TOPEKA —Officials with the Kansas Turnpike are warning drivers of a text scam. On social media, the Turnpike wrote, "If you get this fraudulent text, ignore it and do not click link.
It’s part of a national smishing campaign design to steal personal financial information.
Smishing is a social engineering attack that uses fake mobile text messages to trick people into downloading malware, sharing sensitive information or sending money to cybercriminals. The term “smishing” is a combination of “SMS”—or “short message service,” the technology behind text messages—and “phishing.”
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