smishing

English

Etymology

Blend of SMS +‎ phishing

Noun

smishing (uncountable)

1. Identity theft committed through a malicious link contained within a text message.

Hypernyms

• phishing

Holonyms

• social engineering

Coordinate terms

• vishing

Translations

text message scam

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簡訊釣魚 / 简讯钓鱼 (jiǎnxùn diàoyú)

• Dutch: smishing (nl) m or f
• French: smishing (fr) m
• Japanese: スミッシング (sumisshingu)
• Korean: 스미싱 (seumising)
• Swedish: smishing (sv) c

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