Flash SMS?! iPhone hacked???

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Flash SMS?! iPhone hacked???

Dear Apple Community,

I just received something called "Flash SMS" with a weird text in it. Something like "We r u now? m"

I googled this and found out that this was, as I called it before, a flash SMS. Will this mean my iPhone is hacked? It's a totally NOT jailbroken iPhone 4S with iOS 6.0.1.

What I have to do now? Backup, Reset everything and restore from backup?

I'm actually a bit worry about this... :/

It looked like this: (THIS IS A GOOGLE PIC, not my case. I forgot to made a screenshot, I was too worried.)

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.0.1, 32 GB (Black)

Posted on Nov 21, 2012 9:42 AM

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ChrisJ4203

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Nov 21, 2012 9:44 AM in response to Stema001

You don't have to do anything. This is something that can be sent from some phones. Just ignore it.

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Answer 2

Nov 21, 2012 9:46 AM in response to Stema001

If its not jailbroken then it is not hacked. This looks like a spam sms, just like you recieve spam email. Some carriers can block third party sms, such as verizon did for mine.

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Stema001 Author

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Nov 21, 2012 9:48 AM in response to Stema001

Omg thanks guys! I thought my iPhone was hacked or something, because some minutes ago a strange person (dialed the wrong number, he told me that) called me. (With a normal phonenumber for my country.) So everthing is fine? 😮

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Nov 21, 2012 9:49 AM in response to Stema001

Your fine.

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Stema001 Author

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Nov 21, 2012 9:50 AM in response to chrisfromgastonia

Thanks!

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ChrisJ4203

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Nov 21, 2012 9:50 AM in response to Stema001

Everything is going to be alright. Don't worry.

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Nov 21, 2012 9:50 AM in response to Stema001

Your welcome.

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wjosten

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Nov 21, 2012 9:51 AM in response to Stema001

Called a "Flash" SMS. Such is illegal in the US, but common in other parts of the world. Really just SPAM, ignore it & don't click on any links or you'll just get more.

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Stema001 Author

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Nov 21, 2012 10:07 AM in response to wjosten

Thanks for the infos!

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