Smishing Awareness 08/06/2021 21:20:32 [384421]

Smishing Awareness

Staffordshire police are advising everyone to be vigilant of fake text messages, also known as 'Smishing'. There has been a significant rise seen in the last couple of months of texts purporting to be from banks and delivery companies. These fraudulent text messages typically contain a link, which if clicked will take a person to a website which looks quite genuine, but it won't be. They usually come showing a mobile phone number and not the name of a company or business, but this is not always the case ! The purpose of these messages is to capture personal and financial details in order to scam an individual for money and/or conduct other fraudulent activity against a person. It always pays to 'Take Five' if you are in receipt of a text message like this, ask yourself what is being asked 'of' or 'from' you. Always check a request using a safe source, contact the organisation directly and never respond to messages like these. **TAKE FIVE - STOP CHALLENGE PROTECT** Report suspicious texts by forwarding to 7726

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