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Has anyone else received this text? I have gotten 3 in the last 2 hours from 2 different numbers.
Your idevice IPhone 12 has been connected to the Internet. To locate or block this device, visit: *** AppIe.
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iPhone 12 Pro Max
Scam texts are routine, and sending is computerized and highly automated. You can block them of course, though the senders will fake/spoof/forge the sending numbers and you can’t block everybody. There’s no good means to avoid the ones that fake sending numbers from arriving, except enlisting the help via your carrier, or by muting all unknown senders. Neither of which is a great solution.
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
Scam texts are routine, and sending is computerized and highly automated. You can block them of course, though the senders will fake/spoof/forge the sending numbers and you can’t block everybody. There’s no good means to avoid the ones that fake sending numbers from arriving, except enlisting the help via your carrier, or by muting all unknown senders. Neither of which is a great solution.
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
It's nearly 100% certain this is yet another one of countless scams.
Do not interact with it (obviously) but if you are curious you might want to log into https://www.icloud.com/find/ and confirm the location of all your devices.
bbm5 wrote:
Thank you! Also getting texts of “your iPhone has been located”. It’s just odd getting so many all at once and had me concerned.
Usually because some spammer has figured out you have an iPhone and its telephone number. Could be a data breach at some service somewhere that has both your telephone number and an email address associated with iCloud. (These breaches are why re-using passwords is Really Bad, too.)
Apple has Settings > Passwords > Security Recommendations to show breaches
And you can check for breaches at the https://haveibeenpwned.com website.
Could also be some service just sold your info. That happens a lot.
Thank you! Also getting texts of “your iPhone has been located”. It’s just odd getting so many all at once and had me concerned.
Scam text
