Nottingham Post published The text message scam which looks so genuine it can easily fool...

If a text from your bank, say, appears in a message thread which you've already used safely, then it must be genuine, right?Wrong. People are being warned to be on their guard against a new high-tech scam sent direct to their mobile phones which is worryingly sophisticated.The latest high-tech crime to be unleashed on the unsuspecting public is a text message scam known as 'smishing' - and it's so clever it can infiltrate genuine text message threads on your phone.Smishing is a recognised scam..