Questions tagged [spam]
A spam may refer to an irrelevant/unsolicited messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients, or a message being sent over and over again to the same person. This tag should be use with question referring to any kind of spam or issue with the spam/junk folder.
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Spam iCloud Calendar Invitations
Today I've suddenly received spam calendar invitation for $19.99 Ray Ban sunglasses (never subscribed, checked, searched or visited any related site, so clearly spam) and it has other visible email ...
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Can I block entire area codes from my iPhone? [duplicate]
I get 4-5 telemarketer calls each day. Each time they call, it is from a completely different phone number. Including different area codes.
I've performed all of the usual procedures to combat this....
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Spam on iMessage - What are my options?
A person unknown to me got hold of my Apple ID (email) which is registered with iMessage. While as I understand, there should be no harm in some stranger having access to my email address (apart from ...
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Receiving spam from myself
For the last few weeks, I keep getting the same spam message sent by my iCloud account to my iCloud account. I'm not seeing any other weird behavior in my iCloud.
I did change my linked email to a ...
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How to report spam that appeared in Messages on iPhone marked "Text Message" & thus sent via carrier (e.g. AT&T) NOT Apple, & NOT from a phone #?
How do I report spam like this, which appeared in Messages on my iPhone? My carrier is AT&T. As I understand it, we can tell from the screen shot (because of the "Text Message") that my ...
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How to block a range or list of phone numbers [duplicate]
I get spam calls that begin with the same 6 digits as my own number. It's always a different number so I cant individually block them. Is there a way to block a whole list or a range of numbers?
The ...
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Why is Apple Mail loading remote content in Spam Messages?
For a while now, likely including and pre-Big Sur, whenever I actually go through my Spam box message-by-message, when I click on one message is initially loads with the spam bar, the off yellow bar ...
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Does receiving spam iMessages / FaceTime calls indicate my account is compromised?
I have a question and a story, since things aren't completely clear in my mind how iMessage and FaceTime work.
If someone sends me an iMessage / FaceTime call, does it mean they have other contact ...
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How do I block SMS text spam?
I open my Mac's message app (I also get the text on my iPhone, iPad, & Apple Watch), and wish to add this caller to my "blocked" contact, but don't see how to do this. Some of my SMS text spam ...
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