Florida Residents Falling Victim To Smishing Scam
With this being a very popular time of year for package deliveries, unfortunately the scammers are aware and are taking advantage with all sorts of scams, including the smishing scam, and Florida residents are falling victim.
Tis the season for scammers. It’s a shame that during such a joyful time of year that the scammers are out in full force. They don’t seem to take any breaks and any opportunity to take people’s hard earned money they jump at. Last week we heard of the brushing scam. That’s one where you’ll get a package delivered to your home that you didn’t order. Inside will be a QR code that the scammers hope you’ll scan out of curiosity, but in turn it’ll take you right to a phishing site where your info will be stolen. Now, there’s a new scam on the rise: the smishing scam.
Florida Residents Falling Victim To Smishing Scam
The United States Postal Service is warning Florida residents about a new scam on the rise, the smishing scam. With this one, you’ll get a fake text message sent to your phone saying that there’s an issue with a zip code or other issue with a link to click to resolve it. Once you click that link the scammers will have access to personal information like your accounts, passwords, birthday, credit card numbers and more.
According to Phish Protection, the Internet Crime Complaint Center reported over 240,000 victims of phishing, Smishing, vishing (the phone version) costing over $54 million in losses.
Now, not all text messages about your packages are from scammers. You may have it already set up like I do, but the USPS does offer Informed Delivery, which is a daily email letting you know what to expect in the mail that day. You will only receive those emails if it is something you have signed up for, and that’s the same for text messages from them as well. But if you know for sure that you haven’t signed up for anything, take caution and don’t click on any links that look or sound suspicious.
Stay vigilant and pass it on to loved ones to keep them safe from scams like this and others.
SOURCE: The Apopka Voice
