Delete These Texts Immediately

technology You know you shouldn’t open e-mails or answer phone calls from people you don’t know. This helps you avoid phishing, a scamming tactic used to trick people into revealing confidential information about their bank accounts, credit cards, or other personal accounts. Now you also need to be wary of “smishing,” phishing attempts conducted over SMS (short message service, better known as texting). In particular, if you get a text from an “acquaintance” you’ve never met, from your bank asking you to confirm your account, or from a contest you didn’t enter informing you that you’ve won a prize, delete it immediately. And never click on links sent by text from people you don’t know. They could infect your phone with malware.