If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

Holiday scam robocalls and robotexts are surging nationwide, with scammers posing as charities, delivery services, and ...

Bank customers are being warned to be vigilant of increasingly sophisticated scams circulating this Christmas.

The Department of Homeland Security recently said that Chinese criminal gangs have made more than $1 billion from scams directed at US phone numbers. While phone-based scams once relied on random ...

“People will be looking for ways to alleviate their burdens,” Valesquez says of 2026. “So when they get a [message] that says ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. You have been warned. This threat is now surging and has more than ...

DHL tracking scams are surging by 206% this month, targeting Christmas shoppers. Learn how to spot scams using AI to mimic ...

The number of job scams coming through text messages has increased in recent years, as has the amount of money Americans have lost to those scams. In a recent survey, Resume.org found that younger ...

Android phones, and especially Pixel phones, are better at protecting consumers against scams than iPhone users, Google's Android team said in a report released on Thursday to mark the end of ...

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