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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Text Message Scams Lead to Identity Theft

An offshoot of "phishing" — emails that try to trick you into disclosing personal or financial information — smishing is named for the SMS (short message service) technology used to send text messages.

As more people have gotten wise to computer-based scams, scammers are increasingly targeting cellphones. Their users are three times more likely to fall for fake messages than computer users, according to online security firm Trusteer; iPhone users are the most vulnerable. Read the entire article.

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