The "AT&T Gift Text" text below is a scam. The fake text, which claims to apologize for some signal issues and offer recipients a free gift, is being sent by scammers. The aim of the scammers is to trick their potential victims into clicking the link in it. The link goes to a phishing website that steals account credentials, personal and financial information.
The AT&T Gift Text Scam
+1 (804) 248-7327
AT&T
We appologize for the tempoary phone outage yesterday. You were one of the the 25,000 effect customers.
In return we are providing you with a $100 FREE GIFT!
Please take t his brief 30 second survey about AT&T and we'll offer you a $100 free item.
If you have received the AT&T Free Gift Text scam, please post it in a comment below to help info others. You may also report it to your cellphone service provider.
If you were tricked into disclosing financial information by the scam, please contact your bank for help. Or, if you were tricked into disclosing your account credentials, please change your passwords.