Scam Likely shows for my number

Just called my family from a landline, and they tell me my number shows as Scam Likely.

This number is used extremely seldom; I don't make many calls from it, and I had it for over 5 years.


1.What could be the cause for Apple to mislabel my number as scam?

2.What does it take to get Apple to unlabel my number as scam?

3.Can Apple be held responsible for wanton libel?


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Posted on Aug 18, 2023 2:13 PM

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Posted on Aug 18, 2023 2:31 PM

The "scam likely" label comes from the carrier, not Apple. Each phone carrier keeps a list of numbers they determine to be spam risks based on the history of the number, crowdsourced feedback and complaint data, and reputational analytics. Some of the most common reasons for getting a spam flag include:


  1. The volume of outbound calls per day, per number, is high.
  2. Someone flagged a call from your number in their carrier’s network database (perhaps before you even bought that new number).
  3. The Outbound Caller ID number is not set properly in the invite and if invalid or incomplete, may be marked as spam automatically.


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Aug 18, 2023 2:31 PM in response to 1TM

The "scam likely" label comes from the carrier, not Apple. Each phone carrier keeps a list of numbers they determine to be spam risks based on the history of the number, crowdsourced feedback and complaint data, and reputational analytics. Some of the most common reasons for getting a spam flag include:


  1. The volume of outbound calls per day, per number, is high.
  2. Someone flagged a call from your number in their carrier’s network database (perhaps before you even bought that new number).
  3. The Outbound Caller ID number is not set properly in the invite and if invalid or incomplete, may be marked as spam automatically.


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