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“Apple Inc.” calls coming to my home landline phone regarding support from robot voice

4 calls in 1 hour (so far) coming from Apple Inc. with a 505 area code... I will not answer nor “press 2 to hang up” as it says to do (press 1 to be connected to account support)... super-persistent scammers are repeatedly calling... I’m gonna block since I already reported to Apple phishing reporting link and to FTC reporting site, but wow this *****!! A less-savvy iPhone user would def think repeated calls would mean its real... PLEASE KNOW APPLE DOESN’T MAKE CALLS LIKE THIS AND AVOID INTERACTION AND REPORT.




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Posted on Jun 30, 2020 1:09 PM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2020 1:11 PM

All calls like the one you received are scams/phishing attempts. They are made by criminals that prey on the unwary. Apple never would make a call like this (robo calls or otherwise). Apple only calls if a user if the user has arranged the call. 

 

And, there are thing you can do to lessen the annoyance of such calls. For example, I hardy answer my land or iPhone any more. I only answer if caller ID or my contact list shows that I probably know the caller. Also, I figure that anyone that know me will leave a message if they have anything important to say and I don't answer. 

 

And, if you want to, you can get a land-line system that you can use in blocking scam/spam calls. Also they can be blocked from an iPhone. Last, I think this Apple document can be used to block scam calls as well as spam calls: Detect and block spam phone calls  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207099

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Jun 30, 2020 1:11 PM in response to Annaphylaxis7669

All calls like the one you received are scams/phishing attempts. They are made by criminals that prey on the unwary. Apple never would make a call like this (robo calls or otherwise). Apple only calls if a user if the user has arranged the call. 

 

And, there are thing you can do to lessen the annoyance of such calls. For example, I hardy answer my land or iPhone any more. I only answer if caller ID or my contact list shows that I probably know the caller. Also, I figure that anyone that know me will leave a message if they have anything important to say and I don't answer. 

 

And, if you want to, you can get a land-line system that you can use in blocking scam/spam calls. Also they can be blocked from an iPhone. Last, I think this Apple document can be used to block scam calls as well as spam calls: Detect and block spam phone calls  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207099

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