10 Facts + Stats on Smishing (SMS Phishing) in 2025
Heres how smishing works: A hacker sends you an SMS (i.e. text message) asking you to choose a link. The hacker is trying to get your sensitive information via a text message (i.e. #1. Less than 35% of the population knows what smishing is. This is one of the reasons why SMS-based fraud has such a high rate of success. #2. Smishing is causing millions of dollars in losses. But its not just a problem in the USA....