A subset of Three UK users have received an SMS message warning them about text message-based spam – complete with a shortlink and textual urgings to click it and learn more.
The definitely-not-smishing-honest message was received by Reg reader Chris, and he was not very chuffed with it. He told us:
"They send an unsolicited out-of-the-blue SMS which asks you to 'click' (not tap) on a link. When checked out in a sandboxed environment this goes to an insecure http-only page which warns of suspicious text messages and a video telling recipients not to tap on any links. Awesome!"
The offending message is reproduced in all its glory below:
This message has all the hallmarks of a smishing (SMS phishing) message. As UK.gov-backed website Get Safe Online explained, such messages "in ..
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