In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

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If you recently received a text about “State Code 15c-16.003,” be aware that these messages are designed to steal your personal or financial information. In May, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi ...

Text message two-factor authentication sounds like a security upgrade. It feels official. It looks responsible. Yet it often stands as the flimsiest barrier between a criminal and everything stored in ...

TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON AND $100,000 FINE. WELL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A SCAM THAT IS HITTING YOUR TEXT MESSAGE BOX. AND HERE’S WHAT ONE OF THOSE TEXTS COULD LOOK LIKE. IT’S PRETTY LONG HERE, AND IT ...

If you got a sketchy text last year about an unpaid toll or parking ticket, you weren't alone. Those DMV and E-ZPass phishing scams swept across the country in 2025, targeting drivers in states like ...

Text message 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 2025 Cyber ...

A global telco that failed to stop more than 1,000 scam text messages from reaching Australians has faced no consequences, the ABC can reveal.

A scam text message making the rounds in Wake County is attempting to deceive drivers with phony details about fake traffic violations and an upcoming fake court date. The North Carolina court system ...