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albacore

(2,744 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:36 AM 22 hrs ago

Apple verification code....

I've posted this before...changed my Apple ID password....reported to my provider....and still getting robo-calls from Apple giving me a code.

"Anybody know why I would get a robo call from Apple - an actual Apple # - with a verification code number at 6:30 in the morning?
I had not made any access request, of course.
Is somebody probing my Apple account?
Any ideas?

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Apple verification code.... (Original Post) albacore 22 hrs ago OP

I'd call Apple. n/t piddyprints 22 hrs ago #1

Do a web search. It happens for various reasons. usonian 21 hrs ago #2

Sounds to me like two-factor authorization bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #3

Same here. WVlaserguy 21 hrs ago #4

Never verify a code you didn't request LearnedHand 21 hrs ago #5

piddyprints

(15,052 posts)

1. I'd call Apple. n/t

Reply to albacore (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:45 AM

22 hrs ago

usonian

(23,289 posts)

2. Do a web search. It happens for various reasons.

Reply to albacore (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:51 AM

21 hrs ago

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=still+getting+robo-calls+from+Apple+giving+me+a+code&t=iphone&ia=web

Some results.

https://www.techbout.com/repeated-apple-id-verification-pop-ups-15372/

Apple safety guide (pdf)
https://help.apple.com/pdf/personal-safety/en_US/personal-safety-user-guide.pdf

bucolic_frolic

(53,794 posts)

3. Sounds to me like two-factor authorization

Reply to albacore (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:53 AM

21 hrs ago

which means, someone has your login ID and password, but that still needs to be verified with the code. So Apple is dialing the number on record.

Did you run this past Apple? Did you set up two-factor authorization? Maybe Apple's software has been penetrated and is dialing customers with verification codes unprompted. Early in PayPal's life, I got bogus emails from within the PayPal messaging system. They never traced it, they never commented, just the usual bull. It eventually stopped.

It could also be Apple has nothing to do with it. Just someone has your phone number and you're on a dialing list for Apple codes.