“Failure to complete the verification may lead to deactivation of your account.”

Things to note:

• Sent by an unregistered number
• Pushes recipient to take action on an email (which means that the scammer knows the recipient’s phone number and email address)
• Various typos and grammatical errors
• Common scammer tactics include time pressure and the threat of cancellation of future transactions.

Sample conversation was created to reflect a similar case.

Tags: Security Update, Smishing