Scammers use awkward language to trick recipients. There are some things you can look for to help you identify fake messages.

The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.

An onslaught of unsolicited texts to Americans’ phones in recent months claiming they owe unpaid tolls and E-ZPass bills is ...

Hackers have set up over 10,000 fake websites to keep smishing scams going and target both iPhone and Android users with ...

A new wave of Good To Go! scam texts is hitting Washington drivers, with more realistic URLs this time. Here’s what WSDOT ...

RiverLink is warning customers again about reports of fraudulent text messages going around. Text messages are going out to ...

Camila Barco, Virginia DMV spokesperson, urges caution with suspicious links, stressing the agency never sends text messages ...

“These scammers want to scare people into acting before thinking,” Sheriff Nick Cocchi said in a statement. Even if the caller ID appears to be from a legitimate agency, “it is likely spoofed using ...

On Tuesday, Google announced two AI-powered scam detection features for calls and text messages on Android devices. The goal is to thwart more complex and sophisticated attacks, especially those that ...

Highway text scams are a big problem that's continuing to grow with the use of at least 60,000 domain names. There's little ...

FBI issues new warning of nationwide 'smishing' text scam from E-ZPass or other road toll collection service. Here's what to ...

The FastTrak toll text scam uses over 60,000 domain names and Apple and Android phone makers have been powerless to prevent ...