It also includes a link to a website. Instead of being a real notice to pay your bill, the message is a “smishing” scam. Smishing is a phishing attempt by text message aimed at stealing your ...

Kolkata: It is that time of the year when the exam season is knocking at the doors and scammers seem to be using it to the hilt.

Known as a "smishing" scam, the messages appear to come from official tolling agencies, directing recipients to settle unpaid tolls and urging drivers to avoid late fees by paying quickly.

These attacks are often given accompanying names: Spear phishing, Whale phishing, Smishing, Vishing, and email phishing. Thanks to modern impersonation techniques, spearheaded by various ...

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 ...

Nassau, Bahamas, January 15, 2025 – CIBC Caribbean has warned about an ongoing ‘smishing scam’ targeting clients in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. It noted that fraudsters have been sending ...

“What we’re seeing with these tolls scams is just a continuation of the Chinese smishing groups rotating from package redelivery schemes to toll road scams,” Merrill said. “Every one of us ...

Scammers who prey on Apple iMessage users via phishing (or smishing) messages are doubling down on a novel tactic that tricks their victims into disabling built-in security. Spotted by ...

Beware: texts are part of the latest “smishing” scam, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The texts say that the recipient owes money for EZ pass tolls and include a ...

Have you recently received an odd text claiming you have an unpaid road toll bill? You’re not alone. Scads of people are reporting being targeted in so-called“smishing” scams designed to trick people ...