or you check my posts here on nairaland

This is a very nice phone tool against scammers that are getting bolder by the day...

I still don't understand what the summation of this your write up is about.. maybe I am a dunce huh

Remaboy:
That is free advertisement. They should buy targeted ads, if they want to reach out.

Really! Isn't this forum promoting tecno sales or non be free too?

edoairways:

Really! Isn't this forum promoting tecno sales or non be free too?

No, Tecno and Infinix are paying for Nairaland ads steady. Their ads are on a lot of sections, even front page. That is 450k per month for front page advertisement, talk less of everything combined.
That is why their unboxing posts always hit FP.

jericco1:
I still don't understand what the summation of this your write up is about.. maybe I am a dunce huh

You're not, OK? Just calm down and read again.

Remaboy:
No, Tecno and Infinix are paying for Nairaland ads steady. Their ads are on a lot of sections, even front page. That is 450k per month for front page advertisement, talk less of everything combined.
That is why their unboxing posts always hit FP.

Oga, truecaller can afford "sponsored post" if they desire, but I assure you, it won't look like this. I write sponsored posts; the format is really different from what I write on my blog. But like I said earlier, I don't have any link with truecaller. My post, like every other posts I make with this moniker, is purely for enlightenment.

Burstscam:
Oga, truecaller can afford "sponsored post" if they desire, but I assure you, it won't look like this. I write sponsored posts; the format is really different from what I write on my blog. But like I said earlier, I don't have any link with truecaller. My post, like every other posts I make with this moniker, is purely for enlightenment.

Yes I am aware. No problem

Remaboy:
No, Tecno and Infinix are paying for Nairaland ads steady. Their ads are on a lot of sections, even front page. That is 450k per month for front page advertisement, talk less of everything combined.
That is why their unboxing posts always hit FP.

Wow

What about numbers that truecallers dont reveal



How truecaller works

When you install the app, it copies all the contacts in your phone with the names you stored them. This means that even if you don’t have the app in your phone, chances are that truecaller may already have your data they copied from a user who you might even barely know. That is scary right?

When you call someone who has the app, your name, as it appear on the app’s data base, will display on his screen. So the app will still obtain your data even if you don’t use it. What should you do then? Well the best thing to do is to sign up for the app and enter the data as you would want it to appear by yourself.

Fighting scam with truecaller

Few days a go I received a call from “Regina Daniels”, when I picked the call, a male voice told me he is calling from my bank blah blah blah. I didn’t waste time to cut the call because scam was already written all over the ” conversation “.

The good thing about truecaller is that it allows users to mark or categorize callers according to who they are. You can mark or label callers as scam, business or any other thing. So when you receive spam call or message, you can easily spot them.

In this era when SIM registration is compulsory in almost every country of the world, chances are, scammers now use a particular sim for relatively longer period or for several scam deals. So your caller might have been labeled thereby making it easy for you to know the kind of calls you’re receiving.

Sometimes scammers impersonate the opposite sex and use “voice changer”. With the help of truecaller, you can easily spot this too. You can also blacklist callers if you wish.

In conclusion, truecaller is a great tool to protect yourself from scammers. All you need is to install the app, sign up and leave your data or Wi-Fi always open. Try as much as you can to rate/mark/label your calls in order to help others and yourself too.

https://burstscam.com/blog/2020/05/15/should-you-use-truecaller/[/quote]

Someone has been sending me insulting and rude massages on my phone, i tried calling he wouldn’t take the call,ive tried using true caller and all to no avail, pls what should i do, cos the true caller couldnt reveal the caller.

Cebaz:
Someone has been sending me insulting and rude massages on my phone, i tried calling he wouldn’t take the call,ive tried using true caller and all to no avail, pls what should i do, cos the true caller couldnt reveal the caller.

Just block him. probably it's relatively a new number.

Interesting

Noted

Thanks for this. Just went to edit my name there as your post alerted me to why some people call me in official capacity meanwhile I do not represent that which they associated me with. Someone saved my name as such and truecaller introduced me as that from then on.

DesChyko:
Thanks for this. Just went to edit my name there as your post alerted me to why some people call me in official capacity meanwhile I do not represent that which they associated me with. Someone saved my name as such and truecaller introduced me as that from then on.

You did the right thing

Each time I want to know the identity of an unknown caller I quickly switch to truecaller app to know it

Trucaller helps identify people. Fell in love with it when I bought my Camon 12 device. Nice.

The marketer that just commented before me,
...


How do you sleep at night knowing you encourage people to buy scam

Ok thanks

Burstscam:
Just block him. probably it's relatively a new number.

ok thanks

Truecaller has really helped me a lot of times. Very many of my regular contacts are not saved in my phone. So I bank on the app...

It's actually one of the first Apps I install each time I change phone

Burstscam:
It's actually one of the first Apps I install each time I change phone

Same with me too.

Wilfem:

Same with me too.

It's very helpful