{"id":1501,"date":"2021-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:30:18","slug":"success-tackling-smishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/success-tackling-smishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Success in tackling smishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Phishing affects a growing number of people and has rapidly become a societal problem. It undermines the trust that the public, consumers and businesses place in organisations such as banks, the Dutch Tax Administration and telecom providers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/sharp-rise-cybercrime-higher-losses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">direct financial losses are substantial<\/a> and now run into millions of euros.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/800x-smartphone.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hand holds smartphone with mail and banking apps, surrounded by floating envelope icons marking safe and suspicious messages.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/800x-smartphone.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/800x-smartphone-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/800x-smartphone-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One specific form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veiligbankieren.nl\/fraude\/phishing-smishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phishing is smishing, or SMS phishing<span class=\"sr-only\">(opens in new window)<\/span> <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a>. Criminals approach consumers by text message and entice them to make online payments to the criminal. Many parties are involved in tackling smishing, and no single party can solve the problem alone. In addition to the Dutch public, the parties involved include the telecom sector, government agencies such as the Dutch Tax Administration, the financial sector, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, and law enforcement organisations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politie.nl\/informatie\/wat-is-phishing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the police<span class=\"sr-only\">(opens in new window)<\/span> <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> and the Public Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-action-plan\">Action plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the rapid growth of this societal problem, Vereniging COIN, which represents most telecom providers in the Netherlands, and the Dutch Payments Association took the initiative in 2020, in close consultation with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, to involve the relevant parties in drawing up an action plan. The plan aims to rapidly reduce the problem to acceptable proportions.<br>Over recent months, all parties involved have worked on the plan under the direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/coin.nl\/nl\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vereniging COIN<span class=\"sr-only\">(opens in new window)<\/span> <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> and the Dutch Payments Association. Most actions in the plan have been carried out and embedded in the participating organisations. Specific actions include sharing knowledge about criminals&#8217; fraud methods, identifying the mobile numbers they use and blocking those numbers where appropriate, establishing a central reporting point with the police and developing a dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lower-losses\">Lower losses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These actions are expected to rapidly reduce losses from smishing, and the first results are encouraging. Various monitoring tools have also been put in place to track developments in smishing losses, enabling rapid action if losses start to rise again. The participating organisations have made agreements to this effect, and the communication channels established during the project phase will remain in place. These contacts can also be used when new initiatives are needed, involving the same or different stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telecom providers, banks, government bodies and law enforcement agencies joined forces in an action plan to reduce smishing and its financial impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[5],"class_list":["post-1501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-availability-and-disruptions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bestrijding van smishing: Wat je moet weten - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/success-tackling-smishing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Success in tackling smishing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Telecom providers, banks, government bodies and law enforcement agencies joined forces in an action plan to reduce smishing and its financial impact.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/success-tackling-smishing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dutch Payments Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-12T22:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-06T20:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/800x-smartphone.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NLbetalen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NLbetalen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/success-tackling-smishing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/success-tackling-smishing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Success in tackling smishing\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-12T22:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-06T20:30:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/success-tackling-smishing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":363,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/success-tackling-smishing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/800x-smartphone.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/success-tackling-smishing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/success-tackling-smishing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bestrijding van smishing: Wat je moet weten - 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