Spam Group FaceTime Calls with over 32 members

I just went on the TikTok app and searched "FaceTime random numbers" and a bunch of videos of kids doing this popped up. In some of the comment sections it seems like people are just realizing that this is possibly why they've been getting so many FaceTime calls from unknown numbers. Lots of other kids seem to want to join in, leaving their numbers in the comments.

Yes they have been texting non stop I keep blocking and more pop up . Then they try FaceTime me over and over again all hours of the night . I just turned FaceTime off . Never answer these FaceTime calls their trying to get your face so they can hack into your phone !! Really Apple needs to do something about this !!

I just turned off FaceTime and the calls wouldn’t come through. Haven’t turned it back on for about a week or so. I’ll turn on again and see if it happens, but I hope not. It is annoying

I went on apple support on my phone to message them the problem and then they went through step by step on how to stop spam number FaceTiming you

This happened to my daughter and we wound up just changing her number. it was relentless!

nope. had to get a new phone number. cost me $36. worth it.

I deactivated FT for now until Apple creates a better option. Middle of the night FT calls from strangers are very unsettling and not worth the feature.

This just happened to me! It happened at 1:40 am, and every time I was called, more and more people were added to the FaceTime. They called in a total of 5 times, so I ended up blocking all of them. Im not sure if this is a spam or some sort of prank call, but I’m gonna see if any other people, besides the people in this conversation, has had anything similar happen to them.

This has just happened to my younger sister. It started in the middle of the night last night, and she’s been getting FaceTime calls ever since from groups. My sister is young and really shaken up by it, and the only thing we can think of doing is deleting FaceTime, which is unfortunate as she uses it quite a lot to FaceTime her friends when they’re doing homework. We did try and block the numbers but when you go on the FaceTime app it will still show calls that are currently undergoing.

i think that one person has your number and they add you. it happens to me a lot so i just block the numbers and delete the whole chat. and/or you can join tell them to not call back but turn your wifi off when you do so the. maybe if it’s people who are looking for something bad to do or to track you they can’t.

This jus happened to me!! I received 5 calls from the same number of people. I blocked them all but since it made me nervous I turned off my FaceTime, I’m gonna turn it back on next week. Also I’m changing my passwords for EVERYTHING. **** scammers we can never have anything.

My mom who is 80 years old just started getting unwanted FaceTime calls on her iPhone. Started happening two days ago on Thursday, Feb 25. We blocked about 70 numbers that are not in her contacts. We still got FaceTime calls through the early morning hours. I called Apple and they cant do much to stop it. Except they recommend either change your number or change your Apple ID. You would think a company which has billions of dollars would make it easier to Block unwanted FT calls. GEEZ!

They need ADD a option in FaceTime settings to disable Group FaceTime calls. My mom only needs to talk to one person. One of her doctors uses FaceTime to chat with her since the start of the COVID pandemic. She doesn't need Group FaceTime. Why cant you disable it ?

David Hawkins

Plano TX

I have blocked hundreds of numbers since this started and they still add numbers and get through. At this point I am turning of FaceTime to see if that helps. Makes me sad because my grandson loves to FaceTime me. Guess he’ll have to text before he does so I can turn it back on for his call. ☹️

This happened to me, too. I was unable to close the FaceTime call or turn down the volume. I had to eventually shut my phone down. I took screenshots of the two faces that were available. The rest of the images were icons. I went to recent calls and I took screenshots of the phone numbers, too. None of them were from my contacts, nor did I recognize them. I looked up the area codes and most seem to be from Florida.

It sounded like there were some perpetrators in the group and others were unsuspecting recipients like me. One person begged them to leave them alone and stop calling. Another mocked, "call the police; as far as I know, scooping isn't illegal." While yet another said, "scan your cams multiple times." When I turned my phone back on, they tried to call me back twice. I didn't answer.

I, too, would chalk it up to "your refrigerator is running" crank-call kid pranks, except they didn't sound or look like children. Also, the fact that I knew none of these people and my screen froze makes me wonder how about privacy and safety.

I answered one thinking it was a work call. About 15 numbers on the call. The person knew my name but I had no idea who he was. I hung up immediately. They called back about 5 times after that, each time with more people on the call. I finally shut down my phone. It’s happened about 5 or 6 times since then - sometimes 2am or 5am. I blocked the numbers but it doesn’t help. I think they have figured out they can get around the robocaller apps by using FaceTime. Very frustrating!