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- It looks like scammers are posing as T-Mobile reps, offering “free phones” to loyal customers and tricking them into placing real phone orders.
- Victims receive a phone, and then the scammer contacts them claiming the wrong model was sent.
- The victim is asked to return the phone, which ends up in the hands of the scammer, leaving the victim with an unpaid installment balance.
T-Mobile users, beware. There’s a new, highly convincing scam targeting subscribers right now. Scammers are reaching out, pretending to offer a free phone as a thank-you for your loyalty. The scam is so well-executed that it tricks customers into placing an order for the “free” phone and even has them unwittingly ship it straight to the fraudsters. Here’s how the deceptive scheme seemingly works.