You already know to be wary of suspicious-looking text messages, but what happens if a text arrives from someone who appears ...

When you’re anxiously awaiting a package, you’re likely keeping a close eye on shipping updates to know when to expect it. So ...

Waiting for online shopping purchases to arrive? Stay vigilant against scammers pretending to be the U.S. Postal Service.

As millions of Americans begin their holiday shopping, a dangerous and highly effective scam is flooding phones across the nation, and federal authorities are sounding the alarm. The Federal Trade ...

DATA WAS COMPROMISED. YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOUR PHONE PINGS. IT’S A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. OF COURSE. IS IT REAL OR ANOTHER SCAM? A NEW CONSUMER REPORTS SURVEY FINDS THAT TECH ...

MICHIGAN (WNEM) – The Michigan Department of Treasury is warning residents about a new text scam related to tax refunds. The Treasury said it has received reports of fraudulent text messages claiming ...

(Stacker) - First, it was phony parking tickets, then toll road scams, now scammers are at it again with an all-new, all-bad DMV text scam. The unfortunate popularity of this latest grift has caused ...

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

One of the more helpful features Apple introduced with iOS 26 is a new filtering system designed to make users less likely to fall victim to a phishing scam over text. With the volume of texting scams ...

First, it was phony parking tickets, then toll road scams, now scammers are at it again with an all-new, all-bad DMV text scam. The unfortunate popularity of this latest grift has caused states from ...

Financial advisors and their firms were targeted by AI-powered impersonation scams in 2025, posing risks to reputations, client trust and regulatory compliance. In some of these schemes, bad actors ...