Kris Stevens

November 10, 2021

SMS About Bank Fraud as a Pretext for Voice Phishing

This post was originally published on this siteMost of us have probably heard the term “smishing” — which is a portmanteau for traditional phishing scams sent through SMS text messages. Smishing messages usually include a link to a site that spoofs a popular bank and tries to siphon personal information. But increasingly, phishers are turning to a hybrid form of smishing — blasting out linkless text messages about suspicious bank transfers as a pretext for immediately calling and scamming anyone who responds via text. KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader who said his daughter received an SMS that said it […]
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