As communities recover from the weekend’s wintry mix, consumer advocates are warning about an increase in utility-related ...

Beware of a new scam hitting Verizon customers claiming to be the telecommunications company offering a $20 reimbursement ...

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office is warning the public about an ongoing scam involving  individuals ...

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 ...

Scam texts relating to tolls and deliveries have made Chinese scammers billions. US-based mules are paid to max out credit cards digitally cloned from stolen data. The luxury goods purchased with ...

A new con is sending church members text messages claiming to be their pastors, asking for money.

Users are pnce again getting texts from the "DMV" and "MVC" warning them of outstanding traffic tickets and threatening ...

Got a text message from USPS about a package that you don’t quite remember ordering? The impulse to click on the link to jog your memory about the delivery or to see why a package you were expecting ...

The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued a warning of a new nationwide scam targeting taxpayers. The latest text message scam targets people with "fraudulent messages that appear to come from ...

Local authorities say there’s been a recent uptick in scam text messages targeting bank customers.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities say criminals are putting a holiday spin on a common scam to take your information and infect your phones, tablets and computers. The South Carolina Department of Consumer ...

A NEW INITIATIVE to help identify scam text messages has been launched today by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). A registry has been established for organisations who send text ...