Same issue... Axis bank sent grabdeals txn related msg, sbi card also sent some msg (don't remember which as I deleted it), Airtel sent vkyc completion link msg, all on truecaller. I think they must be having some sort of backend integration with truecaller, as those msgs were NOT regular sms messages (those particular msgs do not exist in my regular sms app).
It is also not possible that these msgs could be normal sms, and truecaller intercepted them as 'non-personal' msgs & converted them to smart sms & moved to its own app through that 'smart sms' feature, because if an sms app is not set as default sms app, it may read sms notification, but cannot actually delete the original SMS. Also, only handful of msgs appear in truecaller, not all, even if from the same sender.
Bigger thing is, I never agreed to any tnc from these banks to rcv SMS/notification via truecaller, still these banks/companies are sending msgs on truecaller. PRIVACY LOL.
I've tried all options, but zero success in disabling this nonsense. There is no documentation at all with truecaller if we want to disable this messaging. Deleting account altogether might be the only way, that too not sure if this deletion would reflect instantaneously on these banks' end.
PS:
- My default sms app is not truecaller, it never was.
- I've also not given SMS permission to truecaller, not even during first time setup.
- I've also kept that 'smart sms' feature of truecaller as disabled, apparently it is something else, related to sms notification only.
