A rising onslaught of phishing messages delivered via SMS (aka ‘smishing’) has been hitting mobile users around the world in the last few months. The fake messages impersonate payment, package delivery and streaming services, government and healthcare organizations, popular IT and email providers, online retailers, hospitality organizations, and so on. The messages take the form of alerts about recipients being eligible to apply for the COVID-19 vaccine, fake notifications about missed deliveries and/or requirements to pay for specific deliveries, messages offering financial help from the government, prizes won’
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/01/08/sms-phishing/