How to spot a phishing sms text message
With attempts of phishing via text messages, many will be laid out the same as the email attempts or have the narrative regarding another form of communication. For example, a text message received about multiple failed log-in attempts for an email account; and the text message is asking for sensitive information regarding that account to “verify” the user. In this scenario you would be advised to not give up any sensitive data until confirming that the sender is legitimate and is regarding a legitimate claim. Majority of the time if there were multiple failed log-in attempts on your email account, you would receive a phone call from the email provider themselves, where they would verify themselves or you can verify them.