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> Same folks who didn't realize that all messages show up in the same color, the blue bubbles only happen when you send.

Doesn't seem that's the case. Folks have followed up confirming that the messages are coming over iMessage, and not SMS.

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The spammers mass send an sms spoofing a number that has iMessage. When you reply, it goes to an iPhone in the spammers hand. That way they don’t have to navigate millions of messages on the phone. Using things like blue bubbles, they can even interact via api and use a cms

Did you think”no spam ever” was the pitch? Then you misunderstood.

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