In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

“If you recently got this text message,” wrote the Guardio team on X, “it’s a sneaky phishing scam designed to hijack your Amazon account.” The link “leads to a high-quality fake Amazon site that ...

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...

One victim unknowingly handed over access to his online account after receiving a text message and phone call from scammers ...

EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS THAT STORY. SO A WEEK AGO, SCAMMERS WERE SENDING MESSAGES ABOUT PARKING TICKETS IN PHILADELPHIA THIS PAST WEEKEND. THEY ADDED UNPAID TOLLS AND ...

Australians will notice that some text messages they receive will look different from 1 July as new rules come in to help ...