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

When you’re anxiously awaiting a package, you’re likely keeping a close eye on shipping updates to know when to expect it. So ...

Waiting for online shopping purchases to arrive? Stay vigilant against scammers pretending to be the U.S. Postal Service.

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 ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias warns Illinois residents to look out for text message scams claiming to be from ...

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 ...

Every week, I receive a handful of text messages that are quite clearly scams. Some are about past-due toll road payments. Some mention a Coinbase withdrawal code. Others reference job offers for ...

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 ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is warning about text message scams claiming to be from the “Illinois State ...

Texting scams are exploding. In 2024 alone, U.S. consumers lost $470 million to them, according to the Federal Trade Commission, a number more than five times what it was just four years earlier. To ...