User level: Level 1 (4 points)Why is a phone number that i’ve had for OVER a decade and used with FOUR iphones all of a sudden being “blocked” from using imessage and facetime?? I don’t use my number for business so being marked as spam is absolutely ridiculous. Apple needs to fix this for paying customers!!!
Posted on Oct 14, 2026 10:31 AM
User level: Level 10 (97,882 points)Oct 14, 2026 11:13 AM in response to happydayss
Welcome and thank you for reaching out. 🤗
If Messages was deactivated due to spam reports, you need to contact Apple Support directly.
They can review your account and help reactivate Messages if it was mistakenly flagged.
In the meantime, avoid sending mass or unsolicited messages to prevent further flags.
Thanks again for reaching out. 👍🏼
Good Luck! 👋🏼😉
Smiliñ 😎 Brian | Community Volunteer
User level: Level 10 (82,568 points)Oct 14, 2026 10:56 AM in response to happydayss
Instead of complaining about it to fellow users, you need to contact Apple for help.
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User level: Level 9 (73,779 points)Oct 18, 2026 1:17 PM in response to Applespamproblem
You are hardly the first person in the world who has had their phone number/email/messaging blocked.
When you know it's not you, the reason is always spammers. They spoof other people's phone numbers and email addresses in everything they send. If they beat on one particularly hard, automated systems will flag and block it.
We had this happen with our in-home business. One, our phone number was being relentlessly spammed for a few months. We even had people calling and asking if we had just called them, because that's what the Caller ID said. No, it wasn't us, and we'd need to explain spoofing.
Our email address was hit so hard one time that it was blocked everywhere. We had to go to the Spamhaus web site and go through a few steps to prove the email was ours and get it released.
Short version. Don't blame Apple. Blame the spammers for causing your issues. Related to that, the spammers may not be spoofing anything. Rather, they may have gotten access to your Apple account and are directly spamming from your account. If that's the case, change your password.
User level: Level 10 (233,174 points)Oct 18, 2026 12:53 PM in response to Applespamproblem
Applespamproblem wrote:
This is a terrible problem for Apple they blocked my number and won’t turn it back on I will have to leave Apple and all their products now. I am not spam and this need to be fixed I’ve tried multiple times now. I’ve had my number my entire life and their resolution is change your number
Do what you believe you need to do, but telling only other users on this user to user only forum isn't going to get you anywhere. When you say Apple won't turn it back on, you've spoken to Apple directly? There's not one thing anyone here can do to fix this for you. When Apple turns off iMessage, it is almost always because someone (and likely more than just one someone) reported messages you've sent as spam.
User level: Level 10 (124,115 points)Oct 14, 2026 11:08 AM in response to happydayss
Hello~ I agree with *Kurtosis12* and contacting Apply is your only way forward.
~Katana-San~
User level: Level 1 (8 points)Oct 18, 2026 11:41 AM in response to happydayss
This is a terrible problem for Apple they blocked my number and won’t turn it back on I will have to leave Apple and all their products now. I am not spam and this need to be fixed I’ve tried multiple times now. I’ve had my number my entire life and their resolution is change your number
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256376211