MOBILE PHONES. Bystanders are busy on their phones while waiting outside the Delfin Geralde Elementary School along Salvia Street in Barangay Kaligayahan Novaliches, Quezon City on Tuesday (June 15, 2022). The PLDT-Smart Communications on Monday (June 20) said over 23 million smishing text messages have been blocked by their filters from June 11 to 14. (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - PLDT and Smart Communications (PLDT-Smart) on Monday said it blocked over 23 million smishing text messages in a span of three days. In a statement, PLDT-Smart said the fraudulent messages were sent from June 11 to 14 and contained three uniform resource locators (URL) identified as phishing sites. Smishing or SMS phishing, it said, is a form of social engineering through text messages that deceive customers into thinking that they were sent by legitimate organizations such as banks, recruitment agencies, tour operators, and others. "These messages often contain links to websites that lure vict
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