Home Depot MET Supervisor Practice Test

Smishing is a form of phishing that arrives as an SMS text message. Attackers pretend to be a bank, a delivery service, an app, or another trusted source and try to spur you into taking action—such as clicking a link, entering your password, or calling a number—by creating urgency or fear. Because it’s just a text on your phone, it can feel personal and legitimate, which makes it easy to fall for if you’re not careful. The key is to treat unexpected texts with suspicion and verify through official channels rather than responding to the message. This differs from regular phishing, which is typically delivered by email; vishing uses voice calls to persuade you; and SOP is not a phishing tactic.