more profitable way for attackers to steal banking information, login credentials, and private data. Pretty scary, right? To combat smishing attacks, it is necessary to raise awareness about them by disseminating smishing statistics.
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1 Key Stats on Smishing in 2022
2 General statistics on smishing 2022
2.1 Approximately 378,509,197 spam texts sent/received per day in April 2022
2.2 An estimated 2,649,564,381 phishing emails were sent per week in April 2022
2.3 On average, Americans received about 41 spam messages per person per month.
2.4 Less than 35% of people actually know when they are being targeted by Smishing attacks
2.5 Smishing attacks increased by over 700% in the first two quarters of 2021
2.6 Victims Lost Millions of Dollars Due to Smishing Attacks
3 Phishing statistics
3.1 Attackers can steal the victim's confidential information using fake 2 Fa (two-factor authentication) messages
3.2 Scammers are repeatedly exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic in smashing attacks
3.3 In most cases, scammers use the substitution of neighbors to attract victims
3.4 Tax scams are one of the most common categories of smishing attacks.
3.5 Smishing is now a standard form of phishing attacks using mobile devices.
4 Other Phishing Statistics
4.1 Most (85%) Americans say they received Robotext in 2021
4.2 More than 61% of Japanese smartphone users are unaware of the term “smishing”
5 Conclusion
5.1 Related publications:
Key Stats on Smishing in 2022
In April 2022, approximately 378,509,197 spam texts were sent/received per day.
An estimated 2,649,564,381 smishing messages were sent per week in April 2022.
On average, people receive about 41 spam messages per person per month.
Less than 35% of people know when they are being targeted by smishing attacks.
Smishing attacks have increased by more than 700% in the first two quarters of 2021 .
As a result of smishing attacks, victims lost many millions of dollars.
Attackers can deprive victims of sensitive information by using fake 2FA (two-factor authentication ) messages .
Most often, cyberpunks use the substitution of neighbors to attract victims.
Tax fraud is one of the most common categories of smishing attacks.
Smishing is now a standard method of phishing attacks using mobile devices .
General statistics on smishing 2022
Approximately 378,509,197 spam texts sent/received per day in April 2022
Spam is a message that is unwanted and unsolicited. Typically, these messages come from a computer and are sent to your devices (phones) via an instant messaging account. They are easy and cheap for scammers because they are sent over the Internet . In fact, according to the latest smishing statistics, 376,032,773 spam messages were sent per day in April 2022. This is a significant increase from the year before. These texts are often disguised as service messages or updates and are usually delivered via SMS.
An estimated 2,649,564,381 phishing emails were sent per week in April 2022
Even though we live in the 21st century (where everything is just a few clicks away), 95% of our population owns mobile phones that do not require an internet connection. That is why scammers want to make the most of this messaging technology. Smishing statistics show that spam texts are indeed becoming an increasingly important tool for scammers. The average number of spam texts per week as of April 2022 is 2,649,564,381. This is a very large number, and it only increases every year.
On average, Americans received about 41 spam messages per person per month.
As of April 2022, we saw that the average number of spam messages received by US citizens per month was around 41. However, the average number of spam messages received by an American per month in 2021 was 16.9. While 14.7 was the average number of spam texts in 2020, followed by 10.6 in 2019 and 8.5 in 2018. This clearly indicates that the number is increasing significantly year on year. Moreover, of all the SMS messages received from an unknown number in April 2022, over 67% of Americans said they ignored these SMS messages. And 65% of them said they deleted these spam messages.
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Less than 35% of people actually know when they are being targeted by Smishing attacks
For mobile phone users, especially the older generation, it can be quite difficult to assess the authenticity of an SMS message. And this is one of the main reasons why smishing (text message-based fraud) has such a high success rate. In fact, according to reports, only 23% of mobile phone users over 55 were competent in accurately identifying smishing. The numbers are quite low, to be completely honest. However, millennials are no better: only 35% of people aged 23-38 know the term “smishing”. Another alarming smishing statistic is that less than 35% of mobile phone users know when they are falling victim to this type of scam. We can’t blame them for their ignorance, since this cybercrime uses social engineering , which is quite difficult to catch. As smishing attacks become more sophisticated, you need to be very attentive to your messages. You can check them for spelling and grammar errors, as these are common indicators.
