Smishing triad dupes Grant's wife - so he hacks their operation

USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation​

The flood of text messages started arriving early this year. They carried a similar thrust: The United States Postal Service is trying to deliver a parcel but needs more details, including your credit card number. All the messages pointed to websites where the information could be entered.

Like thousands of others, security researcher Grant Smith got a USPS package message. Many of his friends had received similar texts. A couple of days earlier, he says, his wife called him and said she’d inadvertently entered her credit card details. With little going on after the holidays, Smith began a mission: Hunt down the scammers.

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^^^^^^

Different guy, different story.

Scammers need to get jobs orcstart thwir own businesses that create instead of destroy.