Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Spam texts
- Thread starter mich8261
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Been getting those for a number of weeks now. Not just since upgrading to IOS 15. My wife hasn't upgraded yet and she is getting them multiple time s day. Kind of crazy.
Yes, plenty. For my case, most came from 163.com domain. I've reported them to Apple yet it kept coming back. Here is one example. Fresh from updating to iOS 15.1.
I just found this. Short answer is Russia
www.iphonehacks.com
Receiving Spam Texts from Your Own Number? You Are Not Alone [Update]
What would you do if spam originated from your own phone number? Some Verizon customers were unfortunate recipients of such bizarre spam.
www.iphonehacks.com
Looks like Verizon may have been targeted:
www.theverge.com
My own phone number is now spam texting me
Spam feels more invasive and alarming when it’s from you.
www.theverge.com
If your service is ATT, report it by copy/pasting the message and send it to 7726(SPAM). It'll ask for the Number of the sending txt.
Oddly enough I cannot even remember the last spam text message I got. I haven't gotten the spam message from myself yet either although I am on the Verizon network (Visible, Verizon's in-house MVNO).
I do, however, get spam calls / robocalls almost every other day. It appears that my car warranty has expired, and that they have been trying to reach out me to let me know that I might be in grave and unbelievable danger.
I do, however, get spam calls / robocalls almost every other day. It appears that my car warranty has expired, and that they have been trying to reach out me to let me know that I might be in grave and unbelievable danger.
I've been getting so much spam text messages within the last few weeks. Sender been sending me spam text messages using an email address. I have ATT and Tried to report the spam text message to 7726 but it wouldn't accept email addresses, the texts I got back from ATT reports they only accept phone numbers. So I just been blocking these spam text messages and ignoring them, even though it's annoying as hell.
I don't think it has anything to do with iOS 15 though.
I wish Message has the equivalent of Phone's block all unknown callers for SMS and iMessage. Just filter them all to another box without notification so I can scroll through them once in a while.
I wish Message has the equivalent of Phone's block all unknown callers for SMS and iMessage. Just filter them all to another box without notification so I can scroll through them once in a while.
It doesn't. See links above, the current wave of "Your bill is paid" messages is a targeted attack on Verizon customers.
And had a bunch of these on ATT a month or two ago.
Filter Unknowns and turning off Unknown Senders notifications (and possibly turning on Direct Messages) not good enough? Sure, you still see a bubble for these, but at least not getting pinged.
Think that's as far as Apple can take the "blocking", as you do have the short code messages coming from doctors, services, etc that might be important and don't want to go too overboard with erroneously filtering important messages.
Does "filter unknown senders" only sort aside iMessages? If so, this would make no difference to me. I have never received an iMessage spam -- not one. All spam texts I get are SMS.
I get lots of spam texts but none from iMessage. I report them to the 7226 number but I don’t think it does any good
I’ve gotten a few of those “Your bill is paid for March” messages over the past few days (same verbiage as seen above). I don’t recall ever receiving spam texts like these, in all my years of mobile phone use…
