Philadelphia residents who receive a suspicious text message claiming to be from the city's Department of Revenue should not click on any links or provide sensitive information to the sender, city ...

It seems like nearly every week, there is a new text scam that we need to look out for, and the most recent one is about the threat of unpaid traffic tickets. Receiving a text message that explains ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - If you have a cell phone, you’ve probably received a text message claiming you owe money for some kind of traffic ticket or violation. But it’s a scam. Carl Bates with the ...

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 ...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WFSB) - Middletown police are warning people about scammers trying to cash-in on their new speed camera system. You can get a ticket if caught speeding through the city, but you ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS THE ANSWER. A VIEWER NAMED CHARLES JUST SENT ME THIS TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH EMAIL. HE POINTED OUT THERE WERE NO MISSPELLINGS, AND SOME OF THE OTHER TELLTALE SIGNS ...

(Stacker) - First, it was phony parking tickets, then toll road scams, now scammers are at it again with an all-new, all-bad DMV text scam. The unfortunate popularity of this latest grift has caused ...

Americans’ inboxes face a daily deluge of unwanted spam. Phishing texts claiming that tolls haven’t been paid or packages can’t be delivered, calls from solicitors promising to erase debt, malware ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

It starts with something small, a text that feels oddly familiar. Maybe it says, "Hey, how are you?" or "Are you coming to the BBQ?" Before you know it, you're in a friendly back-and-forth with ...

If you get a text claiming an Amazon product you purchased is recalled, take heed − it may be a scam. If you get a text claiming an Amazon product you purchased is recalled, take heed − it may be a ...