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AT&T Refund Scam - Overcharge Or Surcharged Phone Bill
ATT Refund Scam - Overcharge Or Surcharged Phone Bill

The "AT&T Refund" scam texts below, which claim recipients were overcharged and they should click the links in the fake texts to be reimbursed or compensated, are being sent by scammers. Therefore, recipients of the "AT&T Refund" scam texts are asked not to click the links in them because they go to phishing or fake websites.

The AT&T Refund Scam Texts

AT&T Free Msg: Ryan, we accidentally surcharged your phone bill last month. Please your reimbursement here: k7hzv .info/fs8KgaFScy

AT&T Free Msg: John, we accidentally surcharged your phone bill last month. Kindly your compensation here:

WE OWE YOU $794.28. A new ruling caused us to overcharge you last year. Your insurance refund is ready. Please claim it within 24 HRS: 5enf .info/RgDylcg2X7

The links in the scam texts go to fake or phishing AT&T websites that steal account credentials, personal and finanical information. Therefore, if you have already been tricked by text scams, please contact AT&T for help.

If you have received an AT&T Refund scam, please share by leaving it in a comment below along with the telephone number it came from. This will help info others.

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by an anonymous user from: Los Angeles, Pomona, California, United States

Final Reminder: Jillinda, your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending. Receive your outstanding balance now rbeu2.com/TwYjkLFj6O.

I have recieved these text everyday at 3 am I block them and they text with a different number . This one came from 1 (949) 591-2021

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by an anonymous user from: Downtown Redmond, Redmond, Washington, United States

Notification 3/3 - Michella, your Service provider billed you incorrectly. ATT owes you: $302.57. Verify your details here tnro5.com/GBayXmwDI5

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by an anonymous user from: Bath County, Carloover, Virginia, United States

Notification 3/3-
my first name is here, your service provider billed you incorrectly. ATT owes you: $302.57. Verify your details here (its a link)
wbtf1.Com/fp2254tijk

I am so sick & tired of getting this c**p....I block numbers everyday at least at&t call protect is catching a lot of these scam calls...But doesn't help with the text messages...I manually block those numbers daily myself.

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by an anonymous user from: Downtown Redmond, Redmond, Washington, United States

I got exactly the same thing, even the same amount!!!

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by an anonymous user from: Otter Tail, Perham, Minnesota, United States

I got a text message that seems like spam. Then I saw this article with the same message, even the same exact $ amount. "Final reminder: your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending." It came from 16574640589.

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by an anonymous user from: King, Redmond, Washington, United States

I got a text message that seems like spam. Then I saw this article with the same message, even the same exact $ amount. "Final reminder: yourATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending." It came from 16574640367.

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by an anonymous user from: Radnor Township, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States

1-657-464-0781 is the source of the following text

Final Reminder: Your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending. Receive your outstanding balance now 1djid.com/sDjSr9x2Pv

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by an anonymous user from: Minnehaha, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

“Final Reminder: Your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending. Receive your outstanding balance now 2meod.com/S3dWGj4naR”
1 (657) 464-0493

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by an anonymous user from: Downtown Redmond, Redmond, Washington, United States

Final Reminder: Your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending. Receive your outstanding balance now 2meod.com/S3dWGj8yCV

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by info

"Final Reminder: Your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending. Receive your outstanding balance now http://4ntgo.info/Fqdp8O6n92"

Another scam.

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by an anonymous user from: DeKalb, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

1-657-480-7981 - message "Final notification: My Name, your AT&T refund of $362.81 has still not been claimed. t5sme.info/fAUTOBOO15p Please receive your credit this week.

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by an anonymous user from: Santa Cruz County, Boulder Creek, California, United States

The text of the scam sent to me said:
"Final Reminder: Your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending.
Receive your outstanding balance now click 4ntos.com/4vY5UcDQBf"

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by an anonymous user from: Cathedral Heights, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

I received the exact same text from phone number (347) 446-0166

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by an anonymous user from: Downtown Redmond, Redmond, Washington, United States

Final reminder: Paul, your AT&T balance of $360.09 has still not been claimed: t5sme.info/fAUTBOxsxB Please claim your balance today

From: 915-694-6105

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by an anonymous user from: King, Redmond, Washington, United States

Final Reminder: Your ATT refund of 391.03 is still registered in our system as pending.

Phone number it came from is: 747-294-6087

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by an anonymous user from: Anne Arundel County, Crownsville, Maryland, United States

Txt received: Final reminder: Your ATT refund of $391.03 is still registered in our system as pending.

Phone number it came from: 917-864-4221

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