Text message phishing scams, commonly known as smishing, are increasingly using accurate family titles and even the real names of victims' children to steal bank details and trick victims into installing malicious apps. Scammers addressed older victims as "Mom" or "Dad" with near-perfect accuracy, and multiple cases involved the children's actual names. Authorities suspect the fraud relies on personal information exposed during recent massive data breaches. A report on family imposter smishing released by Infinigru Corp., a Korean fraud-prevention technology company, found 1,856 victims received demands for money or personal information, or had their phones remotely accessed after installing an app, over the seven months from Dec. 8 last year to July 14. These victims received a combined 40,876 messages. The victims were predominantly older, with those aged 50 and above accounting for about 94 percent, or 1,743 people. To deceive victims more easily, scammers used titles like "Mom" and "Dad" in messages claiming a broken phone screen or a changed contact number. Among 1,801 victims aged