Unable to use my phone number for iMessage

Iriblu27 wrote:

Hello,

I received one of those scam texts two days ago from an email, where it asks you to activate a link. I laugh reacted to this text and deleted it, thinking nothing of it. Later that day, I received a notification on my phone “iMessage activation failed”

I am now unable to use my number for iMessage and can only use email. Is there a way to fix this please?

I have reset the phone and changed all my passwords but still unable to use the number

Sorry that is not a hack.

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