Chinese cybercriminals are scamming the world. Over the last few years, these fraudsters have sent millions of scam text messages—often impersonating the USPS or toll-road collection firms—and data-offer-url=”https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/url-scam-texts-china-gangs-68e96097″ class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/url-scam-texts-china-gangs-68e96097"}” href=”https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/url-scam-texts-china-gangs-68e96097″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>allegedly made more than a billion dollars from their brazen schemes. The groups of SMS scammers are a prolific—and annoying—menace to millions of people.
Now, in one of the most high-profile actions against the scammers so far, Google is suing alleged members of one “relentless” Chinese smishing group…
