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Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them.

The “We couldn’t send an SMS to your number” error appears when WhatsApp’s request to deliver an SMS to your mobile number is blocked. It usually happens ...