If true, it’s no laughing matter to those on the receiving end. Other users are suggesting this started as a TikTok prank or challenge where users call multiple people at once, ask provocative questions while recording the reactions of strangers, and then upload the video to the popular social media platform for kicks. "This kept happening to my 13-year-old," one user wrote. Some users said they had received calls throughout day and night.
On an Apple message board online, dozens of users left comments pleading for answers. Lisa and her mom in Chicago are in the growing nationwide company of Apple users reporting the same scenario: unwanted and invasive FaceTime calls targeting dozens of people at once. Lisa from Chicago, received invasive FaceTime call The callers on the other end weren’t asking for money they weren’t trying to sell her anything rather, they launched provocative questions so inappropriate, Lisa didn’t want to repeat them. I think they wanted to trigger a reaction from us." Starting a really kind of provoking conversation. "Then they kind of really clowned me back. Be careful dialing and have a good night,'" Lisa said. "I said, 'Hey, I think you have the, you know, the wrong number. Lisa from Chicago said her mother answered the FaceTime call back in September to find up to 12 other people on the line, some asking provocative and inappropriate questions.