This tactic, known as “smishing”— a portmanteau of “SMS” and “phishing” — targets people using text messages to trick people ...

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A phishing scam is going around that could put many Texans' personal information at risk. Here's what to know.

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Smishing is the use of SMS texts by scammers attempting to compromise data and pilfer money. And if you think the problem is ...

The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.

Though the term smishing comes from a combination of the words phishing and SMS, these scams can also be conducted through other messaging platforms such as iMessage, Google Messages and WhatsApp.