How do I block spam calendar invitation emails?

I tried what you said:

1 Make a new calendar.

2 Move the ad to the new calendar.

3 Delete the new calendar.

You will be presented with the option to delete it without informing the SPAMMER.

... but I don't get the option to delete the calendar without notifying the spammer. See? Can you help?

I'm using a MacBook Pro, OS 10.9.5

What an unbelievably stupid loophole/exploit to exist. I received one on my calendar and apparently stupidly declined it since that seemed like a logical thing to do, not realizing this idiotic loophole existed that would then make me a further target to more spam. I've received more in my calendar and have done the workaround to add it to a new calendar and delete that calendar, but am now receiving them in the Reminders app and see no way remove it without declining.

Completely unacceptable that this is happening, and there's not even a simple option on the user side to block incoming invites outright. Unbelievable.

I did not reply to the previous spam, I've deleted the whole calendar and re-added it, despite that I've got another spam invite. It only happens with iCloud email, gmail is fine. Invitation came from:

Navy165's solution doesn't work for me, I can't move the invite to another calendar as only the organizer can make changes. This could potentially have an extremely detrimental effect on my life if this continues or gets out of control as I handle multiple diaries for multiple people. APPLE, PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP.

I'm having the exact same issue. I was hoping I could create a contact and then block them, but no luck.

I wasn't able to move the invite to a Spam calendar (it was set so only the organizer/spammer can do that), but the invites ended up in my "Home" calendar, which I don't use. So deleting it actually was a one-step process. I did re-create the Home calendar though, so any others that might get through will also go there. Hopefully setting invites to come in via email will allow me to block the sender altogether.

Apple, please take care of this soon!

mschipperheyn wrote:

It looks like, ridiculously enough, Apple has no possibility to block these spammers on OS X. I added a special 'Spammer' contact in my address book, but I was unable to block it.

There is an option to not receive them in the first place though, just turn this to Never (in Mail>Preferences>General)

I managed to delete the spam invite after moving it over to a temp calendar that I created and then deleting the calendar; however, I'm running into another issue and haven't found a solution or work around. The issue is related to the spam invite...the spammer appears in the invitees list and I can't figure out how to delete it. I haven't seen anyone mention this, but I don't think it's just me. Could you please check the following on your iPhone or iPad?

1) Go to the calendar app and click the + as if you were creating a new event

2) Scroll down to Invitees and it should default to None

3) Click on None and it should take you to where you can add people

Robert Sette wrote:

The answer from Ferd II is not on point. These invites are coming into iCal directly. There is a listed email address, but of course replies to that address bounce.

There has got to be (or there should be, Apple!) a feature for blocking automatic calendar requests. Once someone gets your email address on some list, these will only increase in number and annoyance, I'm sure.

- Robert

The OP's question was/is not related to the current flood of invitations. It was a phishing email. Expecting that answer to be "on point" is "not on point." The evolution of this thread has missed the point of the original question. There are plenty of other threads in this and other ASC Forums which are "on point." Lurkums has provided the only current solution(s) which can be taken by the user. Until Apple fixes the problem, which it appears they are working on, you will have to use the kludge solution.

In regard to the question asked by bre bro, the spammers are simply guessing possible addresses, as can be seen in these images posted in other threads:

This link provided by stevejobsfan0123 also provides some advice the user can implement until Apple provides a better solution.

I agree that the invitation cannot be filtered or blocked by the calendar because Apple has not look into that.

I should have made it clear that I am using the method suggested by MPC6, which sends the invitation by email instead directly to the calendar. Then I use the filter of the mail system to block the organizer's address.

Correct me if I am wrong, I guess one would need a valid email address for an apple ID, and the spamer/organizer address cannot be randomly generated when sending an invitation.

It's important that Apple Support becomes aware very fast of the widespread and serious nature of this loophole. Suggestion regarding the Spam iCal adverts masquerading as invites suggests one approach for achieving this

If you get a spam iCloud Calendar request

If you get a calendar request that you think might be spam or junk, let us know. Sign in to iCloud.com with your Apple ID and go to the Calendar app. Open the event that you wish to mark as Junk, click Report Junk, then click OK. We'll automatically delete the event from your Calendar on all your devices signed in with the same Apple ID.

These exact sentences are written in the article : Get help using iCloud Contacts, Calendars, or Reminders - Apple Support

Have had the exact thing happen to me. Filled up every day in my calendar. I also declined because I didn't know how to block the email from my calendar invite. Now the same email keeps requesting to share my photos. I don't like this.

Tried the SPAM folder idea. I acknowledge it'll confirm my email address to the spammer, but at least I could filter it into the SPAM folder and just ignore it by now selecting it as active. Interestingly, instead of clicking accept or decline, hit maybe and it went away completely. Cross my fingers hopefully I don't see it again.

Got this spam in Calendar the first time today (Nov 9), after using OS X for over a decade.

Combining the answers from MPC6 and Navy165 solved the problem - the first one (MPC6) hopefully for the future, and the second one (Navy165) to get rid of the spam event without notifying the "sender".

Thanks, guys!

I was able to go into my calendar via iCloud and make it so invites go to my email instead of my calendar, but I can still see no way to delete an event from my calendar if I didn't create it. Apple needs to create a way for us to block people who spam us like this.