What is Smishing and how do I protect myself?

What is Smishing? Of course everyone knows that phishing is done via email. A scammer sends emails trying to obtain sensitive information such as your credit card information or name, or passwords.

Ο όρος "Smishing" λοιπόν αναφέρεται στο phishing με SMS.

What is Smishing?

Smishing

To date, almost all scams ηλεκτρονικού "ψαρέματος" 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.
Το "SMS" σημαίνει "υπηρεσία σύντομων μηνυμάτων" από το "short message service" και είναι ο τεχνικός όρος για τα μηνύματα κειμένου που λαμβάνετε στο τηλέφωνό σας.

A new SMS scam is a perfect example of smishing. Lately too many have received text messages supposedly coming from FedEx. Περιείχαν ένα κώδικα παρακολούθησης και έναν link για "να ορίσετε τις προτιμήσεις παράδοσης".

If someone clicks on that link on their phone, they'll end up with one of Amazon. The website asks for his credit card details.

It was just an example. An SMS scam could appear to come from your bank and ask you for details s.

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.
Αποφύγετε να δώσετε πληροφορίες αν ανοίξετε ένα σύνδεσμο σε ένα μήνυμα κειμένου. Για παράδειγμα, εάν λάβετε μια "ειδοποίηση εξαπάτησης" από την τράπεζά σας, μην αγγίξετε τον σύνδεσμο στο μήνυμα και συνδεθείτε. Πηγαίνετε κατευθείαν στην σελίδα της τράπεζάς σας ή πάρτε ένα τηλέφωνο για να εξακριβώσετε την αλήθεια.
Do not send sensitive information.
Προσέξτε για πράγματα που είναι "πάρα πολύ καλά για να είναι αληθινά", όπως κάθε "δώρο" που χρειάζεται τον αριθμό της πιστωτικής σας κάρτας για κάποιο λόγο.
Do not download or install any software that is sent to you via text message or email.

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