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This doesn’t work though. I receive enough iMessage spam specifically through Apple ids that I wish I could disable the ability to message me unless you use a p

by wilde 4y ago

This doesn’t work though. I receive enough iMessage spam specifically through Apple ids that I wish I could disable the ability to message me unless you use a phone number.

Tagbert 4y ago
I believe that is SMS spam originating from outside of iMessage
- frumper 4y ago
  I definitely get iMessage spam
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    If you're 100% sure it's iMessage and not SMS, report it to Apple. They can ban that account.
    - altairprime 4y ago
      They’ll ban the entire device used to send it, not just the one account. But see also elsethread “wait, how do I know this was delivered over iMessage”, since MMS allows the From field to be an email address.
      - selectodude 4y ago
        On the top of the first message it'll either say Text Message or iMessage. If it's an iMessage and you delete the thread without replying, it'll ask if you want to report the message as spam.
      - deleted 4y ago
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    - neop1x 4y ago
      How would you prove the account is sending spam? By sending them screenshots? Will they believe you? This could be used to ban a neighbor I don't like. Or does Apple spy all conversations so they can check themselves? :P
- wilde 4y ago
  With blue bubbles?
  - phinnaeus 4y ago
    Remember, the color of the bubbles only changes for messages YOU send, not messages you receive. Received messages are always black on grey.
    - chrisoverzero 4y ago
      > Received messages are always black on grey. What on Earth are you talking about?
      - y2bd 4y ago
        You only see the colors on messages you send. OP is implying that you wouldn’t know what “color” the conversation is unless you’re actively replying to the spammer.
        ryandrake 4y ago
        You can still tell whether it is an iMessage or text message without replying and observing the color. Long-press on the incoming message. If the menu shows: Reply, Copy, Translate, More… then it is an iMessage. If the menu shows: Copy, Translate, More… then it is a text.
        y2bd 4y ago
        That's cool, didn't know that Apple didn't try to somehow shoehorn threads into SMS (like they currently do extremely poorly with tapbacks and stickers)
        MarkSweep 4y ago
        The text input box will also say whether it is a text message or iMessage before you start typing anything.
bee_rider 4y ago
That's weird -- my phone number is definitely in some spammer lists (I get so many calls) but I have never once received an SMS or iMessage spam. What kind of things do they send?
- wilde 4y ago
  Pig butchering mostly. “I am going to play golf with my business partners tomorrow. Will you have time to join us Dave?” https://www.rrstar.com/story/business/2022/04/30/new-pig-butchering-scam-rise-heres-how-scam-works/9586001002/ https://www.rrstar.com/story/business/2022/04/30/new-pig-but...
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    Ah, I've only ever seen that in emails. Annoying!

by wilde 4y ago

This doesn’t work though. I receive enough iMessage spam specifically through Apple ids that I wish I could disable the ability to message me unless you use a phone number.

Tagbert 4y ago

I believe that is SMS spam originating from outside of iMessage

frumper 4y ago
I definitely get iMessage spam
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  If you're 100% sure it's iMessage and not SMS, report it to Apple. They can ban that account.
  - altairprime 4y ago
    They’ll ban the entire device used to send it, not just the one account. But see also elsethread “wait, how do I know this was delivered over iMessage”, since MMS allows the From field to be an email address.
    - selectodude 4y ago
      On the top of the first message it'll either say Text Message or iMessage. If it's an iMessage and you delete the thread without replying, it'll ask if you want to report the message as spam.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
  - neop1x 4y ago
    How would you prove the account is sending spam? By sending them screenshots? Will they believe you? This could be used to ban a neighbor I don't like. Or does Apple spy all conversations so they can check themselves? :P
wilde 4y ago
With blue bubbles?
- phinnaeus 4y ago
  Remember, the color of the bubbles only changes for messages YOU send, not messages you receive. Received messages are always black on grey.
  - chrisoverzero 4y ago
    > Received messages are always black on grey. What on Earth are you talking about?
    - y2bd 4y ago
      You only see the colors on messages you send. OP is implying that you wouldn’t know what “color” the conversation is unless you’re actively replying to the spammer.
      - ryandrake 4y ago
        You can still tell whether it is an iMessage or text message without replying and observing the color. Long-press on the incoming message. If the menu shows: Reply, Copy, Translate, More… then it is an iMessage. If the menu shows: Copy, Translate, More… then it is a text.
        y2bd 4y ago
        That's cool, didn't know that Apple didn't try to somehow shoehorn threads into SMS (like they currently do extremely poorly with tapbacks and stickers)
        MarkSweep 4y ago
        The text input box will also say whether it is a text message or iMessage before you start typing anything.

bee_rider 4y ago

That's weird -- my phone number is definitely in some spammer lists (I get so many calls) but I have never once received an SMS or iMessage spam. What kind of things do they send?

wilde 4y ago
Pig butchering mostly. “I am going to play golf with my business partners tomorrow. Will you have time to join us Dave?” https://www.rrstar.com/story/business/2022/04/30/new-pig-butchering-scam-rise-heres-how-scam-works/9586001002/ https://www.rrstar.com/story/business/2022/04/30/new-pig-but...
- bee_rider 4y ago
  Ah, I've only ever seen that in emails. Annoying!