150,000 text messages on behalf of the ‘Tax Authorities’, so Utrecht residents earned thousands of euros per day

150000 text messages on behalf of the Tax Authorities so

Two Utrecht residents have been arrested for smishing. This is a form of cybercrime in which text messages are used to obtain personal information. According to the police, the arrested twenty-somethings stole thousands of euros a day from their victims. They sent about 150,000 text messages and pretended to be from the Tax Authorities.

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