Smishing Becomes the New Phishing

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WHNT News 19 N- 7/23/2017 - Elizabeth Garcia - Internet scam artists have moved past your email inbox – because that was so two months ago – and are now targeting consumers through text messages. Although this scam has been around for a couple of years, it is just now becoming the new scamming ‘fad’. “Smishing” scams operate by preying on consumer’s sense of urgency. Examples of reported “smishing” scams could be your bank contacting you regarding an unauthorized charge or mystery shopping invitations that lead to shopping fraud. Read more @ http://whnt.com/2017/07/23/smishing-bec ... -phishing/