<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46507" src="https://ancient.cybermaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Blog_Images_Alerts_Incidents-3.png" alt="" width="800" height="512" /> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned Americans of an increasing wave of SMS (Short Message Service) phishing attacks attempting to steal their personal information and money.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Such attacks are also known as <a href="https://ancient.cybermaterial.com/definition-smishing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">smishing</a> or robotexts (as the FCC calls them), and scammers behind them may use various lures to trick you into handing over confidential information.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">"The FCC tracks consumer complaints – rather than call or text volume – and complaints about unwanted text messages have risen steadily in recent years from approximately 5,700 in 2019, 14,000 in 2020, 15,300 in 2021, to 8,500 through June 30, 2022," the US communications watchdog's Robocall Response Team said [<a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-385732A1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">PDF</a>].</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">"In addition, some independent reports estimate billions of robotexts each month – for example, <a href="https://www.robokiller.com/spam-text-insights" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RoboKiller estimates</a> consumers received over 12 billion robotexts in June."</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a class="btn btn-default" style="text-align: justify;" href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-warns-americans-of-escalating-sms-phishing-attacks/?&web_view=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">READ FULL ARTICLE</a></p>