With the release of consumption vouchers, many fraudsters takes advantages of the shopping boom to deceive people by faking government departments, banks or merchants to send discount promotion or lucky draw SMS. Personal data is what they are after.
UD experts: unlike email, SMS cannot filter suspicious messages by software, which often depends on users to identify fake SMS.
Here are some tips to help you:
・IOS / Android system will automatically group SMS with the same sender ID, so fake SMS often mixes with real SMS. Even if you receive SMS from brand and company that you are familiar with, you should still keep your eye open.
・Usage of shortened link addresses are common for SMS. The domains are usually the domain name of the shortened link service provider, such as bit.ly, the most commonly used shorten link service. In other words, both real and fake links may use the "bit.ly" as domain name. It is impossible to identify real links cannot from domain names alone.
・Even if you click to open the page, you should also pay attention to whether it is the official website of the company.
・If necessary, you can contact the organizations to check out the promotion content.
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