Spam Group FaceTime Calls with over 32 members

Starting around 2 am this morning I began receiving group facetime calls from a mix of numbers in my contacts and random numbers I didn't have saved. Since then I've received about 7 more calls throughout the day. The calls only ring once or twice before ending. What's even more interesting is that, after going back through the numbers involved in the calls in the "recents" tab of the facetime app, there were more than the 32 total people involved with the highest being 59. The reason I think this happened is that every number was repeated once or twice. This is obviously pretty odd, and I would brush it off as spam or a prank but the fact that the same numbers were registered as being in the same call multiple times and that this caused there to be over the 32 person limit makes me think this is more than that. Anyone else have this issue or know anything about it?

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Mar 31, 2020 11:37 PM

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dthawk63

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15 points

Posted on Mar 4, 2021 7:26 AM

You might want to consider removing your cell # from FaceTime settings but leave your Apple ID as a method of your contacts can reach you on FaceTime by entering your Apple ID. This was recommended by a senior Apple tech. My 80 year old mom is having the same thing happen to her. Apple recommends un-checking your phone number under FaceTime settings "where you can be reached" and this should stop the unwanted FaceTime group calls.

The Apple senior advisor also said to leave Feedback to Apple on what needs to be changed on FaceTime per this link:

> https://www.apple.com/feedback/

Other resources:

Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams

Add or remove your phone number in Messages or FaceTime

Use FaceTime with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Report Abuse to the Federal Trade Commission:

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

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Aidan_mp Author

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Dec 3, 2020 12:23 AM in response to Drewsky320

When you look up your phone number on whitepages, does it say it has information about your age, name, location, etc.? I'm wondering if maybe it's a trend right now to get on group facetimes with your friends and try and prank call people by knowing their personal information. That being said, @Arobless (who posted a reply below yours) said that a little girl knew their information, and I feel like someone that young wouldn't even know about whitepages.

Dec 4, 2020 9:45 PM in response to echotech12

To my latter reply I am likely gonna go find the IP addresses for these and put them on a Spamhaus Blacklist

safa136

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4 points

Dec 12, 2020 3:21 AM in response to Aidan_mp

This happened to me as well! It was soo creepy.. they were random numbers and emails. I didn’t pick up and it stopped after a day.. they kept calling me so I had to block every one of them.

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Spam Group FaceTime Calls with over 32 members