How SMS Scams are Hurting Legitimate Survey Research

Americans increasingly prefer to be reached by SMS for polling and survey research. This civic use of text messaging requires that consumers trust the messages they are receiving on their phone -- otherwise, our legitimate civic and political surveys can get lost in a mix of spam.

Unfortunately, scammers keep finding new ways to try and scam Americans out of their hard earned savings.

That's why we wanted to share AARP's excellent resources on avoiding scams -- whether they arrive via text message, email, phone, or in-person. While designed for older Americans, these resources can be useful to everyone.

AARP's resource center for avoiding scams [external link[