Calendar SPAM

This just started for me as well. We need to be able to delete the meeting request with no notice to the sender. This will become a big problem.

I have this question as well. They read:

"$19.99 Ray-ban&Oakley Black Friday Deals Online."

from http://www.rbshoppings.com

I do not know who this is; yet, the site has the source having Chinese script noting, 347ov@iismail.com. It will not allow me to copy it directly. Instead it reports the afore mentioned "347..." address.

How do we block these calendar intrusions?

1. Open the Calendar application
2. Navigate down to Calendars, then tap Edit
3. Add a Calender to the list using the same button
4. Give it a name (like Spam) and tap Done
5. Double-tap ‘Done’ to return to the calendar
6. Open the spam invitation
7. Tap the bottom (above invitation) on ‘Calendar’
8. Select the newly created spamcalendar
9. Repeat this for all invitations
10. Now navigate back to the ‘Calendars’
11. Tap the i-button next to the spam calendar
12. Scroll down and tap ‘Delete calendar’

Do this because it doesn't send any notification back to the spammer like declining the event will do.

Thanks EvilKittyInSpace. Makes sense, although of course this cannot be a long-term solution.

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I was notified by Apple Support Communities Staff that they edited my last post here "because it contained personal information." It included my name, which is the same as my username here. And it included various other guesses at email addresses that the spammer made, which on reflection probably breaches Apple's terms of use.

Now that info is blanked out:

I, too, encountered this problem, with just two "Ray-ban&Oakley Black Friday In-Store & Online" entries in my first iCloud calendar.

I made the mistake of Declining one of the entries before discovering this discussion. I used EvilKittyInSpace's technique to delete the second entry.

Where did these spam calendar entries come from? Is there a way to block future spam?

-- Ward

Got one of these spam invites too. Chiming in with the hope that Apple will release an enhancement to handle these.

same here

More Googling turned up a technique for blocking Calendar spam (from FlashGen in a 9To5Mac discussion):

"Just log in to iCloud.com open your calendar. Then under the calendars settings (cog icon lower left of the screen), select the Preferences entry and then the Advanced tab. You'll likely notice that your Invitations setting is defaulted to in-app notifications. Change that to email and it'll prevent future invites automatically appear solely in your calendar (you'll get it as an email that is easier to delete without confirming a live account)"

I agree it's pathetic...

Same problem here. I've been getting spammed black Friday sale events all week.

The same thing is happening to me.

Dozens of Black Friday deals are showing up in my calendar.

Same problem here too. I tried the suggestions but they are not fixes. Anyone found a solution to this awful spam yet? It's ridiculous that we can't block the spammers.

I think this is the work around that I was looking for. I really didn't like meeting notices going directly to my calendar anyway. I want to control what goes into it. But this isn't a good long-term solution to solve the spam issue. There should be an option to delete (and block future messages or meeting requests from that source if we want) without notifying the source. Spam is getting more and more creatively invasive and difficult to control. Eventually it will paralyze the internet completely.

When exactly do the tech Gurus from Apple chime into this discussion?

I ended up just turning off calendars and deleting them all. The spam outweighs any limited novelty of the app.