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Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

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If you receive a suspicious email or SMS text message that looks like it's supposed to be from Apple, please email it to reportphishing@apple.com.1

If you receive a suspicious FaceTime call or link to a FaceTime call in Messages or Mail, please email a screenshot of the call information or link to reportfacetimefraud@apple.com.

How to report suspicious emails, messages, and calls

• If you receive a suspicious email that looks like it's supposed to be from Apple, please forward it to reportphishing@apple.com.1
• If you receive a suspicious FaceTime call (for example, from what looks like a bank or financial institution), email a screenshot of the call information to reportfacetimefraud@apple.com. To find the call information, open FaceTime and tap the More Info button  next to the suspicious call.
• If you receive a suspicious link to a FaceTime call in Messages or Mail, email a screenshot of the link to reportfacetimefraud@apple.com. The screenshot should include the phone number or email address that sent the link.
• To report a suspicious SMS text message that looks like it's supposed to be from Apple, take a screenshot of the message and email the screenshot to reportphishing@apple.com.
• To report spam or other suspicious emails that you receive in your iCloud.com, me.com, or mac.com Inbox, send them to abuse@icloud.com.
• To report spam or other suspicious messages that you receive through Messages, tap Report Junk under the message. You can also block unwanted messages and calls.
• Report scam phone calls to the Federal Trade Commission (U.S. only) at reportfraud.ftc.gov or to your local law enforcement agency.

It's very unlikely anyone is doing anything about it. This is what spammers do. They use hundreds, or thousands of known email addresses and telephone numbers and spoof them to send out their junk. Then they change to new ones every week or so to prevent getting the ones they're using blacklisted and blocked. Since they change so often, and didn't come from where it says to start with, there's very little that can be done to truly block them.

Tap on the text message to display the content. At the top, tap on the very small arrow to the right of the sender's phone number or email address. Then top on the i (information) button. Scroll down and choose Block Sender.

Not scary at all, really. All that does is display the content of the message. To do something bad, you'd have to make the mistake of tapping on any links within the message. And even that doesn't do anything other than take you to the site the link is for in your web browser. To truly screw up, the user would then have to do something extra dumb, like filling in personal information the site prompts you to enter, download some file, or call a scammer's phone number listed on the site.

they seem to have numerous phone numbers so I keep getting the same message every day even when I block.

Contact you carrier and ask your carrier to block those numbers.

You are quite welcome. 🙂