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

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Apr 3, 2025, 2:02 pm317 pts
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…

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