A popular tactic of criminals is the "fake order" scam. The way it works is that you get a message, usually in email or text, that appears to be a routine confirmation for an order. Of course, you never ordered whatever product or service it's confirming. The message looks common enough, and it says that money will be charged to your credit ...

The Phone Link supports messages sent by Short Message Service (SMS). It also supports Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messaging. You can still send your favorite photos and GIFs from your PC.

Push notifications and in-app messages: If you're using either of our iOS or Android apps you will receive in-app messages or push notifications. These are delivered to the GroupMe app using your data plan.

Codecs allow you to play different formats of audio and video files. Media Player supports a wide variety of codecs. Most are included out of the box; some additional codecs can be installed from the Microsoft Store.

In Microsoft Teams (free) you can add SMS participants from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Japan, Mexico, or the US to a new or existing group chat. SMS participants from other countries will receive an invite to join Microsoft Teams (free) and can then join the group.

GroupMe enables you to participate in groups via SMS. If you are added to a GroupMe group by SMS, you can use these commands in the group: #help - Sends you a text with the basic commands you might have forgotten. #add [name] [phone] - Follow the "#add" command with a person’s name and phone number to add them to the group.

An Incoming webhook lets external applications share content in chats and channels in Microsoft Teams. Webhooks are used as tools to track and notify. You can post to a channel or chat when a webhook request is received.

Enabling virtualization gives you access to a larger library of apps to use and install on your device. If you upgraded your device from Windows 10 to Windows 11, these steps help you enable virtualization.

You can start a chat with an SMS participant in supported countries, see How to chat via SMS on Microsoft Teams (free). You can also link your Android in Microsoft Teams (free) to connect your phone to Teams—get access to your SMS text messages and contacts, and receive notifications.

You can start a one-to-one chat with SMS participants in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Great Britain, India, Mexico, and the United States. SMS participants from other countries will receive an invite to join Microsoft Teams (free); once they join, you can start a chat with them.