return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoDon't click on road toll texts. FBI issues fresh warning about the smishing scamabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down12
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkDon't click on road toll texts. FBI issues fresh warning about the smishing scamabcnews.go.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareLucky13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoWhat a stupid name for a scam.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoIt’s a portmanteau of “SMS phishing”.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoI see this as an unnecessary distinction since you still need a phone and “phishing” is a portmanteau of “phone fishing.”
What a stupid name for a scam.
It’s a portmanteau of “SMS phishing”.
Still stupid.
I see this as an unnecessary distinction since you still need a phone and “phishing” is a portmanteau of “phone fishing.”