Even though SMS is older than many fraud analysts :) , fraudsters still love it. Wanna know why?

📩 Easily spoofed sender IDs trick you into believing the text came from your bank or courier

🚐 GSM "smish-mobiles" cruise city streets, blasting thousands of phishing texts in minutes to all numbers around

🎭 OTP-pumping bots trigger one-time passwords to premium numbers, burning budgets fast

📞 Hijacked phone numbers + outdated network plumbing (SS7) and your OTP texts land on the crook's phone, not yours

🤖 Mobile malware grabbing and forwarding security text in plain SMS OTPs is still the lowest-effort route

🛰️ Silent or flash SMS pings confirm your phone's location without showing in the inbox

So, If you use SMS:

• Switch to authenticator apps or hardware tokens whenever possible

• Treat any unexpected text as phishing: verify links and never reply in haste

• If you use SMS a lot and suddenly the mobile feels too silent check the mobile signal – it can mean a SIM-swap in progress

🚨 For organizations using SMS, consider app-based or token MFA first; keep SMS only as a fallback, if you must.