VENICE POLICE DEPARTMENT: 🚨 SMISHING ALERT! 🚨 We’ve recently seen increased reports of smishing scams — fraudulent text messages containing malicious links designed to steal your personal information. These scams often target banking details, login credentials, and other sensitive data. Here’s how to spot a smishing scam: 🔎 Generic greetings: “Dear customer” instead of your name, or no name ⚠️ Urgency tactics: “Act now!” or “Limited time offer” 🖋️ Spelling mistakes: Errors in company names or details, or names like look similar 🔗 Suspicious links: Links that don’t match official websites 📱 Unknown sender: A number you don’t recognize Common smishing scams to watch for: 💳 Fake bank alert: “Your account has suspicious activity. Click here to verify: [link]” 📦 Package delivery scam: “Your package is delayed. Update details here: [link]” 🎁 Prize notification: “Congrats! You’ve won a gift card! Claim now: [link]” What to do if you receive a smishing text: 🚫 Do NOT click the...