RE: Watch Out For SMS Spoofing .:. Ph's Shorts 🩳
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I think I stopped reacting "at first" to all messages, emails or calls that I receive, which contain the following message: "Only for you", "Only today", "Free"... and similar.
The only tricky thing is that the brain has to be constantly on, to remember where you were and what you were doing (like you remembering car insurance 🙂).
What they did to you probably wouldn't hurt you at first, unless it's a premium number, so it costs you a lot to call.
But by calling that number, you would draw a target for yourself, announce that you are active (for some more advanced attack models), that you are responding to this type of message, that you really have an account on cripto.com that is connected to that number.
And great damage could be caused if you called them and left your voice, perhaps an account number, pin code or some other personal information on a machine...
Even if someone I know personally sent me an SMS or mail with some "non-standard, not everyday" request, I would call him (or, even better, meet with him) to check it out 🙂
I remember watching a YouTube video where the guy recorded a telephone call with "allegedly" a Coinbase support technician... You wouldn't believe the level of sophistication from the guy from the other side... I mean, I suppose I would realize the scam at some moment, but anything can happen...
And yeah, responding on that kind of messages provokes an avalanche of similar ones in the future... The same as trying to unsubscribe from a mailing list where you didn't subscribe at all... You are just giving a signal that you are using the email, which leads to even more spam... 😃
All in all, this was a very sneaky phishing attempt, combined with my personal circumstances, could have gone wrong...
All in all, wanted to share with others to know about these kinds of things... SMS spoofing can be used in different and more dangerous ways...