"Claimed to be from apple"
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
"Claimed to be from apple"
"Apple Pay notification of an unknown card added"
"Text message asking to ring this number - 'Apple Pay set up with your card on "Rachael's iPhone", and contactless payments have been enabled'"
"text re apiple pay .suspended. update details via wallet. never used apple pay !"
"Text Message suggesting they are NATWEST and that they intervened a large payment to Apple and to call them back which I haven't There is no activity of this nature seen on my NATWEST account online"
"Mentioned suspicious activity - claimed an iPhone had been ordered from my account"
"Got a text message saying my Apple Pay was frozen from a billing mistake. It told me to update my payment details so my service won't stop and gave a link. I think it's a scam."
"Alleged it was from google and that "Anthony's iphone authorised my card on google pay." Don't recognise this call? Call us immediately on 03330162209. Checked google pay, it was a false claim therfore an obvious scam attempt."
"Asked for account details and a code for an iPhone purchase"
"Text about an Apple transaction for more than $250. Said to call back if the transaction wasnt made by me."
"Apple link"
"Text message to say that 'Your card has been added to a new Apple Wallet,"Jack's Device" If this was not you contact +441882580428' Other reports of messages being sent requesting caliing this number 01882 580428 to report, and scammers wanting your bank details! Be aware!"
"Tries to steal financial info. Says a fake card was added to an Apple ID that doesnt exist."
"Apple Card scammer"
"They claimed to be from a company (a bank) and said that Apple had tried to make a charge against my credit card. They said they had stopped it but that I should call them on a specific number they had given me."
"I didn't pick up as my iPhone said it was spam"
"Text, claiming that my phone had been linked to Ahmed's i-Phone, and if I had not authorised this I was to text back "N"."
"Your card has been added to an Apple Pay wallet named ‘David’s device’ Please contact us immediately on this number"
"My iPhone got stolen in London. Then I got texts 2 days later saying my phone was found, and to click a link to find it. Do not click the link and delete the text. It's criminals trying to get your iCloud password, so they can bypass the activation lock on the phone. They cant sell it without that."
"My bank card has been put in Mahmoud's Apple Wallet."
"My iPhone said it was likely a spam call"