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Google readies blocks on "unpaid toll" scam texts

Rob Beschizza
May 14, 2025
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Send people a text demanding money, get paid! But one scam will soon be less profitable, assuming Google nails the implementation of its new block on "unpaid toll" messages in Android.

It willstart rolling out on Tuesday and is just one of several Android updates Google announced ahead of its developers' conference next week – along with cosmetic softwar…

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