The article reveals a surge in fake calendar invites used as phishing attacks, where scammers send events that can’t easily be deleted and often reappear through synced devices, aiming to trick users into calling a number, clicking a link, or attending a fraudulent meeting. It explains how to remove these from platforms like Outlook, Gmail, Android, iPhone, and Mac by deleting the event or unsubscribing from the calendar and turning off automatic invite additions. The piece emphasizes prevention measures: disabling auto-add features, restricting calendar access, unsubscribing unknown calendars, enabling multi-factor authentication, using up-to-date security tools, and simply ignoring suspicious invitations that promise “urgent meetings” or “billing notifications.
