T-Mobile employees report being lured into scamming customers (Update: T-Mobile statement)
Scammers are asking T-Mobile employees to perform SIM swaps for them.
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- Current and former T-Mobile employees are receiving text messages offering them $300 for every SIM swap they perform.
- SIM swapping allows a bad actor to gain access to a phone line, which they can use to obtain two-factor authentication codes sent to the victim.
- It appears the criminals were able to contact these employees with the help of a leaked employee directory.
Update, April 15, 2024 (03:42 PM ET): A T-Mobile spokesperson issued a statement to Android Authority on the matter discussed in the original article below. Here is the statement, in full:
We did not have a systems breach. We continue to investigate these messages that are being sent to solicit illegal activity. We understand other wireless providers have reported similar messages.
