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Someone is sending me nasty messages with my own phone number attached as the sender
iPhone 8, iOS 15
Assuming that this was a “green” SMS message, no “hack” was involved.
Spoofing a caller ID is technically not much more difficult than putting a false return address on an snail-mailed envelope.
You might consider reporting it to your carrier.
Ok, thank you
You’re welcome.
Regardless, it IS still quite disconcerting when these are received.
Hacked iPhone messsges using my number
