Table of contents:
- Call from 949 890 912, who is it?
- How to block calls from 949 89 09 12 and other spam numbers
- Other spam numbers identified by Tuexpertomovil.com
During the last weekend, several dozen people have joined the protests surrounding the number 949890912 in various forums and specialized pages. The report in all cases is similar: the phone makes calls at odd hours during holidays and even on repeated occasions. If we look at the prefix 949, its origin takes us to the province of Guadalajara. Is it really a spam number or does it belong to someone else? We see it below.
Call from 949 890 912, who is it?
"They called me at 9 pm on Sunday and I don't know who it is", "I pick up the call and a female voice answers me in English", "I have three missed calls from this phone number and I don't know how to block it"… These are some of the most recurrent testimonies from some of the users affected by the calls of the number 949 89 09 12. Who is hiding behind this?
The calls from this number appear to be related to a large-scale scam case. The operator pretends to be a Microsoft technical service agent to require the installation of Team Viewer, a tool with which full access to a computer can be obtained remotely. Chema Alonso himself, a well-known computer security expert, made this practice public through his official Instagram account.
The objective? Get hold of the user's sensitive data: personal information, passwords, bank accounts, credit and debit cards, social media profiles…
How to block calls from 949 89 09 12 and other spam numbers
Given that the number does not belong to any individual or company registered in Spain, the only measure that we can carry out against this type of scam is based on blocking the number through third-party applications, although there are some layers of personalization that already have this functionality.
Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and iPhone mobiles have options that allow us to block contacts and calls without external applications.
There are many applications of this type for Android and iOS. In the case of Android, the most recommended application is True Caller. If we have an Apple device we can turn to Mr. Number.
Once we have installed one of the two applications, we will only have to add the number 949 890 912 to the application's black list and activate the spam call filter. Any call from the aforementioned phone number will be automatically blocked.
Other spam numbers identified by Tuexpertomovil.com
