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Iphone 4 secretly send SMS to +44 7786205094

After registering my iPhone 4 it secretly sends SMS to +44 7786205094 several times. The SMS are not shown in the SMS app. But my carrier charges me 13 ct per SMS. From my carrier I got the adress phone number of the SMS.
How can I stop the secret SMS sending?

Rregards
Klaus Stahl

iPhone 4 International, iOS 4

Posted on Jul 31, 2010 6:37 AM

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26 replies

Sep 7, 2010 2:27 AM in response to Kapuzinerkloster

Just got a hint what probably causes this SMS: it's when you have FaceTime activated via your carrier (in this case T-Mobile) - can be fount in settings: phone: facetime. Everytime you try to make a FaceTime call via carrier (not upon WiFi), the iPhone 4 seems to send an SMS to that suspicious UK located number. Don't know if this is caused by Apple or the provider (T-Mobile says they don't know about it). Maybe someone can find out?!?

Regards,
Christian

Nov 11, 2011 6:52 AM in response to Kapuzinerkloster

Hi there,

I am in Germany and I got the same problem with my iPhone 4. I realized that my phone had been sending these secret messages to +44 7786205094 (13ct each) about a month ago when my carrier had already charged me 3,25 euro for them. I read a few articles about it on the internet saying I should turn off FaceTime which I did. Since then it got even worse. My phone sends about 3 to 9 messages to that number p e r h o u r and I just cant stop it from doing it! I never switch off my phone, so it cant be from rebooting. This is seriously starting to **** me off, since I contacted my mobile phone service provider and they told me they had nothing to do with it and refused to stop charging me for these texts. I cant even block this number.

Would be great if someone could help!

Best regards

Katharina

Feb 22, 2016 8:21 AM in response to tnovaspt

tnovaspt wrote:


Who is collecting all money generated by these SMSs?

Your carrier is.

If you are using a supported carrier ( Wireless carrier support and features for iPhone in the United States and Canada - Apple Support ) contact them and make sure they have your account properly provisioned for an iPhone.

If you are using an unsupported carrier, well... that's one of the pitfalls of using an unsupported carrier.

Iphone 4 secretly send SMS to +44 7786205094

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