The holiday season, with all of its shopping specials, is often seen as a time when scams run rampant. Fraudsters like to take advantage of consumers' willingness to spend money, and this year they ...

CHICAGO -- The text message is clear: Scammers want to steal from you in a new way. For the second year in a row, spam texts have outnumbered spam calls. According to the annual RoboKiller Phone Spam ...

Ohio has it the worst when it comes to spam and scam calls and messages. The Buckeye State is ranked the No. 1 worst state in the nation for calls and text messages with the highest number of ...

If you've gotten a mysterious message on your cellphone that looks like it came from your own phone number, do not click on the link. Verizon customers have reported receiving these messages over the ...

Spokeo reports a new DMV text scam threatening penalties to trick victims into providing personal info or payments. Block suspicious texts immediately.

Holiday shopping is in high gear and so are delivery package scams where scammers impersonate USPS, UPS and FedEx via text and email. Why it matters: Americans lost roughly $1.3 billion in 2023 to ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CONSUMER REPORTS) — Maybe it happens to you a few times a day or occasionally if you're lucky. A call or text from an unknown number that turns out to be a scammer. It's not only ...

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles scam example. U.S. consumers lost $470 million to text-messaging scams last year, and as they become more sophisticated, more people are likely to be victims. The ...

Some South Florida residents have received text messages claiming a deadline is approaching for them to pay a toll, but it's just a scam to get you to turn over sensitive information, authorities say.

(TNS) — A wave of fake toll road texts hitting the U.S. has been linked to Chinese hackers, according to cybersecurity experts. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning about text ...

The overwhelming majority of e-mail messages circulating the globe are junk messages trying to sell us special pills and better mortgage rates. It’s made using e-mail more of a chore than it needs to ...