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Fake CAPTCHA Scam Abuses Verification Clicks to Send Costly International Texts

  • Deeba Ahmed--HackRead
  • published date: 2026-04-25 11:10:58 UTC

Research from Infoblox reveals a massive Click2SMS fraud scheme using fake CAPTCHAs and back button hijacking to trick victims into sending costly international texts.

Network security firm Infoblox has disclosed details on a long-running fraud operation that has been quietly draining bank accounts since at least June 2020. This scam uses fake CAPTCHA pages to carr… [+2806 chars]