While you may be familiar with phishing scams that arrive via email, smishing is another threat to be aware of. The IRS has recently raised the alarm on evolving tactics like “smishing” and ...

These SMS text phishing scams are also known as smishing. If you're getting weird texts and phone calls and numbers you don't recognize, there could be smishing attempts to scam you. Smishing is ...

Perhaps one of the most popular scams is "smishing," which, in the case of holiday mail, appears as fraudulent text messages indicating package tracking. Undisclosed texts with questionable ...

Smishing is a phishing modality that is carried out through text messages (SMS) instead of emails, making it totally deceptive. Scammers who use smishing use messages that at first glance look ...

Languages: English. Taxpayers should be aware of a recent "smishing" scam that could cost as much as $1,400 or lead to personal data being compromised. Scams can cost U.S. taxpayers thousands of ...

Mishing, a term coined by Zimperium, covers all sorts of mobile-first phishing techniques: Smishing (SMS/text-based phishing), Quishing (QR code phishing), voice phishing, Wi-Fi-based phishing ...

Languages: English. "The scam is the smishing with the text," the spokesperson said, "It's very current and topical." According to the spokesperson, the scammers send a text message telling the ...