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Currently, fraudsters are again trying to get their victims to open a link via SMS.
Internet users are being lured into the trap with different tricks, but always with the same intention. They receive a message via SMS in which a supposedly important reason is given that makes it necessary to click on the link sent along. This usually leads to a page where users are asked to enter their personal data or access data for Facebook or online banking.
Such phishing attempts are usually easy to unmask. On the one hand, the SMS often show gross spelling mistakes. On the other hand, the message is sent from an unknown number. The links often cannot be assigned to any known website at first glance. Anyone who happens to be expecting a package and receives an SMS notification of a failed delivery attempt should ignore the SMS message and use the shipment tracking on the homepage of the shipping service provider for reassurance. Messages asking for the removal of a private video are already conspicuous by the fact that no details are given about the content of the video and the “page” on which it is supposed to have been published.
- source: oe3.at/picture: Image by Darwin Laganzon from Pixabay
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