Unfortunately, reporting iMessage spam to Apple is a multi-step process, and takes longer than simply deleting the unwanted message. On the plus side, though, taking the time to report such spam. With this functionality, spammers can write an AppleScript code in their Mac machines and send iMessage to anyone, providing that they have the recipient’s email address or phone number. They only need an email address to sign up to iMessage, which they can use “bots” to easily create thousands of addresses. I have my iMessage with my Apple-ID registered, so when I execute 'get name of services' I get for this service a string like 'E:myAppleID@host.com' which I can use for 'service'. Buddy is just the name of your buddy, also as pure text. See 'get name of buddies'.
A new knowledge base article on Apple’s website introduces an iMessage spam reporting system.
To report unwanted iMessage messages to Apple, please send an email with the following details to: imessage.spam@icloud.com
Imessage Spam Bot
- Include a screenshot of the message you have received.
- Include the full email address or phone number you received the unwanted message from.
- Include the date and time that you received the message.
While iOS 7 allows for blocking Apple IDs for iMessage or FaceTime, this feature will allow users of iOS 5 and up to report unwanted iMessage messages and allow Apple to investigate the associated account..
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