Fake CAPTCHA scam turns a quick click into a costly phone bill
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"fake captcha scam turns a quick click into a costly phone bill researchers have documented a long ‑ running campaign that uses fake captcha pages to trick mobile users into sending dozens of international sms messages in the background. if you ’ ve spent any time on today ’ s web…"
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T1566.002Spearphishing Link
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"works a typical flow for the scam looks like this : victims arrive via malvertising or tds redirects, often from typosquatted telecom domains, onto a page that looks like a basic image ‑ selection or quiz captcha. to “ continue, ” they ’ re prompted to tap a button that opens the…"
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Summary
Scammers are using fake CAPTCHA pages to rack up international SMS charges on victims’ phone bills, and then take a cut.