Telecom & Utilities scams
Phone, broadband and energy providers send bills every month, so a fake bill blends right in.
Paste the sender's email address, the link, or the website from the message.
Know the pattern
The most common telecom & utilities scams
Bill overdue or big discount
Messages claim your bill is overdue, or offer a large discount or refund, to get you onto a fake payment page.
SIM swap
Scammers convince a provider to move your number to their SIM, then receive your security codes. A sudden loss of signal is a warning sign.
11 brands monitored daily
Check a specific company
Verizon
verizon.com
AT&T
att.com
T-Mobile
t-mobile.com
Xfinity (Comcast)
xfinity.com, comcast.com
Vodafone
vodafone.com, vodafone.co.uk
BT
bt.com
EE
ee.co.uk
O2
o2.co.uk
Jio
jio.com
Airtel
airtel.in
British Gas
britishgas.co.uk
Help stop it
Where to report a scam
United Kingdom
- Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk
- Forward scam texts to 7726
United States
- Report to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov
- Forward phishing emails to reportphishing@apwg.org
- Forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM)
Canada
- Report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
- Forward scam texts to 7726
Australia
- Report to Scamwatch at scamwatch.gov.au
- Report cybercrime through ReportCyber at cyber.gov.au
India
- Report at cybercrime.gov.in or call the 1930 helpline
Germany
- Forward phishing emails to the Phishing-Radar at phishing@verbraucherzentrale.nrw
Switzerland
- Report phishing websites at antiphishing.ch
Anywhere
- Report phishing websites to Google Safe Browsing at safebrowsing.google.com
- Tell the company through its official website or app
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