These sites might mimic well-known brands like Amazon, FedEx, UPS, or Facebook. If you enter your information, scammers can access your accounts and personal data. Some smishing scams use phone ...

The term “smishing” is a mash-up of “SMS” and “phishing,” and it refers to a scam carried out via cell phone text. Scammers often try to frighten targets into clicking the link by ...

Smishing is a combination of SMS and phishing: scam text messages that appear to ... will use names of legitimate delivery services like Amazon or USPS, asking you to click the link provided ...

That’s why they increasingly use texting through an activity called “smishing.” Some $330 million was stolen through texting scams last year, reports the Federal Trade Commission.

QUINCY – My turn to receive the latest fraudulent "smishing" scam arrived at 9:27 a.m. Sunday when a text message appeared on my iPhone. It told me that I owed money for unpaid tolls on state ...

The Internal Revenue Service ( IRS) is warning of a new "smishing" scam targeting Americans who are due to receive money as ...

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 ...

The scams are known as “smishing,” which is “a mashup of SMS — for ‘short message service’ — and phishing,” according to a scam guide from the FCC. The department posted an ...

The term “smishing” is a mash-up of “SMS” and “phishing,” and it refers to a scam carried out via cell phone text. Scammers often try to frighten targets into clicking the link by threatening ...