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  • Chinese smish attack leak

    From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Mike Powell on Sun Aug 10 20:45:00 2025
    Hello Mike Powell!

    ** On Sunday 10.08.25 - 17:26, you wrote to me:

    ..and there's the entry vector, "to drive victims to fake
    verification pages" I wouldn't trust any link from an
    unsolicited sms!

    Yes, I do not, either, but apparently an alarming number of people still do!

    And.. some messages might arrive "seemingly" from one's bank or
    other service company.. and those links could even be short
    URLs. ...that's also suspicious and a no-no.

    I guess there are plenty of people/victims out there who simply
    never hear about the danger of short urls and whether a legit
    service company even sends out sms notices or not.

    --
    ../|ug

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to August Abolins on Sun Aug 10 17:26:45 2025
    August Abolins wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    The phishing attacks typically begin with SMS, iMessage,
    or RCS messages using everyday scenarios, such as toll
    payment alerts or package delivery updates, to drive
    victims toward fake verification pages.

    ..and there's the entry vector, "to drive victims to fake
    verification pages" I wouldn't trust any link from an
    unsolicited sms!

    Yes, I do not, either, but apparently an alarming number of people still do!

    Mike


    ... Direct from the Ministry of Silly Walks
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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Mike Powell on Sun Aug 10 15:09:00 2025
    Hello Mike Powell!

    ** On Sunday 10.08.25 - 09:02, Mike Powell wrote to All:

    The phishing attacks typically begin with SMS, iMessage,
    or RCS messages using everyday scenarios, such as toll
    payment alerts or package delivery updates, to drive
    victims toward fake verification pages.

    ..and there's the entry vector, "to drive victims to fake
    verification pages" I wouldn't trust any link from an
    unsolicited sms!

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: My Westcoast Point (1:153/757.21)
  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Mike Powell on Mon Aug 11 08:51:50 2025
    Mike Powell wrote to August Abolins <=-

    ..and there's the entry vector, "to drive victims to fake
    verification pages" I wouldn't trust any link from an
    unsolicited sms!

    Yes, I do not, either, but apparently an alarming number of people
    still do!

    I think of the elderly, many of whom have discovered SMS. Thanksfully,
    my mother when she was alive knew to reach out to me to confirm, but her
    best friend got burned at least twice responding to classic "urgent" SMS
    scams.

    It doesn't take many hits to make a venture like those profitable.



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