According to T-Mobile, last year, about 58 billion scam and robocalls were made in the US. To make things worse, the current COVID-19 crisis is a “huge opportunity” for scammers, with over 1 million related scam calls being made daily in the US since the beginning of the pandemic.

T-Mobile says that Scam Shield protects you better than the anti-scam features of Verizon and AT&T (which are not free), thanks to the fact that the feature is built into the core of its network. The new protection system works regardless of the wireless technology used by scam callers – from 3G to 4G and 5G, and even Wi-Fi.

T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile customers will be able to download Scam Shield starting July 24 via Apple App Store and Google Play.

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