Showing posts with label spoof. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spoof. Show all posts

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Are you being spoofed? Here are telltale signs

Blink and you'll miss

Is your mobile phone being spoofed? There are signs, and you have just seconds to spot them.

Recents months have seen the rise of spoofing, a scamming method where fraudsters pretend to be your trusted brand and send you SMS geared towards collecting your sensitive information without your knowledge.

Spoofing uses a devious device called the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catcher or fake base station, which can be toted around or mounted in vehicles to mess with mobile users within a 2-kilometer radius. The IMSI catcher downgrades your signal to 2G via their faux network, allowing fraudsters to send you messages that look like legit messages from well-known brands, yet are anything but.

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