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I received this notification earlier. Of all the iphone I own, this is the first time I encountered this one. Should I be worried? Should I contact my SMS service provider? How did I receive this notification.
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That’s a so-called an SMS Flash message, which usually means it’s a scam.
SMS Flash message, not to be confused with Adobe Flash or the flashlight, etc.
Flash messages bypass the messaging-related apps. Intentionally.
More than a few carriers no longer even offer that particular SMS service, due to spam.
Reception of those messages can usually be disabled in SIM Applications in your iPhone Settings. That’s how you can shut these off. Or check with your carrier.
Delete it and/or ignore it, and get on with your life, and your iPhone is fine.
That’s a so-called an SMS Flash message, which usually means it’s a scam.
SMS Flash message, not to be confused with Adobe Flash or the flashlight, etc.
Flash messages bypass the messaging-related apps. Intentionally.
More than a few carriers no longer even offer that particular SMS service, due to spam.
Reception of those messages can usually be disabled in SIM Applications in your iPhone Settings. That’s how you can shut these off. Or check with your carrier.
Delete it and/or ignore it, and get on with your life, and your iPhone is fine.
janxiene wrote:
I received this notification earlier. Of all the iphone I own, this is the first time I encountered this one. Should I be worried? Should I contact my SMS service provider? How did I receive this notification.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/3898e79d-d628-4b5c-bbdb-b1b05b8c4590
Did you tap on the message at the bottom "why did I receive this message"?
Upon checking my Messages app it is not there. So I am not sure how it came in.Is via SMS or is my phone infected? I also tried using a dummy account,device, and network to check on the email address, it seems that it is not existing. This is the first time I experienced that an iPhone has been infected by malware(assuming).
It's a scam. Delete it.
I thought it was part of the scam.
QuickTimeKirk wrote:
I thought it was part of the scam.
It may very well be.
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