{"id":69296,"date":"2025-04-18T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T23:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=69296"},"modified":"2025-04-15T17:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:18:45","slug":"got-a-text-from-smart-with-a-link-its-a-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/04\/18\/got-a-text-from-smart-with-a-link-its-a-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Got a text from Smart with a link? It\u2019s a scam!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is reminding everyone to stay alert against scam messages that pretend to be from trusted companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smart and its value brand TNT do not send text messages with clickable links. If you receive one\u2014even if it looks like it\u2019s from Smart or another known brand\u2014don\u2019t click. It could be a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cScammers use tools to make it seem like messages are coming from real companies,\u201d said Atty. Roy Ibay, Smart\u2019s Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs. \u201cOnce you click the link, it can lead to fake websites that steal your personal or financial information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smart continues to strengthen its defenses against text scams. In March alone, it prevented nearly 250 million phishing messages. It has likewise blocked over 162,000 mobile numbers linked to illegal activity in the first quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond network protection, Smart also runs its #BeCyberSmart campaign to help people spot and avoid scams. If you get a suspicious message, report it through Smart\u2019s HuliScam portal at smart.com.ph\/huliscam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also report scams to Smart\u2019s official channels:<br>\u2022 Facebook: Smart Communications<br>\u2022 X (Twitter): @SmartCares<br>\u2022 Hotline: *888<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart and its value brand TNT do not send text messages with clickable links. If you receive one\u2014even if it looks like it\u2019s from Smart or another known brand\u2014don\u2019t click. It could be a scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[286,54,2103,343],"class_list":["post-69296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-it-security","tag-security","tag-security-breach","tag-smart-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69297,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69296\/revisions\/69297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}