When you receive a calendar invite via email, Apple and Google "helpfully" place the event(s) on your calendar for you to accept/decline (and serve as a placeholder so you don't schedule something else there).  This is great in theory, but now spammers/phishers send calendar invites that then automatically show up on your calendar, along with a "helpful" link to see more details.  This link is what actually contains the spam/malware/phishing page.



  • Do not click on any links or other sections of the spam appointment
  • If you are able to, just click Decline on the appointment and mark the email as spam
  • If you accidentally accepted the appointment, delete the appointment/event from the calendar
  • Occasionally, you'll manage to accidentally "subscribe" to a calendar, and these will just keep popping up over and over.  In that case, you have to go in and unsubscribe from the calendar (see links below).


Outlook Web: Go to Calendar -> Add calendar -> Add personal calendars -> select "Remove" to disconnect the calendar


Microsoft article on unsubscribing from a calendar: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/delete-a-calendar-in-outlook-9ba1364c-bdb0-41be-8f66-eaf96698d021


Google article on unsubscribing from a calendar (iOS/Android/Computer): https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37188?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco=2


Unsubscribing from calendars in iOS:


  1. Check to see if you need to unsubscribe from the calendar to prevent future spam events from being added
    1. In the Calendar app, select "Calendars" at the bottom
    3. If you see an unfamiliar calendar select the red "i" next to it
    5. In this menu, scroll to the bottom and select "Delete Calendar"
  2. If that doesn't work and you're still receiving calendar invites
    1. Open Settings
    2. Search for Calendar -> select "Calendar"
    4. Select Calendar Accounts
    6. See if there's any Calendar accounts that look unfamiliar
    8. If there are click on it to open
    9. Then select "Remove Account"