Calendar Abused

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Calendar Abused

This morning I found that in my iPhone Calendar was marked the event (for several days next week) which I haven't put there: "Your Samsung is ready for Pickup". Until now I have been the solo user and manager of my own calendar. I have not synchronized the calendar with any other calendar or network (besides with the calendar on my iPad). I have never purchased mentioned phone before, and I am not on any mailing list related to that company as a customer. Apparently, this is part of samsung.widesurvey.com action. The "Invitation" in my calendar is probable from spam service - I was offered the accept/maybe/decline options. How could it happen. Is this kind of promotion from other companies possible? I definitely prefer Add free calendar...

Posted on Sep 5, 2019 1:29 AM

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sergekills

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Sep 5, 2019 1:33 AM in response to MitchStano

It only means that you've exposed your email address somewhere. Or provided a company with your email address that sells data.

Head to iCloud.com on your computer. Log in with your Apple ID.
Click on Calendar.
Double-click the offending event invitation.
Select Report Junk.

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MitchStano Author

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Sep 5, 2019 2:04 AM in response to sergekills

Thank you for the answer, which is helpful but I think doesn’t give full explanation. We expose our mails daily, and I am aware of that, but I haven’t sign out for anything besides for the applications installed on my iPhone (with the same mail address). I have received on my .gmail address the letters from the mentioned company (and many others), but I haven’t sign for it, and I marked it previously as junk. I checked on the advanced preferences on my iCloud Calendar, and it was clearly put only one possibility - to receive event notifications as in-app notifications, not from my email. Therefore, even exposing the mail to the third party should’t interfere with the calendar, which is supposed to be the enclosed system.

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