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Help Us Beat Scam Text Messages!
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You may be seeing more suspicious texts these days. Bad guys have found this to be an effective way to scam people.
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You can do something to stop these – forward them to us!
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We can help stop these bad guys, but only after you forward the text to 7726. If you do, we can take appropriate action. How?
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We can block messages with similar content as well as the number the bad guy used.
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We can also trace the message and take down other malicious resources used by the bad guy, like web sites and email accounts.
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Then, we can share our information with other carriers and industry security partners to really clamp down on the bad guy.
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To make it easier for you to do your part to help stop the bad guys … here are step by step instructions to forward that important text to 7726.
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Open the message on your phone.
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Press and hold on the message to get a list of actions to pop up. Be careful to not accidentally click any links in the message.
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Click on “more…”
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Click the forward arrow at the bottom right of the new screen.
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Enter “7726” in the forward to field.
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Hit the send arrow in the lower right and the suspicious text message will come to us.
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We’ll send you a response. Reply to that message and include the suspicious number for us in your reply.
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You’ve done your part – so we can do ours. By working together this way, you can help us better protect you and other customers.
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To learn more about fraud protection and cybersecurity, visit Cyber Aware.
- Open the message on your phone
- Press and hold on the message to get a list of actions to pop up
- Click on “more…”
- Click on the forward arrow at the bottom right
- Enter “7726” in the forward to field
- Hit the send arrow in the lower right
- Reply to the response text you receive from AT&T and include the suspicious number
*Functionality may change on 3rd party messaging apps. If the steps outlined above do not apply, you can copy and paste the suspicious content into a new message to 7726.