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Smishing: risks, examples and how to avoid it

Do you know what smishing is, what risks it involves and how you can avoid it? The cyber-criminals are betting on the technique known as Smishing when it comes to defrauding users through text messages (SMS). The objective of Smishing is the same as that of other types of scams such as Phishing: to collect confidential data and obtain money illegally.According to a study by Experian, mobile phone users aged between 18 and 24 send more than 2022 texts per month (around 67 per day) and receive 1831 messages.In this article, we will explain the most relevant aspects of SMS… !

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