Potential Apple Pay scam via text message

I received the same $143.50 message today where my Apple ID was compromised. The scammer continues. Be careful and report it.

Just received a text stating

Alert: A Transaction of $143.95 Via Apple Pay was processed Using your Apple ID at the store. If unauthorized, Contact apple support @ +1-8**-5**-***6.

No charges show on my acct or my apple pay wallet. Phone number does not exist. Definatley a scam!

Text came from +1 6**-**7-***0

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Doc-doc wrote:

Just received a text on 4/24/25:

An Apple Pay Transaction of $136.03 at the Apple Store was detected.If this is Incorrect Please Contact Support Team at 1-8**-8**-**56. Suspect a scam

Of course it is a scam.

Just got the 143.95 scam and the number to call is 1-*******6, this and the toll scam is quitet he popular these days, I wish that people would take the time to do a little research before they fall victim, it might help make them go away, I just googled, apple text suspicious charge, and boom, took me 30 seconds to know it’s a scam,,,, I don’t get it, a lot of it…

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Jtamyoung wrote:

I got this text today…

It’s a scam, yes.

Hello~ Yes…many have received this same scam message. Unfortunately it’s just that scammers doing what scammers do…

~Katana-San~

The amount varies, but it's the same scam over and over.

We were recently on a road trip and took some toll roads to save travel time. You don't throw coins in a bucket anymore. You drive under stations right over the road that take pictures of license plates, marries that data up with the owner and then snail mail you a bill.

Well, to say the security on the servers for these pictures is lax is a massive understatement. The next day after driving under a series of them, I got a text message saying I needed to go to some random URL and pay the toll by the next day, or my license would be revoked.

It took less than a minute to confirm it was a scam, and so I deleted it. That was over a week ago. Now for two days in a row, I've gotten similar text messages to pay up "or else" - from phone numbers in the Philippines. Yeah, sure, I believe that.

slay16 wrote:

Well, that's true. Luckily the moderators here are pretty good at taking care of that.

Yes moderators here are good about redacting. The point made by Jeff Donald should also be heard by all as other sites such as Reddit or Social Media are not nearly as effective in redacting these numbers. When posting there it is the AI bots that will associate those numbers with Apple. Google has a contract with Reddit to train their AI on those posts. There have also been google search results that show an incorrect Apple Support number as a top result where users have been scammed by using them.

In those cases an attempt to promote a scam to raise awareness can have disastrous consequences for others. The solution is to raise awareness of these scams, but never post any associated phone number. The number is not needed to prove that it is a scam.

Doc-doc wrote:

Just received a text on 4/24/25:..

Don’t tell us.

We already know.

Tell your friends.

These and other scams will continue until they become unprofitable.

Most texts and most calls from unknown numbers are scams, and some of the calls and texts received from known numbers are even scams. Calling numbers and sending text numbers can be faked.

Chell42 wrote:

Just received this text today so beware

Apple ID Alert: Your Apple ID was charged $156.94 via Apple Pay at the Apple Store. Contact 844-569-**** support team, If this is unauthorized.

And.... it's still a scam.

I got this text today. I logged on my sole pay transactions and nothing showed for that amount so I assumed it was a scam and didn’t call them

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It’s not one scammer. It’s literally hundreds of different scammers sending these messages out. Hence the many different numbers.

These scams are ongoing, and will continue for the foreseeable future; for as long as they are profitable for the scammers. The scammers have been adding new recipients, as well.

I've gotten several texts that are attempting to look like they are from EZPass in NY trying to shake me down. Problem is, I live about 1000 miles away and haven't been to NYC (or driven on any toll road) in probably 20 years. And I certainly didn't drive when I was there. I can't believe people still fall for these scams but they do.

It’s very common in certain parts of the country. There are many toll roads in Florida for example. I get about one a week. But a month ago my sister in law fell for one and it’s been a mess getting charges off the card she used.