After years of having a cellphone, you’re probably used to scam or robot calls and junk email hitting your inbox. But now cybercriminals are taking it one step further, flooding your device with scam text messages.
Receiving an unexpected text from an unknown number can happen occasionally as people mistype a digit or use an old number. These messages, though, aren’t coming from a phone. Instead, a computer sends out thousands of texts every second to devices all around the country in the hope that someone will reply. And when they do, that opens the door to hackers and identity thieves.
So how can you protect yourself against this new form of cyber crime? We’re here to walk you through everything you need to know about text scams, what you can do to protect yourself, and how to report a possible scam text.
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