You already know to be wary of suspicious-looking text messages, but what happens if a text arrives from someone who appears ...

If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

Before answering unknown calls, learn the most common phone scams and warning signs so you can protect your money and keep ...

There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, according to call-blocking app YouMail (the Federal Communications ...

It feels rare to go several days without a new scam from an unknown number lighting up your phone screen. One trick con artists have been up to lately involves sending their targets random, harmless ...

THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SAYS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WILL OPEN A TEXT MESSAGE WHEN THEY RECEIVE IT IS AS HIGH AS 98%, AND THOSE ARE GOOD ODDS FOR A SCAMMER. IN FACT, I JUST GOT ONE THIS WEEK ...

Administrators of the Oregon Department of Justice’s Consumer Hotline are warning Oregonians about a new scam involving unauthorized transfers of phone numbers to different wireless carriers. In the ...

It can be difficult to ignore the infamous ‘ding' from your phone when getting a new text, but sometimes those messages have a phony background, asking you to click a link or respond with sensitive ...

The New York State Police are warning the public about an ongoing phone spoofing scam in which scammers impersonate members of law enforcement or government agencies in an attempt to solicit sensitive ...