Smartphone scams gaining traction
CBC News, By LuAnn LaSalle
The days of feeling safe using a smartphone are numbered — if not gone — say security specialists, because scammers see them as the new frontier for fraud.
The exploding popularity of mobile devices and their many software applications is already being exploited by those out to steal personal information.
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