It seems like nearly every week, there is a new text scam that we need to look out for, and the most recent one is about the threat of unpaid traffic tickets. Receiving a text message that explains ...

Spotting what’s real and what’s a ripoff isn’t always easy, but Consumer Reports has tips to help you stay a step ahead.

Text messages that appear to come from motor vehicle departments are the latest lure scammers are using in a new phishing campaign to steal your data.

NEW YORK (WRGB) — A surge in text message scams is targeting unsuspecting consumers with fake package delivery and toll payment alerts, according to Consumer Reports. These messages often appear ...

Joe Ducey with the Better Business Bureau reports that more victims are getting scammed by people they think are close ...

It starts with a ping. You’re in the middle of your day when a text pops up that there’s a problem with your package delivery, or a missed toll payment. These messages look very convincing, but ...

The iOS 26 update introduces new features in the Messages app to help protect iPhone users from increasingly sophisticated ...

Have you gotten a text from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles demanding that you pay an overdue traffic ticket? Hold off on paying that — it's a smishing scam. The Federal Trade Commission ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents to be on the lookout for scammers claiming to be from a bank ...

Residents are being targeted by scam text messages falsely claiming to be from the Florida Department of Revenue.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - There's another new text message scam making the rounds across Tennessee. "Don't fall for it!" the Tennessee Department of Revenue posted to X Tuesday, warning of the scam. The text ...