Smishing: Annoying and dangerous phishing text messages
More and more users of private and business smartphones are receiving SMS messages prompting them to click a link. This is what is known as “smishing” - a word created from the terms SMS and phishing. In spring 2021, the perpetrators often pretended that the recipients of the SMS would soon receive a package or that a shipment should go back to the sender. A personal address can even be observed in some of the SMS texts. Smishing - SMS phishing Android users can download the link in the SMS message ...