Suspect text messages

Receiving suspect text messages in the format of computer code purporting to be from Apple

iPhone 6, iOS 12

Posted on Jul 25, 2022 8:33 AM

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Tesserax

Level 10

161,200 points

Jul 25, 2022 8:36 AM in response to Woodpark21

Yes, based on your post, these appear to be spam messages. Apple does not send unsolicited text messages.

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