How many text messages have you received lately about a missed delivery of a package you didn't order? Or a prize you've earned for being a loyal customer of a company you don't use? Or a nonexistent withdrawal just made on your account?
Bogus messages like these have skyrocketed in recent years as scammers have shifted from robocalls to robotexts — in part because the feds were forcing phone companies to shut their networks to robocalls. The legal landscape is changing, however, in a way that should make it tougher for fraudsters to invade your message queue too.
That's tougher, not impossible. Scammers are a notoriously resourceful bunch.
