Urgent warning! Lots of fraudulent short messages (SMS) on the go. We clarify what's behind it.
Many people are currently reporting to us that they are receiving dubious SMS messages. These short messages often say that the recipient should log in somewhere. Supposedly a package is on the way, a certain delivery, or something else that needs to be received.
The message itself doesn't necessarily reveal what it's about. It only very roughly describes that a shipment is on the way. This is of course intentional, because many people order things online. Whether via Amazon, Wish or generally a postal package.
And that's exactly what these fraudulent messages play on. You know very well that almost everyone is waiting somehow or somewhere for a delivery of goods. Sometimes these short messages are designed quite poorly and simply, so that they can sometimes be exposed straight away. Here is a small selection of the fraudulent short messages:
SMS: your name is mentioned!
But there are not only badly made short messages, some messages are also designed to be more authentic. For example, we have short messages in which the recipients are addressed by name. This naming can have various reasons.
In these cases, however, the respective senders generally have a database in which a name is linked to the phone numbers. At this moment it is easy to connect the name at the same time in the automated mass messages.
Where these name databases come from cannot be said exactly. And there are definitely different options. On the one hand, these can be databases that have appeared on the Internet (such as the Facebook leaks ), or data that is obtained through apps on the cell phone that sniff out the phone book.
Once these databases are up and running, those affected can do very little. Of course it is possible to change your own phone number, but who does that? In the end there is only one thing left: recognize the danger as soon as it occurs and delete the message.
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