Every week, I receive a handful of text messages that are quite clearly scams. Some are about past-due toll road payments. Some mention a Coinbase withdrawal code. Others reference job offers for ...

Scammers typically target specific states and their toll programs, sending threatening messages to numbers within those ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - You’re in the middle of something when your phone pings — a text from an unknown number. Is it real, or another scam? A new Consumer Reports survey finds texting and ...

McAfee’s upgraded Scam Detector now uses real-time QR and message scanning to stop modern scams before you click.

Google has declared war on text message scammers, launching a lawsuit and introducing new anti-phishing protections to combat the rising tide of fraud. The tech giant’s legal action targets phishing ...

THAT. ALL RIGHT? WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE. YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOUR PHONE RINGS, A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. IS IT REAL OR ANOTHER SCAM TEXT? YEAH. 12 NEWS IS MALLORY ANDERSON. AND ...

A concerning new warning has been issued and it's not something any of us should overlook. UK network O2, now part of Virgin Media, has reported a rapid increase in text scams targeting smartphone ...

SCAM calls in the Philippines jumped by nearly 80 percent in the third quarter of 2025, even as text-based scams continued their dramatic decline, according to new data released Tuesday by anti-scam ...

Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their tactics, leveraging text messages to steal personal data and financial assets from unsuspecting victims. A recent Google report reveals the ...