[The security box] T-Mobile customers are receiving spam texts possibly related to August's data breach

[Jared Rimer]

So ... this reminds me of similar text messages I have gotten via SMS 
saying I've paid my bill and I am earned a prize.  Great find.

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On 10/13/2021 10:17 PM, Michael Brock via Thesecuritybox wrote:
> 
> T-Mobile customers are receiving spam texts possibly related to August's 
> data breach
> PhoneArena - News  /  Alan Friedman
> 
> <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhoneArena-LatestNews/~3/aWmmkZ79dj8/t-mobile-customers-targeted-for-spam-texts_id135518>
> T-Mobile customers are receiving spam texts possibly related to August's 
> data breach
> On Reddit 
> <https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/pzkyvh/anyone_else_get_these/> (via 
> The T-Mo Report 
> <https://tmo.report/2021/10/a-huge-sms-scam-is-hitting-t-mobile-customers/>) 
> several T-Mobile <https://www.phonearena.com/t-mobile> customers have 
> been targeted by a scam so topical, it was ripped out of the headlines. 
> Some T-Mobile subscribers were unable to use their connected devices 
> yesterday as an outage affected the carrier's network. A clever ploy was 
> quickly put together and a text disseminated that said, "We apologize 
> for the temporary phone outage yesterday."
> The text continues by noting that the person receiving it was "one of 
> the 25,000 affected clients" belonging to the nation's second-largest 
> carrier. The bogus message goes on to ask recipients of the text to take 
> a 30-second survey about T-Mobile (note in the image how the company's 
> name was written as Tmobile, something that the wireless provider would 
> never do) in return for a free gift valued at $100.
> Some T-Mobile subscribers are receiving this spam - T-Mobile customers 
> are receiving spam texts possibly related to August's data breach 
> <https://m-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/380356-350/tmospam>
> 
> Some T-Mobile subscribers are receiving this spam
> 
> Pressing the link takes you to a new page where at the bottom, the truth 
> is finally revealed. Reading the small print reveals the information 
> that the company behind the survey is a marketing website that is not 
> "affiliated" with T-Mobile. On that page is a button that says "Accept." 
> Don't press it even if you feel pressured by the countdown timer on the 
> page. And note that the October 1st deadline has already passed.
> 
> If you are a T-Mobile customer and have received this spam, you should 
> forward it to T-Mobile at 7726.
> 
> 
> 
> Original Article: 
> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhoneArena-LatestNews/~3/aWmmkZ79dj8/t-mobile-customers-targeted-for-spam-texts_id135518 
> <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhoneArena-LatestNews/~3/aWmmkZ79dj8/t-mobile-customers-targeted-for-spam-texts_id135518>
> 
> 
> Michael Brock
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