Scam SMS Not from "ShopBack"

nige0090 on 24/04/2024 - 19:14

Not sure which forum this belongs in…

I received an SMS this evening from a new number +992 70 214 0835 which appears to be from Tajikistan.
Bonus points if you know where that is, without having to look it up.

The SMS content was:
"Shopback: Hurry! Due to a system upgrade, some of your cashback rewards are about to expire. Activate them now by clicking" followed by a bit.ly link…

The bit.ly link checker decodes the link to be
https://shopback.zip-safety.info/#/m?state= blah blah blah…
which is a "Welcome back!" login style page (with no branding), requesting your mobile number or email address

The domain zip-safety.info was registered on 20 April 2024, but the registrant info is redacted
https://au.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=zip-safety.…

So if you also get this SMS, its probably best to not click on the link

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Comments

  • freefall101 on 24/04/2024 - 19:30
    +4

    Shopback was fined last year for leaking piles of data (although breach was a few years ago, now I looked it up), I guess someone decided to put it to use.

  • jv on 24/04/2024 - 19:49

    appears to be from Tajikistan.

    Don't Jetstar fly to Dushanbe ?

  • [Deactivated] on 24/04/2024 - 19:52

    As a general rule of thumb just don't click on anything unless you've recent established dealings with and are expecting a response. I'm forever asked to help parents/mates cos they clicked on something and now get pop-ups out the wazoo, those things have become pretty sophisticated and hard to distinguish even for those whom are cautious.

  • JIMB0 on 24/04/2024 - 19:57

    I got a similar text but the number starts with +63.

  • spackbace on 24/04/2024 - 20:43

    It's ok though, they offered you 50c "sorry" money…

  • randomusername2017 on 24/04/2024 - 22:23

    Well..that's a novel twist on a shopback scam thread title…minus a few points for no mention of GC though.

  • BoltThrower on 24/04/2024 - 23:40
    +1

    This app intercepts scam SMS and calls. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller…

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