Definitions
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- noun
identity theft committed through a maliciouslink contained within atext message
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term "smishing" plays on SMS, a term for text messages.
Think Before You Click Karen Blumenthal 2011
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The slang term smishing, sometimes spelled SMiShing, is a combination of the abbreviation for text messages - SMS, or Short Message Service - and phishing.
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Now, the same bad guys are using text messages in a scheme called "smishing" - an acronym for short message services.
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Then there's "smishing" - unsolicited text messages that either download malware or try to prompt you to give up your personal information or credit-card number.
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Sever experienced a spreading high-tech con known as "smishing."
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Beware: It could be a "smishing" or "vishing" scam ... and criminals on the other end of the phone or website could be attempting to collect your personal information in order to help themselves to your money.
Bill Singer: The FBI Issues Holiday Warning About Smishing, Vishing and Other Scams by Cyber-Criminals Bill Singer 2010
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Beware: It could be a "smishing" or "vishing" scam ... and criminals on the other end of the phone or website could be attempting to collect your personal information in order to help themselves to your money.
Bill Singer: The FBI Issues Holiday Warning About Smishing, Vishing and Other Scams by Cyber-Criminals Bill Singer 2010
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Beware: It could be a "smishing" or "vishing" scam ... and criminals on the other end of the phone or website could be attempting to collect your personal information in order to help themselves to your money.
Bill Singer: The FBI Issues Holiday Warning About Smishing, Vishing and Other Scams by Cyber-Criminals Bill Singer 2010
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Beware: It could be a "smishing" or "vishing" scam... and criminals on the other end of the phone or website could be attempting to collect your personal information in order to help themselves to your money.
Bill Singer: The FBI Issues Holiday Warning About Smishing, Vishing and Other Scams by Cyber-Criminals Bill Singer 2010
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Beware: It could be a "smishing" or "vishing" scam... and criminals on the other end of the phone or website could be attempting to collect your personal information in order to help themselves to your money.
Bill Singer: The FBI Issues Holiday Warning About Smishing, Vishing and Other Scams by Cyber-Criminals Bill Singer 2010
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Smishing is a form of “phishing” using SMS or text messages instead of email messages to entice recipients to click on phoney links that draws them to sites where either personal information is exchanged or malware is unknowingly downloaded.
‘Smishing’: the rising threat for business owners that brings scams to smartphones Gene Marks 2021
vendingmachine commented on the word smishing
"My bank just sent an email warning about phishing, vishing and smishing. Are those last two even real, accepted terms?" -Twitter
April 29, 2015
alexz commented on the word smishing
I spotted smishing at a Sophos computer security conference c. 2013
I haven't seen any normal people using this word.
April 29, 2015
nullologue commented on the word smishing
a blend of smiling and blushing, smishing
February 12, 2023