Similar to a “phishing” scam — where computer users receive an authentic-looking email that appears to be from a trusted organization – “smishing” messages are sent to you via SMS (text message) on your mobile phone.
Cyber Security
Article first appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Last week hundreds of people received an email purportedly from me forwarding an attachment to be opened. Only it wasn’t from me. It was spoofed. If you hovered a mouse over the email address you would see “my email” wasn’t really mine at all. And since my email appears at the bottom …