Known as “phishing”, cybercrime tries to obtain personal in- formation and use it for financial gain.
Emails from Nigerian princes needing to get money to secure their inheritance are all too common, and many people fall for it. Other cybercrimes can be by text messaging.
Text cybercrime prompts vic- tims to click on links and fill in personal information. With Ar- tificial Intelligence (AI), cyber crime is becoming more sophisticated.
According to StatePoint Media, if you are not expecting a message, proceed with caution. New technology makes it dif- ficult to identify if it is coming from a known company. Little missed details from a brands logo can fool you into thinking it is from that company.
Do not immediately respond. Do not click on any links within the message. This will lead you away from the text into a website that will glean your information or install a trojan or virus. If it appears to be from a familiar company, contact them and see if it was sent by them.
Screenshot and send to the named company to verify and alert them.
To report this cybercrime to all mobile carriers, screenshot and send the message to 7726. And hit the “Report Junk” feature on your mobile carrier’s system.
