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En espanol The word smishing comes from combining SMS for short message service, the technology behind texting with phishing, the practice of stealing personal or financial information through deceptive communications, primarily emails.

If you answer a call from an unknown number, hang up immediately.Never give out personal information, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, maiden names, passwords, or other identifying information in response to unexpected calls/texts or if you are suspicious of the caller/sender.

Clicking on a phishing link or opening an attachment in one of these messages may install malware, like viruses, spyware or ransomware, on your device. This is all done behind the scenes, so it is undetectable to the average user.

You might sometimes receive spam text messages on your iPhone. They can be really difficult to permanently block, since spammers can use multiple numbers to keep getting messages into your iPhone's inbox.Tap Messages. Turn on the feature under Message Filtering called Filter Unknown Senders.

Merely opening the message wouldn't do any harm, but if you click on those suspicious links, you might be redirected to some untrustworthy webpages or sites. Some texts messages might also contain links that can trigger the download of an unwanted app.

Android phones can get infected by merely receiving a picture via text message, according to research published Monday. Even before you open a message, the phone automatically processes incoming media files -- including pictures, audio or video.

Scam artists know this and sometimes target consumers with phishing scams via text message or SMS (short message service). Text message or SMS phishingalso called smishingoccurs when scam artists use deceptive text messages to lure consumers into providing their personal or financial information.