In its latest statement, the FBI advises: "If you receive one of these texts, the following is suggested: File a complaint with the IC3, check your account using the toll service's legitimate website, ...

More drivers have reported receiving text messages claiming they have unpaid ... downloaded on your phone that might filter these scams out or block any malware. "Spam filters are important ...

MANILA, Philippines – Amid the surge of text scams, Globe Telecom Inc. recognized the need for an official identification (ID) database to verify the identity of registrants and filter out ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Officials are seeing a rise in a new text message scam. The scam involves a perpetrator sending you a text that says you have an unpaid toll bill. Officials with the Better ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Nearly a year after ABC11 Troubleshooter warned drivers across North Carolina about a text scam, it's still happening. ABC11 has learned that numerous drivers are still ...

Scamwatch received 77,365 reports of scams sent via text message in 2024. It was the second most popular method scammers used to contact victims, and resulted in about $14 million worth of losses.

Unpaid toll scams are classified as smishing, whereby bad actors use text messages and pretend to be a part of a company to extract your personal information. The FBI says that texts sent by ...

Text message toll scams are getting more specific, sneakier, less obvious to spot. It wasn’t too long ago that texts were ostensibly a “toll roads notice of toll evasion.” Now, in an ...

RiverLink, the official tolling agency in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, confirmed it's part of a new smishing scam using text messages. Here's what to know. RiverLink is alerting customers about ...

Scammers are using multiple schemes in their efforts to rip off local residents. The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office is warning residents to be on the lookout for two new scams the SO has become ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Text scams are nothing new but this one is a little different and I received it just the other day; you may have it too. The text message alerts the receiver ...