People in Northeast Wisconsin are losing money to a new text scam claiming to be from Verizon or other companies.

It can be exciting to learn that you have unclaimed rewards points, but if this news arrives via an unsolicited text message, ...

SMS blasters are portable devices which impersonate a mobile phone network tower and are used by cybercriminals.

In a bid to combat bank impersonation scams, Nationwide has become the latest bank to launch its own caller verification ...

Your phone comes with strong built-in spam protection—you just need to turn it on. Here's how to do it on both iPhone and ...

A phone call that sounds like a family member in trouble. A text claiming unpaid tolls. A job offer that appears legitimate but asks for an upfront fee. Federal investigators say these scenarios ...

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents of a sophisticated phone scam that is once again circulating, with a dangerous new variation that directly targets victims' bank accounts.

Scam texts are targeting people ages 18 to 29 at record levels, with reports of attempted scams among Gen Z tripling.

YORK COUNTY, S.C. — The York County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about a new text message scam that involves a fake one-time password (OTP) for a withdrawal you didn’t initiate. This scam is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York Police Department is warning New Yorkers on social media about a new phone scam. Earlier this week, the department posted on X and Instagram, stating that there are ...

Phone scams aren’t the only threat anymore — scam text messages (also called “smishing”) are exploding in frequency and in financial damage. According to recent FTC data, Americans lost over $470 ...

A troubling message landed in our inbox, and it reveals a scam that many people have never seen. Before we break it down, here is an email Gary from Palmetto, Florida, sent us: "This just happened to ...