<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br><div style="font-weight: bold;font-size: large">T-Mobile customers are receiving spam texts possibly related to August's data breach<br><div style="color: #666;font-weight: normal;font-size: small">PhoneArena - News / Alan Friedman</div></div><br><!--NEWSIFY_FULL_TEXT_LOADED--><!--NEWSIFY_FULL_TEXT_START--><div id="thumbnail"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhoneArena-LatestNews/~3/aWmmkZ79dj8/t-mobile-customers-targeted-for-spam-texts_id135518"><img src="https://m-cdn.phonearena.com/images/article/135518-wide-two_350/T-Mobile-customers-are-receiving-spam-texts-possibly-related-to-Augusts-data-breach.jpg?1633453042" data-unique-identifier=""></a></div><div class="layout__page_main_content_lead_image">
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<div readability="11.107692307692">On <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/pzkyvh/anyone_else_get_these/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Reddit</a> (via <a href="https://tmo.report/2021/10/a-huge-sms-scam-is-hitting-t-mobile-customers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The T-Mo Report</a>) several <a href="https://www.phonearena.com/t-mobile" target="_blank" rel="">T-Mobile</a> 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."</div><div readability="12">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.</div><div readability="6">
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<p>Some T-Mobile subscribers are receiving this spam</p>
</div></div><p>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.<br></p><p>If you are a T-Mobile customer and have received this spam, you should forward it to T-Mobile at 7726.<br></p>
<!--NEWSIFY_FULL_TEXT_END--><!--NEWSIFY_ORIGINAL_START--><!--<div id="thumbnail"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhoneArena-LatestNews/~3/aWmmkZ79dj8/t-mobile-customers-targeted-for-spam-texts_id135518"><img src="https://m-cdn.phonearena.com/images/article/135518-two/T-Mobile-customers-are-receiving-spam-texts-possibly-related-to-Augusts-data-breach"/></a></div>Several T-Mobile subscribers have received a spam text that supposedly was sent by T-Mobile. A closer look shows that the text was sent by a company not affiliated with T-Mobile.<div class="feedflare">
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