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Last year people lost $470 million to scams that started with a text message, the FTC revealed yesterday. Here's my piece from Monday on the Smishing Triad, one of the most prevalent groups sending scam texts. They can send at least 100,000 messages per day and have targeted 121 countries
Apr 17, 2025, 4:50 PM
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