BBB Warns Of "Smishing" Scams
By: WROC-TV
Updated: July 3, 2012
Scammers are coming up with new ways to access your personal information. This time it's through your smartphones.
The Better Business Bureau calls it "smishing." The bureau says scammers are sending spam text messages and are using trusted company names to get people to claim phony prizes. The scams offer free laptops, mortgage assistance and loans. The bureau is encouraging consumers to delete sketchy text messages. They advise that consumers should not respond at all to text messages offering prizes because doing so confirms cell phone numbers. Consumers are also encourage to monitor their bank statements.
The Better Business Bureau calls it "smishing." The bureau says scammers are sending spam text messages and are using trusted company names to get people to claim phony prizes. The scams offer free laptops, mortgage assistance and loans. The bureau is encouraging consumers to delete sketchy text messages. They advise that consumers should not respond at all to text messages offering prizes because doing so confirms cell phone numbers. Consumers are also encourage to monitor their bank statements.
