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Avoid unwanted calls with NordVPN’s Call Protection
Real-time alerts that help you stop potential scam calls before you pick up.
Privacy first: No call content accessed or stored.
Available with certain subscription plans for Android users in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Japan.
What is Call Protection?
Call Protection is a NordVPN feature for mobile devices that flags potential scam calls before you answer. It screens incoming numbers and shows a clear warning so you can decide whether to ignore, decline, or send the call to voicemail instead of answering. Call Protection also offers call blocking against scammers and telemarketers. Available for Android users in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Japan, it helps prevent phone-based phishing and fraud.
What are the benefits of Call Protection?
Get a simple, always-on layer that helps you stop phone scams without changing how you use your phone.
Real-time alerts before you answer
If a call looks risky, you’ll see a clear warning on your screen, giving you the option to hang up, route it to voicemail, or simply ignore it.
Privacy-conscious design
Call Protection helps identify suspicious callers based on caller info only and never accesses or stores call content — no recordings, no transcripts.
Works without a VPN connection
Once turned on, Call Protection runs quietly in the background even when your virtual private network isn't connected, so you are informed whenever the phone rings.
No additional cost
Call Protection is included with your NordVPN Premium plan — no extra apps needed.
You stay in control
No call is automatically blocked. You get an alert and choose to decline the call, let it go to voicemail, or manually block the number.
Automatic spam call blocking
The system checks numbers against an updated threat database and patterns to catch new waves of spam and telemarketing calls and automatically blocks them.
How Call Protection works
When a call comes in, Call Protection quickly checks the caller’s number against up-to-date scam lists and patterns. If it is identified as risky, a clear label appears on your screen before you answer so you can decline it, let it ring out, or block the number manually.
Call Protection looks at caller information only — it analyzes a caller’s number reputation to detect potential scams. It does not access, listen to, or store any call audio or content. Once enabled, Call Protection runs quietly in the background and works even when your VPN isn’t connected.
Additionally, you can set up call blocking to automatically detect potentially fraudulent or promotional calls. You can select to block calls flagged as scams or telemarketing. Even if you don’t have call blocking set up, you receive a warning about a suspicious incoming call.
How to enable NordVPN’s Call Protection on your Android device
Set up Call Protection once to get real-time warnings before you pick up.
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Open the products screen
Tap the four squares icon to open the products menu and select “Call Protection.”
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Enable Call Protection
Turn it on and follow the prompts (Android may ask for caller ID and spam permission).
*Currently available only in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Japan.
Why users trust NordVPN
Don’t take our word for it — find out what our users have to say.
Scam calls are on the rise
Scammers use cheap robocall tech and caller-ID spoofing to hit millions of users daily, costing them time and money.
Robocall volume
In 2025, 38% of Canadians reported receiving more spam calls year over year.
Fraud losses
In 2024, people in the U.S. reported over $12 billion lost to fraud, with a $497 median loss per report.
Phone-related complaints
In 2024, 92,520 reports were tied to telephone and mobile services in the FTC’s database.
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