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SINCE 2002 · WOMEN IN BUSINESS

How to Protect Your Phone Against Text Smishing in 2026

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Text message fraud, or smishing, is a growing risk for women founders and women-led businesses running a UK company from a mobile phone. Ofcom research published in 2024 found that 82% of UK adults received a suspicious text, call, or message in the previous three months (Ofcom, 2024). UK Finance reported that total fraud losses […]