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   April 1, 2022   
      
   LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is sharing reminders   
   from her Text Message Scams: Smishing Consumer Alert as Verizon   
   customers are warned about scam messages from their own number.   
      
   Smishing is when scammers send text messages pretending to be from   
   trusted sources. The goal is to get targets to respond with personal   
   information like passwords and credit card details or to click on   
   links that install malware. It is just like phishing that uses emails;   
   instead smishing uses texts.   
      
   The company told The Verge earlier this week, "Verizon is aware that   
   bad actors are sending spam text messages to some customers which   
   appear to come from the customers' own number. Our team is actively   
   working to block these messages, and we have engaged with US law   
   enforcement to identify and stop the source of this fraudulent   
   activity. Verizon continues to work on behalf of the customer to   
   prevent spam texts and related activity."   
      
   https://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-359-92297_47203-579088--,00.html   
      
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