iPad spam email since iOS 15 install

A couple of months ago everyone was very sure that the iOS update they’d just done had “broken Facebook”. Turned out FB was having a worldwide outage and it was nothing to do with any OS update on any device. Blaming every problem on the last iOS update just hinders the search for solutions to problems. I’d bet my house that 90%+ of all the issues that are supposedly “caused by that last update I did” are nothing whatsoever to do with it.

No I haven’t given any info out

etc. It’s all email, going into junk but draining my battery charge.

I’m very surprised if it is a coincidence. And I am extremely careful to look at privacy etc on anything I look at.

irayspot wrote:

I don't know how it made, but the mail are not even sent TO me it is sent to this akilzachary385, the from Label is different in the list and the message. I dont' even know how to do this! I did not Click the unsubscribe button, since I did not subscribe and it is not a legit mail.

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Yes, the email is addressed to akilzachary385, and BCC’d to you. Just delete the email or mark it as spam if your ISP has that as an option.. If you click “unsubscribe” they know that you received the message. If you ignore it they don’t know.

Yup, AT&T. It wasn’t just a few spam I got after I upgraded, either. It was 527, most in English but some in Spanish and Danish. None from China that I could tell. Anyway, I’m down to about 20 and working on getting rid of those. I’m not a novice. Been using email since the 90s.

I don’t care about all the wannabe Union Apple stock holders on here. Ever since we updated to this critical update I have been getting loads of spam that used to go directly to my “JUNK” Apple box??!!!

I feel your pain, I have been using Apple since iPhone 3S and never had this problem until the day after I updated to 15?!!! Weird how some of these emails for this page; some go to junk and others inbox?! Don’t think all the developers know what is going on with glitch in 15?

How to Filter Spam Messages on iPhones. Apple

provides an inbuilt message anti-spam filter in

its Messages app. This filter can be activated by

going to Settings => Messages and activating the

"Filter Unknown Senders" slider.

Thanks but it’s been on the whole time to filter. My unknown senders messages do go into a different folder, but my spam email does not. In fact, I’m getting more and more spam again, various countries and some that appear to be US ,but who really knows…I’m gonna have to go back to Google mail and try to report spam. It’s a hassle because I use my iPhone for everything else.

Is it possible that something on Apple’s Privacy Protection in the Mail app was accidentally switched?

Maybe that is why I receive tons of junk e-mail in my Inbox daily.

Will Apple at least go back and check their Updates just to be sure we’re not going in circles on this with them and AT&T?

DITTO! Seems awfully coincidental and extremely frustrating. And before anyone tells me it's NOT the update, stop. I don't know if it is or isn't, it just seems there are ALOT of us. And YES I have done all the things to filter SPAM. Not my first rodeo with Apple for the last 27 years. I'll keep reading and see where things go.

I find it hilarious that people are saying it has nothing to do with the OS or the update, but I Apple mail and Apple is my Email provider. So the update would indeed have a relevant cause for my spam email issues. I use iCloud mail. My email is so old I have one of the original @me.com email addresses. I am about to switch to another email provider as after the iOS 15 update all my @icloud.com and @me.com emails are being spammed out of existence.

This is not solving the problem! Since install, I am inundated with obvious spam every hour, while legitimate emails are put in junk. Please look into this issue. I’ve also talked with friends experiencing the same issue. We’re fed up.

Mccook969 wrote:

This answer id bullcrap! He already said he (we) are blocking the email addresses, but they have unlimited addresses! This is WIDESPREAD! Fix it! Give real, thoughtful answers!

If you can find an actual, viable, lasting solution to spam, you will be famous, and quite possibly earn a fortune.

Amen to that! It seemed to slow down for a bit it is back with a vengeance. This is an Apple issue. I have changed NOTHING for years, been using me.com for over 25 years. (Of course back then it was Mac.com). And YES, stop telling me it’s me cause I know it is NOT. Fix the problem APPLE.