This Is the Most Convincing Freedom Mobile Scam Text Yet

Text scams pretending to be Freedom Mobile are getting harder to spot, according to a warning shared on Reddit.

In a post on the Freedom Mobile subreddit, a user said they received a text message with a link that opened a page looking exactly like Freedom Mobile’s login screen. The site asked for account details, along with banking and address information, but it was fake.

“I know it was fake but to some people especially older like my parents they would not know and enter their info”.

Others said the biggest giveaway was the web address, which looked similar to Freedom’s real site but included extra characters. One user said the page even accepted completely fake information, confirming it was only there to collect data.

Here’s what the text looks like and the fake website it directs you to. It’s actually really well done and could fool someone not paying attention to the website URL (login.freedommobile-5G.com is fake), which looks totally legit:

How to know if it’s a phishing site? Enter in any credential and it will go through. Examples could be any phone number and a fake password such as yestheydeservetodieandihopetheyburninhell (Samuel L. Jackson’s favourite password). “That’s what I did I entered all fake info and address and credit card and it still went through,” said one user.

Users warned that legitimate carriers do not ask for sensitive information through text message links. Many said they never click links in texts and instead go directly to the carrier’s website or app to check their account.

The original poster said they shared the warning to help others avoid getting scammed, as these messages are becoming more realistic and easier to fall for.

Apple’s iOS 26 adds new tools to help users deal with spam and unknown messages. Messages from unknown senders can now be filtered into a separate folder instead of showing up in your main conversation list. From there, users can mark a sender as known or delete the message entirely.

There’s also new built-in spam detection. Suspected spam and junk messages are automatically sent to a dedicated spam folder, with all filtering done on the device to protect privacy. Users can report messages as spam and block the sender, which permanently removes the message from their iPhone. Apple says to reduce risk even further, links in messages flagged as spam are automatically disabled, helping prevent accidental clicks on suspicious links.

Back in July, the Competition Bureau warned Canadians about the rise in “smishing”, which is SMS phishing, when bad guys try to fool you via text message, just like in the example above. The goal is for you to give up your credentials and that’s when you run into trouble.