What the Tech? Better Business Bureau Warns of a Texting Scam - Alabama News

The Better Business Bureau is warning people about the scam that is a combination of “catfishing” and “smishing” scams.

I played along with a “wrong number” text from someone who said they were asking about a car and asked if I was “Midge”. When I said no, the scammer asked where I live and that since I seem like a nice person, they wanted to get to know me better. This texting scam is similar to “smishing” scams that rose in use around Christmas 2021. Those text messages alerted the recipient that a package was waiting on them and to click a link to reschedule the delivery. AT&T customers reported a similar scam where they were asked to click a link to access their account about a billing problem.

In the latest texting “wrong number” scam, the scammer might dig for personal information such as name and city or address. They could also carry on the conversation for a while until the victim believes there is some sort of relationship at which time the scammer asks to exchange photos.

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