New Sender ID Registry to Fight SMS Scammers

A new registry could make it mandatory for texts to disclose a sender ID in the latest crackdown on SMS scammers in Australia. With more than half of scams originating from text messages, the government is considering whether a registry should be mandatory for all entities that use a sender ID to contact Australian consumers. Sender IDs identify to a consumer who has sent the text message. Scammers often use fraudulent message headers, or sender IDs, to impersonate legitimate brands such as banks, Australia Post, toll providers or government services. Australians lost $3.1 billion to scammers in 2022, after almost two-thirds of the population were exposed to a scam attempt....