Are these calls from Apple?

No. Apple never makes unsolicited calls. It's a common scam.

Such crooks are calling entirely at random. They don't know if you have a Mac, Windows, or a computer of any kind at all. The repeated calls are to try and get you to panic and begin to wonder if there's anything real about them. There isn't.

Well, they zone in on one legit phone number and you know the saying "when at first you don't succeed, try again"...... So, they think they can scare you if they keep telling you the same thing again and again. Most of the time these are automated (robo) calls; there is no person involved until after you press 1 or whatever they tell you to do. If you don't bite, the'll abandon the effort and try the next phone number hoping to catch a victim.

Highly unlikely - just a bunch of crooks trying to steal something.

Yeah 7 calls in an hour *almost* makes you think. The hammering of repeated phone calls is truly annoying.

The crooks are out en masse.

I’ve received SEVEN calls with 714-596-**** all have the last four numbers changed. I have blocked all the numbers that have called.

it really is concerning.

Robokiller helps with this.

it does make one wonder if there actually was some kind of breach???

Some months back my mother-in-law was getting 6 - 10 calls a day for a week. All exactly the same really bad automated message about her Apple account having been hacked. After a while the automated system gets a clue you aren't bitting and stops.

I was getting repeated calls last week from an equally, poorly done automated message saying they were from the U.S. drug task force, and my Social Security would be suspended or cancelled if I didn't … And I don't know what the rest of that baloney was since it was the furthest I listened on the first one. While I'm getting there, I'm not even on SS yet.

I too received the same message from the 714-596-**** phone number and figured it was a scam.

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I have been getting these same calls for 2 days now. Over 20 calls and voicemails. All from 714 area code ... Santa Anna, CA. Every call is a different number. I have tried having my carrier install more call filtering but it didn’t work. It is beyond frustrating.

Haha! Should have been "biting". I didn't even know bitting was a word, as the spell check didn't flag it (has to do with the action of putting a bit in a horse's mouth).