Robert Hiltz
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Q: iMessage +86 Country Code

I am getting many time daily spam emails that have a phone number that starts with +86...(China).   I've tried making the number a contact and blocking all messages, but of course, they continually change the rest of the number.  Is it possible to set up a more global rule that will block all these messages, at least at the country code level?

 

Thanks,

 

Bob

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Aug 29, 2016 5:04 AM

by Ralph Johns (UK),Apple recommended
Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK)
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A:

Hi,


Do you mean emails or Spam iMessages ?

Block phone numbers and contacts or filter messages on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch - Apple Support

 

It deals with reporting them as well.

 

 

 

 

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Posted on Aug 30, 2016 1:54 PM

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),Apple recommended

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Aug 30, 2016 1:54 PM in response to Robert Hiltz
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    Aug 30, 2016 1:54 PM in response to Robert Hiltz

    Hi,


    Do you mean emails or Spam iMessages ?

    Block phone numbers and contacts or filter messages on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch - Apple Support

     

    It deals with reporting them as well.

     

     

     

     

    3Sigcopy2.png

    9:54 pm      Tuesday; August 30, 2016

     

    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)

  • by Robert Hiltz,

    Robert Hiltz Robert Hiltz Aug 30, 2016 3:51 PM in response to Robert Hiltz
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    Aug 30, 2016 3:51 PM in response to Robert Hiltz

    Yeah, well, I should read my messages a third time before I hit send...

     

    It is.  I do use the delete/report as spam function, but I am bombarded with 8 to 10 a day of these messages--all with different permutations of the 10 digit phone number.  I would think they are used a rng to generate the numbers, so I am looking for a way to stop them completely before I have to block the 600K combination (assuming they do not change the 86 of the +86) or if they do not, the billion or so.

     

    So, if there any way to block a pattern like this?

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Aug 31, 2016 2:01 PM in response to Robert Hiltz
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    Aug 31, 2016 2:01 PM in response to Robert Hiltz

    Hi,

     

    It is not something that I have come across before and I would not know where to start other than the spam page.

     

     

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    10:01 pm      Wednesday; August 31, 2016

     

    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)

  • by Robert Hiltz,

    Robert Hiltz Robert Hiltz Aug 31, 2016 2:27 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Aug 31, 2016 2:27 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Thank you for trying.  Today, of all days, they suddenly stopped.  I wonder if reporting enough of them as junk (about 40 of them) garnered some attention.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Sep 1, 2016 11:31 AM in response to Robert Hiltz
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    Sep 1, 2016 11:31 AM in response to Robert Hiltz

    Hi,

     

    Could be.

     

     

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     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
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     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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