I get a dozen of these a week! Can’t someone in whole of Apple, figure this out and stop it? It’s driving me Cracker Jacks! And they are getting so much better at fooling people!! What is it? Why me? Please help…
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iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18
Best send your feedback and enhancement requests directly to Apple: Product Feedback - Apple
Contact your carrier too, and ask them if they have spam-filtering options for you.
I mute (filter) all unrecognized message senders:
A related app:
This is a user-to-user forum. Those that work for Apple may or may not read postings around here. And ~nobody has a particularly good handle on spam, though the carriers are heading toward better filtering of spam.
Best send your feedback and enhancement requests directly to Apple: Product Feedback - Apple
Contact your carrier too, and ask them if they have spam-filtering options for you.
I mute (filter) all unrecognized message senders:
A related app:
This is a user-to-user forum. Those that work for Apple may or may not read postings around here. And ~nobody has a particularly good handle on spam, though the carriers are heading toward better filtering of spam.
This is through your carrier. Apple isn’t sending you this. Block the contact and delete . It’s an SMS message which is further proof that it isn’t Apple. Just tap on number and then block that contact. Problem solved
HEY SWANNERTALES! This is a user-to-user forum, not a way to contact Apple.
And that message is not from Apple. It is a SCAM message hoping to lure you into doing something stupid that could compromise either your phone or you personally. Just tap Report Junk.
Here’s more information about scams like this, and many others→Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams
There is nothing Apple can fix. Someone has your cell number and sent you a SMS text that your cell provider forwarded to your phone. Contact your cell provider as many have SPAM options they can use to filter these text messages. With your phone number anyone can send you a text that says anything they want and Apple is not involved at all. There is nothing wrong with your phone. Use the Report Junk button and it will also notify your cell provider that you flagged it as Junk. What your cell provider does with that information is unknown by Apple or us.
Other options include third party SPAM blockers or filtering ALL messages from an unknown sender.
Apple did not send this to you, so they have no way to stop something they aren't sending.
How can I stop receiving scam messages on iPhone?
