My iPhone has been hacked

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My iPhone has been hacked

I received a weird imessage that another person said they did not send. Has my phone been hacked? What do I do? I have an iPhone 12 Pro

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iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Dec 15, 2021 9:14 AM

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Usussli Author

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Dec 15, 2021 9:24 AM in response to Revianmac

Thanks for your reply but this was not a separate message; it was a text that appeared to be coming from a friend within a text chain that we were already on, so it was real message from friend and then a fake message that neither of us sent. Does that make sense? It wasn’t a separate number. It looked like my friend had sent it and she said she thought I had sent it but neither of us had. Just want to make sure as that has never happened to me before. Thanks!

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Revianmac

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Dec 15, 2021 9:31 AM in response to Usussli

A text message can be sent from any number, and scammers can fake a number to make it look like it came from one of your contacts when it really didn’t. Or someone might have picked up your friends phone and sent a message without her knowing it. Regardless, your phone has not been hacked, don’t worry about it.

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Revianmac

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Dec 15, 2021 9:16 AM in response to Usussli

You haven’t been hacked. More likely you received a message from someone that faked the phone number - phone numbers and email addresses are easy to fake. Delete the message and ignore it, it’s nothing more than spam.

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Usussli Author

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Dec 15, 2021 9:34 AM in response to Revianmac

Ok. Thank you!!

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