A Text from an Old Friend

This is a random text that pretends to be from a casual friend and provides a link that purports to be from social media (“check out my profile,” “these vacation pics are AMAZING,” and so on). This can be effective if you have a lengthy contact list or don’t always remember all the acquaintances you have hung around in the past.

The key is taking a moment to look at the nature of the text before clicking the link – it will be obviously suspicious and probably comes from a weird number. As a general rule, don’t click links in text messages.