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

It can be exciting to learn that you have unclaimed rewards points, but if this news arrives via an unsolicited text message, ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Scammers will do anything to get your money or personal information. A popular scam that has been making the rounds involves a text message from an unknown number, and an ...

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

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One text message, a tap on a link, and a life's savings can vanish before morning. That is what happened to a Houston woman ...

In a bid to combat bank impersonation scams, Nationwide has become the latest bank to launch its own caller verification ...

Scam calls used to feel like background noise. Today, they look like a moving snapshot of how fraud evolves in real time, ...

Whether posing as banks or toll agencies, scam text messages are on the rise. A new Consumer Reports Cyber Readiness Report found text scam attempts increased by 50% and are growing fastest among Gen ...

Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent in the past year, with young adults experiencing the sharpest rise of any age group. That’s one of several important findings in the ...

A Google report on Thursday said that iPhone users are more likely to receive scam texts and calls than Android users, thanks to Google's more advanced protections built into the operating system, ...

In 2024, approximately 3,500 scams were reported to the attorney general's office, which increased to 4,000 last year.