{"id":3570,"date":"2011-04-28T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T12:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=921"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:14","slug":"beware-smishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/beware-smishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware Smishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/send.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-922\" title=\"send\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/send.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-922 lazyload\" title=\"send\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/send.gif\"><\/a>Smart-phone users now have something new to worry about \u2013 smishing.&nbsp; Smishing is similar to phishing scammers on the internet, and means that anyone who responds to a text message or downloads an application on to their cell phone could be in danger of having their privacy and security compromised by hackers.&nbsp; \u201cIt could be as serious as a significant financial loss if they are able to access their bank account,\u201d warns the chief technology officer at Cloudmark, Jamie De Guerre.<\/p>\n<p>With more than three million people in the United States alone now owning a cell phone, and many of those cell phones holding personal information including the likes of banking records and even trade stocks, it is easy to see why \u2018smishers\u2019 are keen to get their hands on them, and what the dangers are for users if they were to succeed?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does make it a somewhat alluring target for scammers,\u201d acknowledges John Walls from the CTIA The Wireless Association.&nbsp; Tricks used by scammers include text messages that claim to be from a credit union and ask the cell phone owner to dial a certain number.&nbsp; \u201cWhen you call the number, they\u2019re actually looking to scam you out of your personal information,\u201d says De Guerre.&nbsp; Another trick is the use of text messages that claim to be from a friend telling you about an \u201cincredible media player\u201d that is free to download but is actually downloading malware that could increase the cost of your phone bill.&nbsp; Walls admits that cell phone companies are in a race with such scammers to try to keep up with their latest tricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart-phone users now have something new to worry about \u2013 smishing.  Smishing is similar to phishing scammers on the internet, and means that anyone who responds to a text message or downloads an application on to their cell phone could be in danger of having their privacy and security compromised by hackers.  \u201cIt could be as serious as a significant financial loss if they are able to access their bank account,\u201d warns the chief technology officer at Cloudmark, Jamie De Guerre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beware Smishing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/beware-smishing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beware Smishing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smart-phone users now have something new to worry about \u2013 smishing. 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