Weird notifications/ads

[jolarte1]

Hello!

I occasionally get the following notifications/ads for random things on my iPhone 11 running on iOS 14 and I’m not sure how to turn these off. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Apple_Robert]

I don't speak Italian but, it looks like you are in the App Store and seeing an ad. If that is accurate, you cannot block Apple App Store ads, as far as I am aware.

 

[jolarte1]

Thanks Apple_Robert

I was actually on Spotify which I have in English and the ad is related to a magazine subscription in Spanish which leads me to believe it’s not related to Spotify.

Thanks

 

[ApfelKuchen]

Since we see a "Back" button in the upper-left corner, Spotify in the background, and we do not see the name of another app (if you had been switched out of Spotify you'd have seen "Spotify" in the upper left), I'm going to assume that is an ad delivered by Spotify. Since the "Back," "Cancel,"and "Accept" are in English, I'll make a guess that there was an error in Spotify's ad delivery system that unintentionally presented an ad intended for a different audience.

 

[ManuCH]

That's actually a so-called "Flash SMS", that's how the iPhone displays them. Have you subscribed to any premium service via SMS? If you are not aware, call your mobile operator and complain to them, ask them to disable any premium SMS services and send them screenshots of the spam you got.