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Free Mobile phishing emails demand €9.99 after breach

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Polished Free Mobile phishing emails demand €9.99 and harvest card data after a 2024 breach and a €27 million CNIL fine.

Malwarebytes reports a polished phishing campaign impersonating French carrier Free Mobile after an October 2024 breach that exposed bank-account and login data. Both reports agree that CNIL fined Free Mobile €27 million in January for failures to protect customer data. On September 30, a customer received a convincing invoice-style email demanding €9.99 to avoid suspension; one report identifies the sender as knowledgegrowthcenter.help, while the other describes only a suspicious sender. The link redirected to espace-free-mobile.pro, a Cloudflare-hosted lookalike registered about a month earlier, which asked for credit card details. Similar waves used freesas.info and regularisation-free.info. Malwarebytes advises using mobile.free.fr or calling 3244 instead of email links.

Key facts
  • An October 2024 Free Mobile breach exposed customer bank-account and login data.
  • France’s CNIL fined Free Mobile €27 million in January for failures to protect customer data.
  • On September 30, a customer received a branded email demanding €9.99 to avoid service suspension.
  • One report names the sender as knowledgegrowthcenter.help; the other calls the sender suspicious.
  • The link redirected to Cloudflare-hosted lookalike espace-free-mobile.pro, registered about a month earlier, which requested credit card details.
  • Similar lures used freesas.info and regularisation-free.info.
  • Malwarebytes advises customers to use mobile.free.fr or call 3244.
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Vendors
Free Mobile
Victims
Free Mobile
Organizations
Free MobileCNILMalwarebytesCloudflare
Countries
France

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  1. · 29d ago Malwarebytes LabsFirst report

    Convincing Free Mobile phishing emails appear after data breach

    Scammers are sending polished Free Mobile invoice emails that phish credit card details.

  2. · 29d ago Malwarebytes Labs

    Convincing Free Mobile phishing emails appear after data breach

    Convincing Free Mobile phishing emails demand €9.99 and harvest card data after a 2024 breach.