Swisscom schützt vor Phishing-SMS
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Never heard the word before. But I think it’s a good thing since such phishing SMSes have been coming in more often recently.

But the fraudsters are inventive and will probably simply use cell phone numbers, as with the advertising calls, and still try to trick people.

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10 days later

@ChristianG could you please answer Chips’ question? Thanks LG MirkoP

I would like to know exactly how this filter works. What’s strange to me is that before this filter was introduced, I received a phishing SMS about every 3-5 days. But every day since its introduction. Unfortunately I can’t add an example here, the texts are perverse and too clear. By the way, all numbers start with 044. Blocking doesn’t really help because the numbers change every day.

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21 days later

@Greihabot14

Regarding point 2: “I didn’t give it enough thought”

This is very dangerous if you browse the Internet thoughtlessly. Before every click, for example on links in emails or websites, you should think about the possible consequences. The greatest danger when using modern media comes from the user. The provider can only contribute to a limited extent; the behavior of the person in front of the screen is much more important.

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11 days later

Hello Swisscom

please answer the questions about the effectiveness of your new filter. I’ve been getting text messages like this recently too. And no, they would be easy to filter. Almost too easy…

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6 months later

I have a fake one today

Received a text message from UPS and clicked on the link by mistake. What do I have to do now? I have already deleted the text message.

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