Episode 49
Be on the Lookout for Text Message Scams
Privacy Mentor with Carrie Kerskie
November 17, 20219m 8s
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Show Notes
In this episode Carrie and Kyle bring up scam text messages that they've being seeing recently. They discuss the different types they've received as well as the reasoning behind why they are being sent out. Carrie also shares tips to protect yourself from these messages and mentions ways to report these scam numbers.
In this episode you will learn:
- A few examples of different text message scams
- Why these scams are being sent out
- Simple tricks to determine which messages are real or fake
- How to report these fraudulent/scam numbers