first calendar now photos invitation spam

Now I just got a spam invitation in Photos so share photos.

Why do you think this is spam? Usually it's someone who knows you and is wanting to share some photos with you. If you don't wan't to see the shared photos just delete the email that you got and forget it.

Just delete the email and don't reply in any manner.

I had the same thing happen with me today, it's not through an email it's a direct iCloud photo sharing invite in the app.

Yes, happened to me twice too.

I have been getting the calendar invites which are easy to remove with the temporary calendar trick but nor random invites to shared photos album.

These are not emails Old Toad.

Woke up this morning to another random invite. Apple seriously needs to do something about these, on both calendar and iCloud photo sharing. I turned off photo sharing for right now just so I don't accidentally hit accept or decline until something done to remove them.

I don't know if this solution will work for you, in that it suits your needs. What I did was went to Settings -> iCloud->Photos->Turned off iCloud Photo Sharing

That took care of the Photo invitation.

For the calendar, I followed the same process except for Calendars instead of Photos, and turned it off.

Then I noticed the calendar invitation disappeared. Fingers crossed that this fixes the problem for future spam invitations.

I'm experiencing the same issue.

Got my first spam invite via the calendar last week. Followed the same instructions that you mention. Today I got a Photos spam invite.

I can't find a way to block this. I hope someone can help us out.

This is so annoying.

I've been having the same issue for the past week....and never before!

I've gotten multiple iCalendar (3 so far) and iPhoto Share (2 in the past 24 hours) invitations - each from different sender addresses but all in what appears to be Chinese (cut and pasted into a translator and it confirmed).

At first, it was just annoying but now it's a bit alarming (why has this just started? and what else could be going on?).

Sure, I just deleted the first one...and then just deleted the 2nd one....but as more and more are coming, this doesn't really fix the problem.

Is there someone at Apple that can help us block these unwanted spam from unknown Chinese gambling web sites trying to collect credit card information?

Unwanted Spam Calendar Invite from Chinese Gambling Web Site

I have the same issue... I received calendar invites first.. there was no way to block the unwanted invites for a Chinese gambling web site which looks like it tries to collect credit card information. I wonder if the person sending this from their device is even aware they are sending out all these spam invites. Can apple create a way to block Calendar invites from unknown people?

Unwanted Spam Shared Photo Album Invite From Chinese Gambling Web Site.

One day later I also received an invite to share a photo album from a similar but not exactly the same type of email address which is a mix of numbers and letters. The invite is constantly at the top of photos unless I either accept it or decline it. If I decline it, the sender will know I declined and could attempt to send new spam. Can you guys create a way to block photo album invites from unknown people?

Thanks.

I had the same thing happen to me. However if I turn off photo sharing I receive a message that it will delete all shared photos from my phone. Does anyone know if I later turn it back on will I still have access to those?

Hi, I had the same problem. Two time in calendar and also two time in photos.

I've called Apple support and they were unable to help me remove the spam without replying to the invites.

Can you please send me the link for the "junk calendar" procedure?

Apple really needs to fix that problem asap.

Marc

Question for both of you. Would you happen to have recently downloaded an app called 1-Bit Rogue? The day I downloaded this game is the exact time I started experiencing these issues.

This will indeed prevent the spam invitations from coming in.

Apple however needs to figure out who/what/where these spam invitations are coming from and "release the hounds", or figure a way to allow invitations from only our contacts.

I personally use both the photo sharing with my family, and the calendar sharing with my personal business. Turning these off prevents the spam, but also kills a valuable feature that I use on a regular basis.

Not shooting you down touch84, still a great solution for those who don't use these features. 🙂