Andover police say they have taken several reports of residents receiving text messages telling them to pay a fine.

A text message scam has prompted a warning from the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles.

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

Got a text message from USPS about a package that you don’t quite remember ordering? The impulse to click on the link to jog your memory about the delivery or to see why a package you were expecting ...

A text message claiming to be a "Notice of Civil Infraction Hearing” for a toll violation from the 36th District Court is ...

Phone scams aren’t the only threat anymore — scam text messages (also called “smishing”) are exploding in frequency and in financial damage. According to recent FTC data, Americans lost over $470 ...

Amazon Prime customers are the latest group of consumers to be targeted by scammers. Here's how to stay one step ahead of bad actors.

Google has declared war on text message scammers, launching a lawsuit and introducing new anti-phishing protections to combat the rising tide of fraud. The tech giant’s legal action targets phishing ...

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 ...

Attorney General Dave Sunday is alerting Pennsylvanians about an email and text message scam that claims to be from a municipal court.

Online scammers work like most other people: They keep a regular schedule. That's why, given that Valentine's Day is around the corner, it's no surprise that many people are seeing an uptick in flirty ...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the biggest shopping days of the year — and prime season for scams. Now in 2025 scammers are more emboldened than ever, thanks to AI. According to research from ...