Q: My Apple email being used to send spam
This is the first time (that I'm aware of) that my Apple email address was used to send out bulk spam. I don't believe the account was hacked, since I am still able to sign into iCloud and access my email. I'm assuming that my address is being spoofed. I contacted those people who I thought had received spam from me.
Is there any way to stop this? I'm worried that it will continue until everyone I've contacted or emailed is going to get spammed by me. This is an address that I use for basically everything.
Are there steps I can take to keep my email address from being used this way?
Thanks.
iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4, Verizon
Posted on Jun 21, 2016 9:47 AM
Love that you are up to speed on all of this! The next step would be to inform Apple directly about this. Believe me, if someone is falsely routing spam through your address, they will want to know about it. Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support
I've seen where the iCloud Engineers have even asked that the account be placed into troubleshooting mode so they can further investigate something like this. It's rare that they ever have to get involved.
Posted on Jun 21, 2016 5:44 PM