T-Mobile users beware: New scam tricks customers into returning ‘free’ phones to fraudsters

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR 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. T-Mobile free phone scam: How it works A Reddit user recently reported that a T-Mobile representative called their sibling, who is an authorized user of their family plan, and ... Read full article.