If you’re in the UK, you’ve likely received a fake delivery SMS at this point. The original big driver for this over the pandemic was a non-stop wave of Royal Mail phishing scams. As that article mentions, most if not all of our interactions with organisations is done by mobile. I receive medical appointment updates by phone. Notifications from school? Phone. A reminder about my upcoming dental appointment? You better believe it’s arriving by phone.

The pandemic has exacerbated this, because