Security News > 2021 > April > 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.
Last week, Rogers suffered a massive outage throughout Canada, 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.
These texts state that Rogers is giving customers a $50.00 CAD refund, and to claim it, they need to visit the included link, as shown below.
Rogers is aware of the scam and has issued warnings on Twitter to "Forward the content of the SMS to 7726, to register it for investigation/blocking from the network."
If you accidentally visited a link from this smishing scam and entered your Rogers account credentials, you should immediately log in to your account and change your password.