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Jun 17, 2024 · Here are the newest scam text messages to watch out for. Pop quiz: How many times has someone tried to scam you today? Beyond the spammy emails and phone calls, take a look at your texts....
- Sage Lazzaro
- Louis Denicola
- AI-Powered Scams. Perhaps the most obvious example of scammers using new technology to power existing scams comes from artificial intelligence (AI). For example, scammers might use AI to
- Student Loan Forgiveness Scams. The back-and-forth changes in student loan forgiveness creates a ripe opportunity for scammers. The scammers know people want to believe their student loans will be forgiven, and they'll use that hope for their personal gains.
- Phone Scams. Scammers may contact you by phone, and some phone scams rely on smartphones' capabilities to access the internet and install malware. These can include
- Zelle Scams. Scammers are turning to Zelle, a peer-to-peer payment app, to steal people's money. The scammer might email, text or call you pretending to work for your bank or credit union's fraud department.
- Copycat bank fraud prevention alerts. Reports about texts impersonating banks are up nearly twentyfold since 2019. You might get a fake number to call about supposed suspicious activity.
- Bogus “little gifts” that can cost you. A text about a free gift, reward, or prize may look like it came from a company you know – say, your cell phone company or a big retailer.
- Fake package delivery problems. Expecting a package? There’s a text scam for you. Texts pretending to be from the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, and UPS say there’s a problem with a delivery.
- Phony job offers. Promises of easy money for mystery shopping at well-known stores like Whole Foods and Walmart are an old scammer favorite. Reports about bogus offers to make money driving around with your car wrapped in ads are also common.
Jul 19, 2022 · You may have noticed receiving fewer robocalls over the past year, but a new report finds scammers are increasingly using a new way to reach consumers: text messages.
- Brett Molina
- Consumer Tech Reporter
- Do You Know How to Spot A Text Scam?
- How Do Text Message Scams Work?
- Are Text Message Scams Dangerous?
- The 10 Latest Text Messages Scams to Avoid
- What to Do If You Receive A Scam Text
- Did You Click on A Link Or Give Information to A Text Scammer? Do This
- The Bottom Line: Protect Your Phone Number from Scammers
Kizzy Broaden thought she was doing the right thing when she responded to a fraud alert text from her bank [*]. She called the number in the text and quickly “verified” her identity by providing her Social Security number (SSN) and debit card details. Minutes later, both her personal and business accounts were empty. Unfortunately, Kizzy is just on...
Fraudsters implement numerous types of text message scams. But they all follow a similar pattern: 1. You receive a text message from an unknown or “spoofed” number. Scammers use technology to make it look like they’re messaging you from a business or person you know (such as the IRS, Apple, or Amazon). 2. The message creates a sense of urgency to g...
That depends on the scam — and how you respond to the message. Typically, text scammers have three goals: 1. Getting you to click on a link that downloads malware onto your device. Once infected, hackers can spy on you, steal your passwords and sensitive information, or lock you out and demand a ransom. 2. Sending you to phishing sites that steal y...
The good news is that receivinga scam text isn’t dangerous. But if you do anything more than look at it, you could put yourself at risk. Instead, here’s what to do if you receive a scam text: 1. Don’t respond. Any action can put you at risk of being scammed or having your identity stolen. Don’t reply (even with “STOP”) or call phone numbers in unso...
If you accidentally responded to a scam text or clicked on a link, you could be vulnerable to several different cyber and phishing attacks. Follow the steps below if you responded in any way to a scam text.
2,695,229,046. That’s the number of spam texts that scammers send out every week [*]. If you’re not careful, you can easily become one of their victims. While there’s almost no way to stopscam texts, you can keep your inbox secure by following a few steps: 1. Filter out text messages from unknown senders. Aura's SMS protection will field unwanted t...
- Hari Ravichandran
Jul 29, 2022 · Text message-based scams have surged, many of them starting with seemingly innocuous messages meant for someone else. Anson Chan for NBC News. The text message came late Tuesday.
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Texting is cheap and easy, and scammers are counting on the ding of an incoming text being hard to ignore.1 In 2022, they were right to the tune of $330 million in losses to text scams, as reported to the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network, with a median reported loss of $1,000.
