A text message bug is crashing iPhones around the world.

Your phone may shut down automatically if you receive and click on this text message, according to news reports in Forbes magazine and other tech sources.

This message contains Arabic letters and symbols.

When your phone receives the message, Apple’s IOS software crashes, causing it to shut off.

You will be able to reboot and restart your phone, but as soon as the message pops up, your phone will shut off again.

It is a mystery how this message was created in order to crash iPhones.

Currently, Apple tech support is looking into the issue.

It is unknown if hackers are deliberately sending this text or if they are forwarding it as a joke.

Victims who have received the text find it anything but funny.

Junior Noah Galliway is a recent victim.

“I had to block my friend’s number until he agreed to stop sending me the text,” Galliway said. “Everyone thinks that it’s funny, but I don’t.”

Many people are now taking the crashing text, copying it, and then sending it to friends and family, who often get furious after receiving it.

Junior Mariah O’Leary has forwarded the text to multiple people.

“I sent the message to my mom as a joke to see if it would turn off her phone,” O’Leary said. “She got pretty mad, and I just laughed then did it again.”

The text message successfully crashes iPhones, but Android users do not know the frustration.

Junior Hannah Ploof, an Android user, has not been affected by the text.

“I have an Android phone and cannot receive the text,” Ploof said. “I can send them, but I am happy that this text does not apply to my phone.”

Apple is rushing to repair the flaw before it affects more devices.

According to TechCrunch, the only way to avoid this message is to turn off message notifications to your home screen.