"Something didn't feel right. Received text that a hold was on a purchase for 159.99 on my Apple Pay account. I do not have an Apple Pay account."
Apple calls
70 community reports tagged Apple across 70 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Apple are steady: 2 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 2.6 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 66% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
97% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious.
Numbers used
Reports tagged Apple cover 70 different numbers. 6 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 33 · 47%
- Suspicious 35 · 50%
- Unknown 2 · 3%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 3
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Morning 6am to 12pm 7
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 46
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Evening 6pm to 12am 14
Latest reports
"Alerted that my Apple Pay account has been placed on hold and that I need to click the link to input my details. However I havenβt ever set up my Apple Pay. Idiots"
"Apple Pay: Your Wallet features may be limited until your account information has been confirmed. Complete verification: [website]. Its a scam, don't click the website link!"
"Apple - Claimed Wallet is experiancing issues and to click link"
"They claimed to be from a company saying that someone had bought an Apple phone worth over Β£700 from my Amazon account, i told him i didn't buy it and then the he asked me if anyone else has access to my Amazon account, after saying No!! he then said that he will send a code to my WhatsApp account to use to cancel the order, which i then told him where he could shove that code as i don't have a WhatsApp account, and i know that he was trying to scam me, then i hung up on him."
"Claimed to be from my bank and was asking about a Β£1079.99 transaction to APPLE"
"Text Apple Pay has been deactivated"
"Pressured me to act fast - Apple account verification"
"Pretend to be Apple, say your Apple Pay wonβt work until you click a link"
"Felt pressured to act wanted me to call because Apple Pay had been set up on a phone"
"Asked for personal info saying I someone has used my Apple ID to sign in my account"
"They claimed to be from a company , asking about apple pay"
"Uk mobile number TEXT saying problem with apple wallet temp frozen with a link."
"Text saying my Apple Pay has been blocked."
"From virgin/o2, gave me 30% off my bill for 6 months and sending me an Apple Watch. Haha. Didnβt ask me for any info but I did I hang up after that."
"They claimed to be from a company advising Apple Pay now added to Marks phone call if not recognised"
"claimed to be from apple claiming my Applepay had been cloned onto someone elses phone"
"Claimed to be Apple Pay"
"Claimed to be apple pay"
"aded to apple wallet"
"a message received from this number claiming my card had been set up to Abu's apple pay."
"Felt like a scam Text message received to tell me my debit card has been set up on Apple, and if I wasn't expecting it I should call another number. The grammar was quite poor and seemed dodgy. This was the first of 2 of these types of texts from different numbers."
"Sent me a message stating that my apple wallet (to a non apple phone) was disabled & told me to click on a link - yeah right, like I'm going to do that!"
"Sent me a text saying an I phone number had been added to my apple pay"