Verizon’s $20 credit is claimed in the myVerizon app. Scam texts push links and verification traps to steal logins. Pause.

Receiving a text about a customer refund can seem like good news-until you start to suspect it may simply be a scam. That has ...

The Division of Motor Vehicles and state Attorney General’s Office say a new round of scam text messages have popped up in ...

It starts with a ping. You’re in the middle of your day when a text pops up that there’s a problem with your package delivery, or a missed toll payment. These messages look very convincing, but ...

No, the IRS didn't text or email you - 3 ways to protect yourself from scams ...

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 ...

As a rule of thumb, if you receive an unsolicited text, especially one claiming to include a security code, it's likely part of a phishing scheme. Such is the case with a recent spate of unprompted ...

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 ...

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, or BMV, is warning its customers about new text message scams that are now strongly mimicking the BMV’s mobile website and improperly citing Indiana Code. Our ...

A scam impersonating the Massachusetts RMV is going around the Bay State. The scam threatens “enforcement actions” if the payment is not made. Massachusetts residents should also beware of text ...

Three is urging its mobile customers to dial a four-digit code if they receive a suspicious text offering them a 'large ...

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