You’ve got your wish! Read that banks will be doing away with SMS notifications and clickable links altogether.
More importantly they've gotten rid of SMS notifs and clickable links. Now there won’t be a question of “is this a scam?” at all, simply delete and move on.
Not true at all, I don't believe. Those elderly people who are semi-computer literate (eg., went through one of the CC computer familiarization courses they sometimes have) will know how to copy/paste the URL into their browser address field if the sms really smacks of something that touches their gimmie nerve. Bam. Scammer gotcha again. Can use any of the social media apps. Telegram, Whatsapp, Messsaging, email. There are always a few who cannot resist a good deal....Lisafuller wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 3:38 amMore importantly they've gotten rid of SMS notifs and clickable links. Now there won’t be a question of “is this a scam?” at all, simply delete and move on.
Precisely why I said in another thread. Looking at one type of threat is a very narrow perspective. There's really a lot more that banks need to be doing.sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:48 amNot true at all, I don't believe. Those elderly people who are semi-computer literate (eg., went through one of the CC computer familiarization courses they sometimes have) will know how to copy/paste the URL into their browser address field if the sms really smacks of something that touches their gimmie nerve. Bam. Scammer gotcha again. Can use any of the social media apps. Telegram, Whatsapp, Messsaging, email. There are always a few who cannot resist a good deal....Lisafuller wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 3:38 am
More importantly they've gotten rid of SMS notifs and clickable links. Now there won’t be a question of “is this a scam?” at all, simply delete and move on.
True, but frankly I can’t imagine a situation where scams are no longer an issue at all. There will always be those who are uneducated about scams, or those who, like you said, cannot resist a good deal. My point is that getting rid of SMS links and notifs will do quite a bit to help reduce the effectiveness of SMS scams (and SMS scams only) since from smoulder I understand that there are many more scams than just SMSs.sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:48 amNot true at all, I don't believe. Those elderly people who are semi-computer literate (eg., went through one of the CC computer familiarization courses they sometimes have) will know how to copy/paste the URL into their browser address field if the sms really smacks of something that touches their gimmie nerve. Bam. Scammer gotcha again. Can use any of the social media apps. Telegram, Whatsapp, Messsaging, email. There are always a few who cannot resist a good deal....Lisafuller wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 3:38 amMore importantly they've gotten rid of SMS notifs and clickable links. Now there won’t be a question of “is this a scam?” at all, simply delete and move on.
Having read your other responses, I see that cyber attacks really are multi-pronged. Perhaps then, my hope would be that at the very least getting rid of SMSs and then informing SGeans will reduce the scale and effect of SMS scams.smoulder wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 2:50 pmPrecisely why I said in another thread. Looking at one type of threat is a very narrow perspective. There's really a lot more that banks need to be doing.sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:48 amNot true at all, I don't believe. Those elderly people who are semi-computer literate (eg., went through one of the CC computer familiarization courses they sometimes have) will know how to copy/paste the URL into their browser address field if the sms really smacks of something that touches their gimmie nerve. Bam. Scammer gotcha again. Can use any of the social media apps. Telegram, Whatsapp, Messsaging, email. There are always a few who cannot resist a good deal....Lisafuller wrote: ↑Tue, 25 Jan 2022 3:38 am
More importantly they've gotten rid of SMS notifs and clickable links. Now there won’t be a question of “is this a scam?” at all, simply delete and move on.
They need intelligent software to detect, flag and maybe even stop transactions from taking place if needed. Along with teams that are constantly reviewing the way that the software is set up and another operations team that responds to customer calls and investigates transaction blocking when such an event takes place.
This coming from someone who is on the team reviewing such a method for one of the banks.
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