iMessage spam reporting

The key difference between an iMessage and an SMS message is the colour of the text. An iMessage text appears in a blue bubble, and an SMS text message appears in a green bubble.

If a suspicious message appears in green, you may need to

report a spam message

, rather than an iMessage.

If you get an iMessage from someone who's not saved in your contacts, you'll see a message stating that the sender is not in your contact list, and you'll have the option to .

Select the link to forward the sender's information and the message to Apple.

If you don't have iOS 8.3 or later, you can send an email to imessage.spam@apple.com with this information: