Scam texts target Texans: What smishing is and how to protect yourself from it
Officials continue to warn of smishing scams intended to steal people's personal information. The FBI alerted smartphone users nationwide to delete fake text messages pretending to be from toll road services,
What’s ‘smishing’? FBI warns of new wave of scam text messages
The latest FBI warning includes toll scams, but adds bogus messages from package delivery companies, Forbes reports. The tactic is known as “smishing” — a combination of “SMS (Short Message Service ice) and “phishing” — and it uses text messages to trick people into giving out sensitive personal information.
New FBI Warning: Delete These Smishing Texts on iPhone and Android Now
In its latest statement, the FBI advises: "If you receive one of these texts, the following is suggested: File a complaint with the IC3, check your account using the toll service's legitimate website, contact the toll service's customer service phone number, and delete any smishing texts received."
N.C. Attorney General warns of text message scam targeting thousands
Clicking the link in the texts can expose victims to financial fraud, allowing scammers access to bank accounts and personal data, officials said.
FBI warns against responding to scam text messages about highway toll collection
The FBI is warning Americans not to respond to scam road toll collection texts after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month.
Don't Click on Those Road Toll Texts. Officials Issue Warnings About the Smishing Scam
State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal financial information,
What is a smishing text? See examples as a text message scam targets people over unpaid tolls
The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.
That text message asking you to pay a North Carolina highway toll? Ignore it. Here’s why.
The N.C. Attorney General and Turnpike Authority warn that a nationwide scam is hitting phones in North Carolina.
FBI issues warning on E-ZPass text scam: Delete texts on your iPhone, Android phone
FBI issues new warning of nationwide 'smishing' text scam from E-ZPass or other road toll collection service. Here's what to ...
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Did you get a text about unpaid Texas toll bill? FBI says to delete these smishing texts
A phishing scam is going around that could put many Texans' personal information at risk. Here's what to know.
Strength In Numbers: Safeguarding MMS, SMS And RCS From Fraud And Spam
Standard, industry-wide approaches like STIR/SHAKEN highlight the strength of a phone number. Because dozens of carriers and ...
Police warn iPhone users to report dangerous text message: ‘These scammers want to scare people’
“These scammers want to scare people into acting before thinking,” Sheriff Nick Cocchi said in a statement. Even if the caller ID appears to be from a legitimate agency, “it is likely spoofed using ...