Robotexts are the next thing for scammers

While Robocalls won’t completely disipate, there’s a new wave coming, that’s called Robotexts.

Our good buddy Brian Krebs wrote up an article that talks about this problem. Its titled Why robotexts are scammers’ favorite new tool and I found it quite interesting.

The first paragraph states:

If you’ve recently received a text claiming to have a delivery update for a package you never ordered or providing an urgent security alert for a bank you don’t belong to, you’re not alone.

I’ve seen some of these, but knock on wood, I’ve not in a little bit. Watch, once I get this published, I’ll be innodated with them.

So far in 2022, the Federal Communications Commission has received more than 8,500 complaints about “unwanted text messages,” according to a consumer alert released last month.

That number is on track to surpass the number of complaints in 2021, which included 15,300 messages. But according to industry data, the number is likely just a small sliver of the problem. Spam-blocking app RoboKiller estimated that consumers received more than 12 billion robotexts in June alone.

There’s plenty more but these paragraphs are only the highlight. Let’s see what we can do.