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FBI Warning on Smishing Texts: What You Must Do Now

76,000 Victims and Counting — The FBI's Smishing Alert Is Serious In early 2024, the FBI and FTC issued urgent warnings about a massive smishing campaign impersonating toll collection agencies and delivery services across all 50 states. By late 2025, the IC3 had cataloged tens of thousands of

Carl B. Johnson Apr 13, 2026 5 min read
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FBI Warning on Smishing Texts: What You Must Do Now

10,000 Malicious Domains and Counting In early 2025, the FBI issued a stark public warning about a massive smishing campaign — fraudulent SMS text messages — targeting Americans across all 50 states. The FBI warning on smishing texts wasn't routine. It described a coordinated operation leveraging more than 10,

Carl B. Johnson Feb 28, 2020 7 min read