• BitDefender has identified a malicious SMS campaign
• The texts promise up to 90% energy bills savings
• Elon Musk’s equality is used to try to fool victims

A malicious SMS campaign has been discovered by Bitdefender who benefits from Americans who want to save money on their energy bills.

The scams sent an offer to an ‘innovative’ energy -saving device via an SMS, which usually includes the victim’s real name, and encouraged them to follow a link to “start hiding” hundreds at their electrical bill. The scammers probably had access to the victim’s names through previous data violations. Here is an example of SMS;