In today’s world, SMS is widely used by many businesses and individuals. However, the way every technology is vulnerable in some way or another; SMS is also prone to various security threats, one of which is SMS spoofing.

In this blog, we will understand the following things around SMS spoofing in detail.

  1. What is SMS spoofing?
  2. How does SMS spoofing work?
  3. Six Types of Spoofing Messages
  4. How do you detect SMS spoofing?
  5. How do scammers get your phone number?
  6. How to avoid SMS spoofing scams?
  7. Conclusion

What is SMS spoofing?

 

You might have received a text message that seemed to come from your bank or a friend that you found suspicious. This is the case of SMS spoofing.

To explain this in simple language, imagine text messages are like envelopes. Typically, the envelope shows who sent it (your bank, friend, etc.).  With spoofing, scammers can fake the envelope’s return address to trick you into opening it.  This fake address could look like a real bank number, a friend’s phone number, or even a random number to seem mysterious.

SMS spoofing is a practice where the sender alters their Sender ID on text messages so that the message appears to be coming from a different number or name familiar to the receiver. Here, the sender can change their IDs, phone numbers, or both.

It is usually done to do fraud with other people. Apart from this, many businesses use this technique to run campaigns, but instead of using phone numbers, they use their company’s name.

Here are a few examples of how scammers use SMS spoofing:

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