Although many may think it is difficult to exploit SMS text messages to deceive, the reality is that many people still fall into this type of deception, so in the end they steal their money quickly and "easily".
Although banks themselves invest enough money in communications and every time they tell you they don't ask for data by phone, the information in the phishing message sometimes makes you believe that the bank is really sending those text messages.
Although it may be "easy" to identify what to know when you receive a short text message, we do not always pay attention to these details, but Google has a solution that seeks to eliminate this problem, and forever if we fall into a problem of deception Via SMS.
Verified accounts are a good option to see if they are real and not a scammer who wants to trick us. On the other hand, if Google has something in its possession, there is a lot of information from users and companies, so you want to take advantage of it so that we do not face any other problems with SMS impersonating a bank.
So, in the latest beta release, we launched a verified SMS function, where users can see if the text message is from their bank or bank, or if it's someone who just wants to trick us and steal money.
That's why we'll see in the messages we get an icon indicating that SMS has been verified, and that it really belongs to your banking institution. For this, Google will use its database of numbers of companies registered with Google, so that banks and other institutions to register their phone number in Google in order to verify their SMS.
Currently, this functionality is already in use in the beta version of the messaging app for Android, but it currently only works in the United States, Poland and India, although it may reach more countries around the world in the coming months.
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