AT&T texts can be faked to hack you

Third, the text messages don’t even have a consistent format. Sometimes they start in all capital letters: “AT&T FREE MSG.” At other times they’re lowercase: “AT&T Free Msg.”

To test her theory, Grant set up her own short code, bought a legitimate-looking website address and sent a message. Can you tell the difference?

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