As carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, scammers are using "SMS blasters" that impersonate base stations to send fake messages to nearby phones (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
As carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, scammers are using “SMS blasters” that impersonate base stations to send fake messages to nearby phones  —  Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers.