ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL IS URGING THE PUBLIC TO WATCH OUT FOR EMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGE SCAMS. 

FIRST THERE WAS PHISHING…WHERE CON ARTISTS SEND AN EMAIL TO TRY TO GET YOU TO CLICK ON A LINK OR OBTAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. BUT NOW…SMISHING IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. THAT’S WHERE SCAMMERS REACH OUT VIA TEXT SAYS ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL.

RAOUL ALSO ADVISES AGAINST SENDING THE WORD “STOP” TO A BOGUS TEXT BECAUSE REPLYING CONFIRMS THE PHONE NUMBER IS ACTIVE AND THAT YOU’RE WILLING TO OPEN SUCH MESSAGES.

RAOUL ALSO REMINDS THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WON’T CALL, EMAIL OR TEXT YOU FOR MONEY OR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND THAT GOVERNMENT WEBSITES TYPICALLY END IN “DOT GOV” OR “DOT ORG.”