Is believed seven in 10 Britons have received a scam text message at some point, according to TransUnion. Fraudsters constantly evolve their tactics by tapping into new trends to ensnare people in ...

Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them.

Scammers are now sending fake Coinbase authentication codes to targets, complete with phone numbers to contact "support." If you receive one of these texts, and you did not request a 2FA code, don't ...

According to Robokiller, Americans received 19.2 billion spam and scam texts in April 2025 alone — that comes out to about 63 spam texts for every person. There’s only one group of people who don’t ...

It feels like every day there’s a new story about scams popping up. Phishing is a big one, where people try to trick you into giving up your personal info. It’s a constant game of cat and mouse, with ...

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Scam texts are flooding our phones and costing some dearly. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the texts scammed Americans out of nearly half a billion dollars last year ...

If you're getting more scam texts than your friends and family, it turns out it might be your mobile platform, at least going by a recent poll from Google and YouGov. According to Google, users on ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

Investigators say scam toll and postal texts are part of a billion-dollar phishing operation run by criminal networks in China. Fraudsters use SIM farms, phishing sites and gig “mules” to load stolen ...

This is the scam that doesn't end. Users have continued to report getting texts from the "DMV" and "MVC" warning them of outstanding traffic tickets and threatening that they could face vehicle ...