How to Protect Yourself From Smishing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you ever receive a text message calling you to action on a missing package, banking issues, or similarly suspicious problems, here are 3 steps to protect yourself from fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n
We are all aware of email scams and phishing, but newer to the world of scam artists is text message-based phishing, or Smishing (SMS + Phishing). You may receive text messages from unknown numbers, or even from your own number!, offering gifts and prizes or baiting you into a concerning situation. Ever received a text saying your package cannot be delivered as addressed while asking you to follow a link to clear up the mistake? Or perhaps that your bank account has been hacked and to please call the fraud number listed in the text?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are common scam methods!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you ever receive a text message calling you to action on a missing package, banking issues, or similarly suspicious problems, here are 3 steps to protect yourself from fraud.<\/p>\n\n\nHow to Protect Yourself From Smishing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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