According to a survey conducted in December 2022, 63.5 percent of smartphone users in Japan neither knew the term nor the meaning of smishing. The term is a portmanteau of "SMS" and "phishing." It refers to a form of online fraud in which a legitimate source is impersonated in order to gain sensitive information. Unlike phishing, however, smishing involves simple text messages instead of e-mails.
Share of smartphone users who know about smishing in Japan as of December 2022
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Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. (February 16, 2023). Share of smartphone users who know about smishing in Japan as of December 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228876/japan-awareness-of-smishing-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. "Share of smartphone users who know about smishing in Japan as of December 2022." Chart. February 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228876/japan-awareness-of-smishing-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. (2023). Share of smartphone users who know about smishing in Japan as of December 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228876/japan-awareness-of-smishing-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. "Share of Smartphone Users Who Know about Smishing in Japan as of December 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228876/japan-awareness-of-smishing-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, Share of smartphone users who know about smishing in Japan as of December 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228876/japan-awareness-of-smishing-among-mobile-device-users/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Share of smartphone users who know about smishing in Japan as of December 2022 [Graph], Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, February 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228876/japan-awareness-of-smishing-among-mobile-device-users/
