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iPhone farms are sending out more 100,000 scam iMessages per day

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Security researchers discovered that iPhone farms - arrays of phones using rotating temporary Apple IDs - are dispatching over 100,000 scam iMessages daily. Ben Lovejoy for 9to5Mac: ‎ By using iMessages rather than texts, scammers can bypass spam and scam filters implemented by mobile carriers. Common scams doing the rounds at present include fake demands for unpaid road toll fees; claims that shipping fees are needed to release valuable package…

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iPhone farms are sending out more than 100,000 scam iMessages per day

Security researchers discovered that iPhone farms — arrays of phones using rotating temporary Apple IDs — are dispatching over 100,000 scam iMessages daily. Ben Lovejoy for 9to5Mac: ‎ By using iMessages rather than texts, scammers can bypass spam and scam filters implemented by mobile carriers. Common scams doing the rounds at present include fake demands for unpaid road toll fees; claims that shipping fees are needed to release valuable packag…

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