From the Federal Citizen Information Center:

Thanks to a con that has spread like wildfire in recent months, there’s new concern for anyone with a bank account and a telephone number. The new trickery is called “smishing.” It’s a cousin of “phishing,” an attempt to get personal information via e-mails or other electronic communication. “Smishing” relies on wireless phones for identity theft by using a communications protocol called SMS (short message service), which sends text messages. Read more…