What is Smishing? Of course everyone knows that phishing is done via e-mail. A scammer is sending emails and trying to get sensitive information like your credit card information cardς ή όνομα, ή κωδικούς πρόσβασης.
The term "Smishing" therefore refers to phishing by SMS.
What is Smishing?
To date, almost all scams phishing arrive via email. For example, someone may claim to be from your bank to ask you to provide your account information, or your credit card information.
Smishing is the SMS version for phishing scams. Instead of receiving a scammy email, you get a scammy text message on your smartphone.
“SMS” stands for “short message service” and is the technical term for the text messages you receive on phone you.
A new SMS scam is a perfect example of smishing. Lately too many have received text messages supposedly coming from FedEx. They contained a code monitoringand a link to "set delivery preferences".
If someone clicks on that link on their phone, they'll end up with one fake Amazon page. The website asks for his credit card details.
It was just one example. An SMS scam could appear to come from your bank and ask you to provide login information.
SMS phishing is something new that we do not often encounter, and you should be on the lookout for scammy text messages, just as you do with malicious emails:
Check the source of the text message. For example, the message you received from Amazon may appear to be real. However, scammers can spoof the number of a text message.
Be careful of anything suspicious. If you receive a delivery notice from a new number and are not expecting anything, do not proceed. The alert is potentially suspicious.
Do not open links contained in SMS.
Avoid giving information if you open a link in a text message. For example, if you receive a "fraud alert" from your bank, do not touch the link in the message and log in. Go straight to your bank page or pick up the phone to find out the truth.
Do not send sensitive information.
Watch out for things that are "too good to be true", like any "gift" that needs your credit card number for some reason.
Do not download and install any software sent to you via text message or email.
