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SMS phishing scam lures Rogers customers with outage refunds

Cybercriminals target Rogers customers with a new SMS phishing campaign pretending to be refunds for last week’s Canada-wide wireless outage. Rogers suffered a massive outage last week, preventing users from accessing wireless voice and data services. In response, Rogers promised a refund equivalent to a day of wireless service for affected customers. This week, customers began receiving smishing (SMS phishing) texts that pretend to be from Rogers, offering a refund. These texts state that Rogers is giving customers a $50.00 CAD refund and to claim it, they need to visit the included link.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sms-phishing-scam-lures-rogers-customers-with-outage-refunds/

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