You have to email the company a screenshot of the spam, the phone number or email address of the spammer, and the date and time it was sent. And there's also a slightly burdensome way to report iMessage spammers and get them banned from Apple's network. Now, the company has added rate-limiting to the iMessage network, Landesman says. In fact, hackers devised ways of spamming their victims with rapid-fire iMessage attacks that overwhelmed the iMessage app. But the company has taken some steps.Ī year ago, Apple didn't appear to limit the velocity at which its users could pump out iMessages. Reached Monday, an Apple spokeswoman didn't have any immediate comment for this story. That makes the clean-up job an Apple problem. "In 10 minutes, if you have a whole bunch of accounts, you'd be able to send a huge volume of messages," Landesman says.īecause the spam is all traveling on Apple's network, your mobile carrier can't do anything about it. We've seen spam sent from accounts registered to Microsoft's system and to Chinese webmail providers such as. Copy the original message and forward it to 7726 (SPAM) free of charge, if you are an AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint subscriber.It's very easy for spammers to register an iMessage account. And remember, no legitimate company will ever text or email you asking for your personal information. Refrain from entering your Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers online or by phone to someone who gets in touch with you. Be guarded with your personal information, and treat it as if it were cash.
These are almost always bogus sites that exist to access your information. Delete random texts, especially those that ask you to enter a special code, or to confirm or provide personal information by following a link to a website.The whole operation was designed to allow these companies to collect people’s personal information and make money by selling it to third-parties. At the end, no one actually got the gift cards that were promised.
Registration required them to sign up for several third-party offers where they had to reveal personal information. When people clicked on the links, they were led to bogus websites to register for the prizes. It’s most likely a scam.Īccording to a text spam settlement announced by the FTC, two groups of companies known as SubscriberBASE Holdings, Inc., and Threadpoint, LLC, hired spammers to send millions of unsolicited texts to lure people to websites where they would get “free” gift cards. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Don’t reply to - or click on - a link for a random text message you see on your phone saying that you’ve won a prize, gift card or an expensive electronic like an iPad.
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