These have been problems for ages! So frustrating to see scammers are still doing it.
I was a top-tier agent for a cell phone company at one point. When you get one of those, if you have some time, call your provider to let them know. They're happy to take the info down; it helps them track down and prosecute people doing that stuff. In the two or three years I worked for that provider, I heard of half-a-dozen different scam groups that got busted because people took the time to report messages like those. It's best to call really early in the morning if you can for stuff like this; it's usually pretty slow before 7am EST and making the report is really easy if you can access the message with the tech to give him/her the shortcode sending, the time/date, company name being claimed as the source, and what ph# the SMS is asking you to call. You don't want to call after about 9pm EST for non-technical matters as about all the people left at providers' call centers are super-techy sorts who won't have the faintest idea how to deal with a phishing report.
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I was a top-tier agent for a cell phone company at one point. When you get one of those, if you have some time, call your provider to let them know. They're happy to take the info down; it helps them track down and prosecute people doing that stuff. In the two or three years I worked for that provider, I heard of half-a-dozen different scam groups that got busted because people took the time to report messages like those. It's best to call really early in the morning if you can for stuff like this; it's usually pretty slow before 7am EST and making the report is really easy if you can access the message with the tech to give him/her the shortcode sending, the time/date, company name being claimed as the source, and what ph# the SMS is asking you to call. You don't want to call after about 9pm EST for non-technical matters as about all the people left at providers' call centers are super-techy sorts who won't have the faintest idea how to deal with a phishing report.