Meaning & use
Smisher
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A person who commits smishing, the practice of sending fraudulent text messages to trick people into revealing personal information.
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The bank warned customers that a smisher was impersonating its customer service line.
Police traced the smisher's messages back to a call center overseas.
A note on using this word
Formed by blending 'SMS' and 'phisher,' this term emerged alongside the rise of text-message-based scams in the 2010s.
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scammerphisher
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