Already fake post-SMS again: How to recognize supposed package information

Already fake post-SMS again: How to recognize supposed package information

Many users are currently bothered by fake SMS messages, which camouflage themselves as delivery notifications for packages.The text varies, send numbers and transmitted links also.Basically, it is always about the fact that a package supposedly could not be delivered or should be sent back now if you do not invite the attached link and do something very urgently there.Caution: that is all lied.

Schon wieder gefälschte Post-SMS: So erkennen Sie vermeintliche Paket-Infos

Instead of informing about a real delivery, numerous dangers lurk behind the link, especially for Android users: harmful apps spy on data, play users and spread through the contacts.But that was by no means all possibilities, for example, an infected smartphone can also become part of a bot network.

Now it is quite common for you to get package notifications via SMS and follow the state of things via link.And that's exactly where the counterfeits start.They are still badly done by craftsmanship, i.e. the send numbers are some numbers, they are included and the links are revealed by crude strings as dubious.Nevertheless, the SMS spam meets the zeitgeist, because of course a lot is ordered and many people are practically waiting for some packages constantly.