Whether you've fallen for text message scams in the past or even just side-eyed a slightly suspicious text, there's no reason to feel embarrassed—according to the FTC, text message scams shook ...

Antonio Ruiz-Camacho was a principal writer covering personal finance. Prior to this, he was with Bankrate Credit Cards and CreditCards.com, where he led the editorial team for nearly five years. His ...

Verizon is grappling with a new breed of text spamming. The spam is confounding Verizon customers because the text message appears to be coming from your own number. A Verizon Community forum is ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The scammers are stepping up their game and making their texts look more legit. In March, 2 Wants To Know showed a fake text about how you paid your cell phone bill and now you have ...

Baffled phone users are receiving spam texts—many of which include links that redirect to Russian news websites—that appear to have been sent from their own cellphones. The messages are written as ...

DISGUISE. HERE’S CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR. BRIAN ROCHE. SO YOU GET A TEXT MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE THAT YOU DON’T KNOW THAT READS SOMETHING LIKEHI TS. HEY, IS THIS JOHN? IT’S AMANDA. WE CHATTED ON TINDER ...

Although there's a pretty good chance you already have a phone number on your smartphone, your primary number assigned by your carrier isn't your only option for calling and texting. There are ...

Text messaging has come a long way since its inception a decade or so ago. This service has been completely taken over by instant messaging services mostly due to cost factors. This is why there are ...

"We accidentally surcharged your phone bill last month…." "Due to the pandemic, everyone is getting free Netflix….." "Your parcel couldn't be delivered..." "Your debit card is being blocked…." We've ...

Up until around 2005, toll-free numbers offered companies a competitive advantage since most consumers were still charged for long-distance calls. As cellphones became more ubiquitous and affordable, ...