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Scammers are trying harder than ever to take advantage of unwitting victims via text message scams.
According to “The RoboKiller Report: 2022 Mid-Year Phone Scam Insights,” more than 147 billion robotexts were projected to take place this year, a 68% increase from nearly 88 billion scam texts that took place in 2021.
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The increase is fueled by the Federal Communications Commission’s recent efforts to combat spoofed robocalls, which caused scammers to seek a new avenue to defraud victims: texting.
According to RoboKiller, scammers are known to follow consumer behavior trends. So the holiday season is the perfect time to catch people off guard, and delivery scams are favored by fraudsters.
According to the report, California, Florida, Georgia, New York and Texas are the five states that received the largest number of robotexts in the first half of this year. The report states that scammers target states with densely populated cities in order to reach as many people as possible.
However, even if you don’t live in one of those states, it’s…
