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Why am I receiving unwanted short codes from foreign countries?
I have been a T-Mobile Magenta Max 55+ customer for over one and half years with no issues until recently. About three weeks ago, I began receiving short codes with no message from foreign countries...
You're getting a spoofed short-code notification, the header-metadata for the message has more info than is visible in the basic message. Short-codes get spoofed the same way, even 911 can be spoofed in this way, with a motivated bad actor.
I’d try blocking that thread, and then testing your banks’ shortcode by requesting a 2FA login, to make sure you still receive them, with the block (on the spoof) in place.
