The Montana Department of Justice is warning Montanans to be wary of fraudulent text messages appearing to be from the Motor Vehicle Division, or MVD. The MVD does not send text messages asking for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With the advent of smartphones comes the possibility of getting scammed by way of text message. That’s exactly the thing that the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is warning ...

AI is making tax scams harder to spot, with fake IRS messages, voice‑cloned calls and phony preparers targeting filers. Slow ...

CHARLOTTE — A new Consumer Reports survey finds texting and messaging scams have jumped 50% in the past year, and the group being targeted the most is Gen Z — the generation currently aged 13 to 28.

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Tax scams target Americans starting in January using personal data from brokers to create fake IRS emails and refund alerts ...

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 ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has warned the community of phone and text message scams that claim to be members of KCSO. The scammers will use things such as fake ...

US A NEW TWIST ON THESE POTENTIALLY COSTLY MESSAGES. LAST YEAR, NEWS EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE REPORTED ON TURNPIKE TEXT MESSAGE SCAMS MANY TIMES, BUT IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, WE’VE HEARD FROM A SURPRISING ...

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

At Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked, Google announced Scam Detection updates for calls and its Messages app. Google is bringing the ...

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 ...