Scam text messages claiming to be from Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles are making the rounds across Acadiana, and police ...

The Maui Police Department is alerting the public to a recurring scam circulating via text message that falsely claims recipients have unpaid traffic citations and appears to originate from the ...

The text claims a recent Amazon order was recalled and links to a very real-looking (but fake) sign-in page. Recall messages create panic so you’ll ...

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 ...

Google has declared war on text message scammers, launching a lawsuit and introducing new anti-phishing protections to combat the rising tide of fraud. The tech giant’s legal action targets phishing ...

Tired of spam texts that just won't stop? Your phone comes with built-in protection, but it might be turned off by default. Here's how to fix that on both iPhone and Android.

The Montana Department of Justice is warning Montanans to be wary of fraudulent text messages appearing to be from the Motor Vehicle Division, or MVD. The MVD does not send text messages asking for ...

Online scammers work like most other people: They keep a regular schedule. That's why, given that Valentine's Day is around the corner, it's no surprise that many people are seeing an uptick in flirty ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS THE ANSWER. A VIEWER NAMED CHARLES JUST SENT ME THIS TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH EMAIL. HE POINTED OUT THERE WERE NO MISSPELLINGS, AND SOME OF THE OTHER TELLTALE SIGNS ...

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...