LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – An 83-year-old Lincoln woman lost more than $14,000 in a text message scam known as “smishing,” according to Lincoln Police.
Officers took the report Monday. Investigators said the scammers sent a text claiming there was a fraudulent charge on the victim’s card and instructed her to call a phone number provided in the message. The caller then directed her to send money through a Bitcoin ATM.
While phishing scams via email are widely known, law enforcement warns that scammers can also use deceptive text messages — known as “smishing”— to target victims. The term is a combination of “SMS,” or short message service, and “phishing.”…